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Job Developer / Placement Specialist

Quad Area Community Action Agency / Quad YouthBuild Hammond, LA

Hammond, LA

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$40k+/yr Full time Career Development Employment Services Employment Specialist

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Job Description

Quad YouthBuild is hiring a full-time Job Developer/Placement Specialist to partner with employers and teach career-readiness classes while coaching participants ages 16–24 toward employment.

Key Responsibilities

Build and maintain active relationships with employers, unions, Registered Apprenticeship programs, workforce agencies, training providers, and postsecondary partners.
Source quality options including jobs, apprenticeships, internships, job-shadowing, work-based learning, and career pathways aligned with participant readiness and goals.
Perform regular outreach through employer visits, networking, presentations, and labor-market research; maintain an organized pipeline of contacts, opportunities, referrals, interviews, and results.
Coordinate job referrals through interview and application steps, including onboarding and employer commitments (including MOUs when appropriate).
Plan, prepare, and directly teach career-readiness classes several days per week.
Provide instruction on résumés, applications, interviewing, workplace communication, professional conduct, financial literacy, job search, career exploration, and job-retention skills.
Create lesson plans and learning activities, assess progress, and maintain attendance and instructional records.
Deliver 1:1 career coaching including mock interviews, employment-readiness assessments, and support for career plans.
Evaluate placements for suitability and factors including safety, wages, hours, transportation, accessibility, and advancement potential.
Support ongoing participant and employer follow-up to address employment and retention concerns; help with reemployment when placements end.
Conduct authorized worksite, home, and community visits to locate or reengage participants; provide authorized transportation or accompaniment as required by agency policy.
Coordinate with the Case Manager and other staff on barriers, postsecondary transitions, follow-up services, and clear next steps.
Document employer contacts, services, referrals, interviews, placements, wages, hours, outcomes, retention contacts, transportation, and outreach in required systems.
Obtain acceptable verification of reportable outcomes and meet program reporting deadlines and grant requirements.
Participate in case conferences, staff meetings, recruitment, job fairs, program events, and assigned participant-supervision rotations.
Protect confidential information and follow organizational safety, transportation, documentation, and communication procedures.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in workforce development, business, human services, counseling, education, or a related field.
Minimum 3 years of experience in workforce development, employer engagement, job placement, business services, career coaching, youth development, or a related field.
Ability to establish employer relationships and connect individuals to employment, training, apprenticeships, or education.
Ability to teach or facilitate structured group instruction, plan lessons, manage a classroom, and assess learning.
Strong communication, organization, independent follow-through, coaching, confidentiality, and documentation skills.
Ability and willingness to travel frequently to employers, worksites, homes, and community locations.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, or comparable tools; ability to learn program data systems.
Valid driver’s license, reliable transportation, acceptable driving record, and ability to meet agency vehicle-use and participant-transportation requirements.
Ability to meet organizational background-screening requirements.

Technologies

Microsoft Office
Google Workspace

Benefits

403(b)
403(b) matching
Dental insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Mileage reimbursement
Paid time off
Professional development assistance
Retirement plan

Schedule and Travel

Monday–Friday, 7:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m., with occasional early-morning, evening, or weekend activities.
Frequent local travel is essential for employer and partner meetings, job fairs, worksite visits, interviews, onboarding assistance, and authorized participant transportation/accompaniment plus home or community visits.
Classroom instruction happens several days per week; community activities must be planned around teaching responsibilities.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with opportunity youth; community outreach or reengagement.
Experience with Registered Apprenticeships, construction pathways, or work-based learning.
Experience with grant-funded workforce programs.
Experience working with local employers and labor markets.
Experience providing employment-retention services.

Success Factors

Consistent, effective classroom instruction and responsive employer partnerships.
Suitable employment and training opportunities that support assigned placement and retention measures.
Timely participant outreach and complete, accurate documentation.

Job Details

Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $40,000.00 per year
Location: Hammond, LA (onsite)
Ability to Commute: Hammond, LA 70401 (Required)
Work Location: In person

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