Career Coach - National Farmworker Program; NFJP

Overview

Earn up to $3,000 in incentive pay during your first year of employment! Are you a motivated, results-oriented candidate seeking to put your talents, skills, and experience to work as part of a mission-driven, customer-focused organization? If so, we invite you to join UMOS’ diverse and dedicated team of over 1,000 professionals making a positive difference across more than 60 offices in seven states.

Whether you are passionate about facilitating early childhood development; providing training and career planning for a parent; aiding a farm worker in accessing basic needs and new opportunities; educating at-risk individuals in HIV prevention; or supporting those fleeing domestic violence or human trafficking, UMOS is the place where you can fulfill your passion for helping families, businesses, and communities build better futures.

To support its team members, UMOS offers highly competitive compensation as well as a benefits package including:

• Paid time off that will increase over your years of service
• 15 paid holidays annually
• A robust range of insurance covering health, dental, vision, life, short- and long-term disability, and accidental death & dismemberment
• The options to establish either a Health Savings Account or Flexible Spending Account, which can be used to cover deductibles, prescriptions, and other healthcare expenses
• A variety of support services to promote well-being through the employee assistance program
• Retirement plan options, including 401(k) and Roth IRA, allowing you to make pre-tax or after-tax contributions. For those participating in the 401(k) Retirement Plan, UMOS annually contributes at least 3% of employees’ eligible compensation.

• Starting $20.00 to $23.50 Per Hour (Depending on Experience).

• Develop and perform outreach and recruitment activities to support UMOS National Farm worker Jobs Program grant plan, program goals and objectives, and maintain outreach and recruitment logs that capture contacts made with employer camps, training providers, colleges, employers, American Job Centers, one-stop career centers and other potential collaborative partners.
• Schedule and conduct participant applications/interviews to determine eligibility for National Farm worker Jobs Program and provide emergency assistance to MSFWs statewide; assistance may include food, gas, shelter/lodging, and transportation as deemed an emergency and enter services in the data system.
• Respond to phone/email/text contacts, schedule appointments, and provide program information to MSFWs as part of a comprehensive approach in addressing crises and provide backup emergency assistance and case management, when needed.
• Conduct a variety of assessments to identify barriers and needs, advise on available job skills training resources, assist in determining realistic training goals in alignment with local labor market information and employment trends, and create an Employment Development Plan (EDP) that includes goal development, timelines for acquiring skills through education or training, and specific actions steps leading to self-sufficiency.
• Conduct job-readiness assessments and/or coordinate/perform workshops, provide employment trend information that identifies job sectors in high demand and high growth within the community.
• Work with schools, employers, and training providers to ensure that participants are making progress and attending activities regularly.
• Document, in a timely manner, all contacts in the UMOS National Farm worker Jobs Program Application (data system) and maintain participant case files, to include documentation of service provision, outcomes, educational scores/assessments, certificates, measurable skills gains, on-the-job training (OJT) and work experience contracts, timesheets, case notes, and electronic signatures on all required case documents and ensure compliance with safeguarding personally identifiable information (PII).
• Work with program staff and supervisor in analyzing/interpreting program-related legislation that impacts policy and/or procedures and recommends program policy and procedural…