Career Specialist

Do you want to have a positive impact on our youth? Do you have what it takes to work with 16 - 24 year old young adults?

Welcome to Jobs for Ohio's Graduates (JOG) where our mission is to instill in our clients the knowledge, skills, values, attitudes, and habits necessary to become successful, contributing members of American society.

The organization will further facilitate the advancements of its clients through a planned program which:

1. Focuses first on the completion of high school or its educational equivalent.

2. Anticipates and responds to regional employment trends.

3. Brokers positive relationships in both the public and private sectors, and

4. Becomes a telling presence in the communities in which it resides to more ably advocate the mutual needs of the community and the clients that it serves.

As a Career Specialist in our Stark County office you will:

• Accomplish young adult focused goals by assessing needs, developing youth's skills set, providing mentor-ship, instruction, re-mediating, monitoring, support, and tracking/documenting progress while promoting the goals of JOG and facilitating compliance to JOG's standards and objectives.

• Work collaboratively with all members of the JOG team to determine best practices for participants, collectively aid in barrier removal and goal achievement.

A Bachelor's degree is required. Teaching, Social Work, Human Resource Management, Career Development, Job Placement/Development, Employment and Vocational Counseling, Career Guidance, Vocational Education, Community Service Administration, and / or Work experience with private sector or disadvantaged youth.

Job Requirements:

• Available for work hours scheduled 8:00 - 4:30.

• Local, daytime travel occasionally required within a four county radius.

• Computer skills including, but not limited to: MS Outlook, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, and Online database management systems.