About Greenwich House:

Founded in 1902 as a settlement house to help New York’s increasing immigrant population adjust to life in a new country, Greenwich House today offers a variety of programs and approaches that continue to provide thousands of New Yorkers with health and wellness supports, education and personal enrichment, and skills building and cultural experiences.

Position Summary

Greenwich House Workforce Services Division is hiring a one-year contracted Employer Engagement Specialist to support job seekers utilizing employment services at our newly established Lifelong Skills and Opportunity center in Greenwich Village. The center aims to be a valuable resource for Greenwich House’s priority communities that include older adults and adults recovering from substance use and mental health disorders. Our unique center will provide support services to job seekers and those who are interested in up skilling for job advancement and increased quality of life that will lead to financial independence, self-sufficiency and support continued recovery. The Employer Engagement Specialist will support the efforts of the center by establishing partnerships with businesses and nonprofit organizations and building excitement around the benefits of hiring our talented and determined community members. This is a one year grant funded opportunity for a results focused innovator with lots of energy to bring important services to the people who most need them.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop strategies to identify the best fit places to work for our priority populations.
• Close deals with partners, establishing deliverables for hiring our clients.
• Work closely with job developers to ensure clients are appropriate for employer partner needs and hiring criteria.
• Report to the team regularly about progress and completion of goals.
• Create and implement a communications and marketing strategy around Greenwich House’s new Lifelong Learning and Opportunity Center to attract new businesses and organizations.
• Maintain data reports and track metrics to support overall job placement outcomes.
• Host Information Sessions for potential hiring partners and hiring events to match clients with employers.
• Engage in building relationships with key stakeholders, representing and promoting the work for various audiences.
• Conduct regular outreach to partners including; mailings, cold calls, emails, and visits including special outreach to newly established partners.
• Present partnership building data to internal and external stakeholders as requested.
• Perform other tasks and special projects as assigned by the direct supervisor.

Qualifications:

• 3-5 years of experience as a job developer for a non-profit organization or related role with relevant experience.
• Adept at creating marketing material such as virtual presentations, flyers, web materials and social media content.
• Proven track record of establishing new employer partnerships for a similar organization with familiarity of unique priority populations.
• Ability to demonstrate talent in audience engagement, facilitation, face to face marketing, telephone marketing.
• Passion for delivering quality services to communities in need a must.
• Strengths based approach to serving communities with barriers to employment.

COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement:
As of October 29, 2021, we are requiring all Greenwich House and Barrow Street Nursery School new hires to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to the start date.

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
Greenwich House is strongly committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all individuals. For more information regarding Greenwich House and our EEO statement, please visit https://www.greenwichhouse.org/about/