Specialist II HWSC

Essential Job Functions

• Maintain academic, college, and career partner relationships including but not limited to, school, employers, higher education partners, and community-based organizations.
• Engage in relationships to identify and provide opportunities for HWSC students such as job shadowing, internships, career speakers, and pre-apprentice trade opportunities.
• Partner with high school guidance counselors and higher education institutions to maintain knowledge and service expertise for student programming.
• Oversee and implement career, post-secondary, academic and/or employment programming and facilitation.
• Ensure student commitment of employment, career, post-secondary, academic, and enrichment programming.
• Identify, coordinate, and participate in local post-secondary college and career, and employment activities and tours.
• Aid Youth Advocates and their students with the college application and financial aid process, along with workforce preparation planning.
• Provide services to HWSC students in collaboration with and as identified by the HWSC Coordinator and HWSC Manager of Programming.
• Monitor placement and progress of participating students in partnership with students and Youth Advocate.
• Input data from program, employment academics and enrichment services to generate reports from the HWSC database Efforts Toward Outcomes (ETO) as needed for individual and stakeholder summary progress reports.
• Identify risks or concerns relating to individual student or student trends relating to academic, employment, college, career, post-secondary activities and student transitions from middle school to high school to graduation, college, or career.
• Accurately complete all program paperwork in a timely manner.
• Maintain accurate records of own work time and travel information.
• Deliver Youth Employment Training (requires certification to be obtained within specified timeframe).
• Mentor and provide guidance to Specialist I staff.

Special Requirements

• Obtain and maintain Youth Employment Training Academy (YETA) certification.
• Unrestricted, valid NYS driver’s license for minimum of 1 year with a clean driving record and minimum insurance coverage that meets agency standards.

Physical Demands & Work Environment

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Must be able to work a variable scheduling including evenings and weekends.
• Occasional sitting (up to 4 hours), standing (up to 1 hour), walking (up to 2.5 hours), driving (up to 8 hours), balancing (up to 8 hours), bending, stooping, climbing, kneeling, pushing, pulling, reaching forward or down, reaching overhead, running, and twisting (up to 2.5 hours).
• Lifting up to 50 lbs. (staff may be required to move and lift desks, set up tables, large screens, backdrops, etc.), 10-15 lbs. on a daily basis, carrying up to 55 lbs. approximately 10-100 ft., 10-15 lbs. on a daily basis.
• Manual dexterity is required, including the frequent ability to grasp in both hands and continuous use of fine manipulation skills in both hands (approximately 1-2.5 hrs.).
• Occasional exposure to dust, fumes, gases or chemicals is apparent. Protective clothing or equipment required: Close toed shoes; Protective Shields, Universal Precaution PPE, Gloves for toileting and food preparation.
• Ability to change positions as needed.

Special Considerations

• May be required to climb stairs as necessary.
• May be required to transport students to community events or home sites that may occasionally expose employee to cigarette smoke, cleaning supplies, recreational marijuana, pets etc.