Career Coach

About This Role

Working with adolescents aged 11 to 24, both within and outside of school premises, this role focuses on building relationships with Careerforce Build UP! members, supporting students through high school, and ensuring a successful transition into apprenticeships, college, or direct employment in construction. The Career Coach will lead school engagement efforts and collaborate with other staff to plan, implement, supervise, and evaluate activities and programs for young people, with a particular focus on adolescents.

Responsibilities

• Provide coaching, mentoring, and support through continued contact and meetings with Careerforce Build UP! members to encourage continued enrollment, address personal and academic barriers, and prepare for workforce readiness
• Conduct programming initiatives around key dates to support enrollment, retention, and graduation, including apprenticeship testing, pre-apprenticeship or pre-employment training, apprenticeship enrollment, scholarships, class registration, textbook purchases, and paying tuition
• Work in partnership with employers and apprenticeship centers to identify, support, and build relationships with graduating high school seniors that plan to/are enrolled in the institutions you support
• Collaborate with appropriate school departments and student services to establish partnerships that will enhance the academic, social, emotional, and personal development and success of students
• Track and collect member data, including but not limited to enrollment rate, major, financial gaps, challenges faced, and engagement, and utilize monthly data reports to refine programming
• Use innovative methods and media to connect with disengaged and unenrolled members to share additional methods of support available
• Collaborate with Careerforce Build UP! team to plan and implement signature program events including Application Days, Career Fairs, Apprenticeship Signing Days, Alumni Association Meetings, and more
• Support curriculum design and implementation of after-school and summer programming for Build Trade Career Exploration, Construction Workplace Soft Skills, Pre-Apprenticeship Training, and Pre-Employment Training, Internships, Youth Apprenticeships
• Identify and engage Next Gen alumni who are not currently employed, initiate connections, and work with partners to expand access to employment opportunities
• Plan and implement developmentally appropriate, engaging activities for school-age youth (11-18 years of age) utilizing Career Force Build UP! and Boys & Girls Clubs of America Curriculum as needed
• Track eligibility for programs and My Club Hub enrollment
• Communicate with families about programs and their youth progress
• Collaborate with program partners to facilitate construction discussions for students, demonstrations, and construction-related programmatic activities