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Monday, March 16, 2015

Pittsburgh Summer Learn and Earn Recruiter (Multiple Positions)


Pittsburgh Summer Learn and Earn
Recruiter

Title: Pittsburgh Summer Learn and Earn Recruiter (Multiple
Positions)
Salary: $12-15/hour (Based on education and experience)
Start Date: Immediate
Status: 30-40 hours/week
Submit Resume and Cover letter to: employmentworks1@aol.com

Job Summary:
The Eastside Neighborhood Employment Center and West End Works are
seeking energetic, personable staff people to recruit youth to participate in
the Pittsburgh Summer Learn and Earn Program. Each Learn and Earn Recruiter
will drive an aggressive citywide recruitment campaign to encourage youth to
apply for this youth workforce development program for 14 to 21 year olds.
Each recruiter will coordinate promotional mailings, visits to Pittsburgh high
schools, phone canvassing, and other promotional efforts. Each Learn
and Earn recruiter must be a highly motivated, independent person who has a
passion for community engagement and the expertise to effectively perform this
multi-faceted position.

This position will run through the end of April, with potential for permanent
employment based on performance and organizational capacity.  The
Learn and Earn Recruiter reports to the Manager of the Eastside Neighborhood
Employment Center or the Manager of West End Works.

Duties/Responsibilities:

- Coordinate the citywide recruitment process of youth participants for the Pittsburgh
Summer Learn and Earn program.
 
- Conduct recruitment visits to Pittsburgh high schools, community events, and youth
serving organization sites.
 
- Coordinate
a team-effort to assist families in completing and verifying applications for
the Pittsburgh Summer Learn and Earn program.

- Partner
with other recruitment agencies and the city to develop a pool of 1,800
completed applications for the Pittsburgh Summer Learn and Earn program.
 
- Input application data into a Microsoft Access database
 
- Coordinate a Teen Job Fair on April 10th in East Liberty to promote the
Pittsburgh Learn and Earn recruitment campaign.
 

Qualifications:
 
- Preferred---Bachelor's
Degree (or higher) in education, social work, psychology, sociology, public
administration, or related field

- Strong communication skills
 
- Current (or ability to quickly receive) Act 33/34 clearances
 
- Access to a car and a valid driver's license