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Grit/Futureplans Community Outreach Partner in Coshocton, Ohio
TO APPLY Send resume and cover letter to careers@futureplans.com. Attention Dhill in subject line. BACKGROUND Future Plans plays a strategic role in the implementation of the GRIT Project (www.gritohio.org). The GRIT project focuses on helping youth and adults in Appalachia discover their best selves and growing the economic prosperity of the region. We believe that the catalyst for leading a fulfilling life lies in discovering our purpose and direction through learning what we have to offer to the world and finding how we best fit into the world. THE FUTURE PLANS ATTITUDE To help us live our mission and build our communities, we are looking for individuals with a desire to positively impact the lives of students and jobseekers of all ages and stages of their lives. JOB GOALS Further the mission of the GRIT Project locally through supporting youth and adults. Assist school districts in implementing the Future Plans Career Assessment and coaching process, with the objective of every sophomore having defined and documented career goals and next steps. Build relationships with local employers, the Chamber of Commerce and the Ohio Means Jobs office as a means of identifying local workforce needs and supporting adults of any age looking for employment. DUTIES SCHOOLS: • Collaborate with high school guidance counselors to implement the FUTURE PLANS career assessment. • Coordinate career coaching schedules for students within each high school. • Maintain a data dashboard to monitor the career readiness status of all high school students. • Participate in a key coordination role within the school business advisory council. • Collaborate with schools to complement, supplement, deepen, and enhance the district's college and career education programs. • Identify students interested in immediately entering the workforce upon graduation and assist in attending local job fairs and/or identifying potential employers. • Build and maintain relationships with local community colleges, career and technical centers, and workforce training programs to support efforts such as summer youth programs. • Maintain positive community relations. ADULTS & BUSINESS COMMUNITY: • Monitor the employment needs of the county business community. • Lead county GRIT committee meetings and continue to recruit participants. • Serve as program representative on assigned community committees such as drug coalition, recovery, and court initiatives. • Serve as a liaison to the business community and the schools as a means of identifying career pathways for students, speakers for the schools, and employees for the businesses. • Identify local success stories for the purpose of developing video testimonials and local press coverage. • Build and maintain relationships with local elected officials (mayors, county commissioners, state representatives, and senators, congressional representatives) to increase the visibility of the role of GRIT in the community. • Build and maintain relationships with local community colleges, career and technical centers, and workforce training programs to support efforts such as apprenticeships, job shadowing, credentialing programs. • Maintain positive community relations. REQUIREMENTS • Demonstrate ability to communicate and work effectively with diverse people and formal organizations. • Ability to build effective relationships and consensus through effective collaboration. • Demonstrate initiative and ability to think in an interdisciplinary team. • Must have a reliable automobile, valid driver's license, and minimum state-required liability auto insurance required. • Complete and clear Ohio's Criminal Background. • Must reside in one of the counties o