Workforce Development Outreach Coordinator

The Workforce Development Outreach Coordinator will work our New Mexico team to develop and grow workforce programming and outreach in New Mexico, with a focus in Bernalillo County. The Workforce Development Outreach Coordinator will be responsible for recruiting participants into pre-apprenticeship, apprenticeships and job training programs. This role will also be responsible for developing curriculum and for the leadership development of participants in workforce programming.

Reports to: New Mexico Campaign Manager

Key Relationships: New Mexico Field Organizer

Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico

Compensation: $75,000

Responsibilities:

• Assist in the development and implementation of workforce programs in coordination with local union and community partners
• Develop outreach plans to find workforce program participants; plans will include door-to-door outreach, worksite outreach, participation in community outreach events and activities, peer-to-peer texting and other effective methods.
• Conduct outreach via to recruit participants for workforce program cohorts; recruitment will prioritize women and immigrant participants.
• Collect data on specific employment, skill-building and personal needs of participants and use the information to identify training and wrap-around service needs.
• Curriculum development for key components of workforce programming such as Leadership Development modules, in collaboration with workforce program partners.
• Responsible for tracking the impact of the program and services offered.
• Maintain employment resources in collaboration with union and community partners.
• Prepare workforce program reports for internal operations and for partners.
• Collaborate with the development team and partners to identify and secure funding for workforce development initiatives.

Required Qualifications and Skills:

• A minimum of 3 years experience in outreach or community organizing.
• A minimum of 2 years of experience in Workforce Development
• Bilingual, English and Spanish
• Passion for social justice, building power in multi-racial working-class communities, decolonizing political organizing spaces, empowering grassroots leaders, and enacting impactful socio-economic policies towards long-term systemic changes
• Proven ability to handle projects set priorities, manage details, and follow through independently
• Flexibility and a willingness to take on an array of competing tasks.