Workforce Development Coordinator

Position Title

Workforce Development Coordinator

Senior Vice President of Operations

The Institute for Nonviolence Chicago’s mission is to end the cycle of violence using Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s principles and teachings of nonviolence. Informed by a philosophy of nonviolence, Nonviolence Chicago will establish caring and sustained relationships with participants engaged in the cycle of violence. We will emphasize partnerships with community members, leaders, social service providers, and local law enforcement to reduce community levels of violence.

We will help create a safer, healthier environment for young adults, youth, and their families. These general approaches will be specifically addressed using for major methods:
Community Violence Intervention (CVI) / Street Outreach, Individualized Service Provision, Victim Support Services, and Nonviolence Training.

The Workforce Development Coordinator will support workforce programming in all three neighborhoods served by Nonviolence Chicago and is passionate about helping high-risk participants overcome barriers to meaningful employment. The Coordinator supports the day-to-day operations of the workforce department, however does not provide direct classroom instruction. The Coordinator maintains the program schedule, acts as a thought partner with departmental leadership, supports efforts of workforce specialists (who do provide classroom instruction) to deepen relationships with all participants, and ensures the work is translated into meaningful, accurate data collection and reporting.

This position is ideal for a candidate who is detail-oriented, proactive and excited about the opportunity to take on innovative, new projects and partnerships. The Coordinator will also support SC2 workforce initiatives and play a significant role in supporting the day-to-day partnership between Nonviolence Chicago and the Cara Collective which provides programming onsite at Nonviolence Chicago’s Austin office. This position requires flexibility, the ability to thrive in an evolving environment and the commitment to build trusting relationships with a diverse staff.

The Coordinator leads with a trauma-informed lens and maintains a deep commitment to the mission of Nonviolence Chicago and the field of community violence intervention.

• Support day-to-day workforce programming in all three neighborhoods Nonviolence Chicago serves (Austin, West Garfield Park and Back of the Yards):
  • Support the outreach and workforce departments in the planning of each workforce cohort, including maintaining the participant list, making sure all participants have completed required documentation (such as consent, participant agreement, etc.) and communicating finalized participant list with appropriate coworkers in advance of the cohort starting
  • Maintain the program schedule, communicate schedule changes to coworkers, organize CEO visits to each classroom/cohort, and support guest speakers
  • Monitor attendance and communicate with specialists to ensure absences are relayed to outreach workers. Confirm appropriate action is taken with adherence to attendance policy
  • Collaborate with colleagues in the behavioral health department to make sure that cognitive behavioral intervention (CBI) and trauma education instruction is scheduled and participants complete all modules
  • Work with specialists to make sure job readiness assessments are completed for each participant and within the appropriate timeframe
  • Collaborate with the finance department to make sure participants receive their program stipends and troubleshoot issues as they arise
  • In partnership with departmental leadership, plan, schedule, and execute workforce graduations at the end of each 10-week workforce cohort
• Understand the Scaling Community Violence Intervention for a Safer Chicago (SC2) initiative, the SC2 Austin Collaborative and the deliverables of the project as it relates to workforce development:
  • Support SC2 workforce development programming in additional neighborhoods if/when additional neighborhoods come online
• In collaboration with the…