Job description

Since being founded in 1981 The Center has resettled more than 15,000 individuals to the City of Utica. These populations have included Vietnamese, Russian, Bosnian, Somali Bantu, Burmese, and Nepali, just to name a few of the larger and more recent arrivals. The experience of working with diverse individuals and meeting their needs for over 30 years has resulted in an institution that is people focused and uniquely positioned to provide products and services that allow us to collaborate with partners in building community with many cultures together.

Mission

Many Cultures, One Community

The Center assists:

• Refugees
• Immigrants
• Limited English proficient (LEP) individuals

throughout the integration process and helps them achieve independence and self-sufficiency by developing products and services that enable us to build community with many cultures.
Building Community

The Center attributes our success to the strength and dedication of the staff and their passionate concern for refugees and immigrants. Equally important to our success is the warm welcome refugees and non-refugee immigrants continue to receive from Utica and the Mohawk Valley.

Salary: 40k Annually

Job Type:

Full-time

Benefits:

10 Vacation days during the first year of employment and up to 20 days

10 Sick days upon hire

4 Personal upon hire

11 Holidays upon hire

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

401(k)

401(k) matching

Continuing Education/Tuition Assistance Program

Employer Sponsored Disability Benefits
Purpose:
Plan, perform and coordinate human resources activities for staff in organization.

Career Navigator Job Description

The Career Navigator will provide individualized career navigation services for refugees and immigrants seeking career advancement. The Career Navigator will work one on one with each participant to identify career goals and determine the best pathway to achieve those goals. This includes but is not limited to career exploration, overcoming barriers, accessing trainings, building soft skills for career advancement, and making a connection between the participants and employers.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

· Conduct outreach and recruitment to enroll at least 50 refugee participants in the program each year.

· Complete Individualized Career Development Plans with each participant to assessment of each skills, along with their career and educational goals.

· Coordinate activities, experiences, and workshops around career fields of interest such as career days, panels, and job shadowing.

· Connect participants with a mentor with experience in the field of the career goal. Provide support and guidance for mentors.

· Connect participants to ESL, GED, digital literacy or other relevant trainings needed for participants to achieve career advancement or to be eligible for a certification program

· Facilitate workshops to train refugees on the soft skills needed for career advancement

· Connect participants in relevant certification programs needed for upskilling

· Refer participants to mainstream workforce development to access training and resources.

· Support refugees in finding the “next” job- ideally in the field of the career goal or in a role that is developing skills that contribute to the career goal.

· Work closely with the Pathways builders to ensure that each refugee participant will receive appropriate services.

QUALIFICATIONS

· Ability to use strength-based and individualized case management. Past experience in case management or job counseling is preferred.

· Ability to build and maintain relationships and partnerships with diverse stakeholders.

· Understanding of the job market and adult education and training programs

· Ability to facilitate trainings and workshops in a cross-cultural environment

· Ability to use a digital reporting system to report program outcomes for each participant

· Ability to conduct outreach to refugee communities to enroll paticipants.

· Skilled at crisis management, problem solving, and mediation. Cross cultural sensitivity and knowledge with the ability and desire to work with people of other cultures.

· Functional fluency in one or more foreign languages preferred.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, Disability, Gender Identity, Race, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Veteran Status.

Work Remotely

• No

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $40,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

COVID-19 considerations:
Masks required Vaccination encouraged

Education:

• Associate (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

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