UPO HUMAN RESOURCES

The United Planning Organization maintains a comprehensive Office of Human Resources, staffed with a highly qualified team of employees who go the "extra mile" for staff members, future employees, and the community at large. The agency offers some of the finest employee benefits in the Washington region. Consider the challenge of working for UPO, the greatest community action agency in the nation. Below is a listing of our current employment opportunities. For more information, contact:

Regina D. Parker, Recruitment Specialist
United Planning Organization, Community Action Agency
301 Rhode Island Avenue NW - Washington, DC 20001
Main (202) 238-4600 - Direct (202) 238-4627 - Fax (202) 319-3237
E-Mail: upojobs@upo.org

POSITION: Job Readiness Trainer
DEPARTMENT: Asset Development – Adult Education & Training Program
BULLETIN No: 030907 (revised)
SALARY RANGE: $35,000 - $45,000
OPENING DATE: 09/14/2007
CLOSING DATE: Open until filled

Brief Description: Facilitate job readiness workshops that focus on the soft and trade specific skills needed to obtain and retain employment. Identify, administer and score standard career assessment instruments; assess customers for vocational aptitude, career strengths, employment readiness based on instruments identified for use, provide one-on-one and group activities, facilitates classes including job search, career coaching sessions, and educational workshops to assist customers in obtaining employment in a specialized trade, assist customers in the development of career development plans, conduct regularly scheduled follow-up meetings with customers, make referral for other supportive services as needed, coordinate with Financial Literacy staff and integrate Financial Literacy training into program curriculum, work in partnership with Case Manager, track customer attendance, develop approaches to customer retention.

Minimum Qualification: Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited University majoring in Counseling or related field or at least 4 to 8 years direct training experience with similar population; 5 years experience in workforce development and career counseling, 3 years experience working in community-based organizations or similar venue, ability to communicate effectively in writing and verbally, computer literacy including MS Office and data management systems, ability to work some evenings and weekends.

This position IS in the collective bargaining unit represented by Communication Workers of America CWA). Any regular employee hired in a bargaining unit position, SHALL as a condition of employment, pay union dues and be a union member or pay amount equal to union dues within 30 days after entrance to UPO. ALL bargaining unit employees that are not paying union dues or an amount equal to union dues within 30 days will be terminated.

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