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Education & Career Coordinator

Position Summary

Hope House Colorado (HHC) is hiring a Education & Career Coordinator (“ECC”). The Education & Career Coordinator is responsible for coordinating the High School & GED and College & Career Programs. This includes providing guidance and support for teen moms through each stage of their education and career journey, including getting their GED or high school diploma, providing educational advice, career counseling, financial aid navigation, coordinating volunteer tutors, job readiness, job skills development, career development, and ultimately driving growth in the Education & Career Development domain of our Self-Sufficiency rubric. The ECC works closely with external workforce development and business partners.??

What you’ll be doing

• Respond to teen mom inquiries about the HS & GED Program, prepare study materials, create individual learning plans for each student as needed or requested, teach the appropriate material, coordinate with tutors, and coordinate all HS & GED graduation celebrations
• Act as the liaison with Jefferson Academy, including implementation of the partnership, admissions, recruiting for count day, attendance tracking in Jeffco Public School District Infinite Campus system, etc.?
• Assist teen moms in building the educational pathway that is best for them (certifications, trade schools, associate and bachelor’s degrees, etc.,) and help them set realistic goals (i.e. stackable certifications)?
• Maintain working relationships with advisors at community colleges, trade schools where possible, scholarship funders and foundations, and community liaisons
• Provide job readiness assistance for teen moms, filling out applications, creating resumes & cover letters, practicing interview skills, dress/attire when interviewing, etc.??
• Assist with job searches, use of job search websites & job boards
• Promoting Hope House Colorado’s Core Values throughout the organization and external relationships

We want to hear from you if …

• You have a minimum of an associate degree in an educational field, or equivalent experience?(Required)
• You are bilingual in English and Spanish (Preferred)
• You have experience in college and/or career counseling (Preferred)
• You are available to work onsite at our Arvada location Monday-Friday, including one evening shift per week (Required)
• You have experience working with a high-risk populations, preferably teenage mothers (Preferred)
• You are detail oriented, highly organized, and proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Preferred)

Who we are

Hope House Colorado is committed to empowering teen moms, changing the future for two generations! We are a future-thinking organization, striving to be experts in our field. We invest in each employee, providing opportunities to pursue individual passions, gifts and strengths. Our staff is a unified team, pursuing excellence in all we do. We serve with integrity, humility, and respect for one another, in an environment that combines professionalism with fun, humor, and even a little bit of silliness each day!

Salary Range

$46,000 – $55,000 per year

Benefits

Employees who are regularly scheduled to work 24 hours per week or more are eligible for the below benefits

• Health Benefits: Employees may elect medical, dental, vision & life insurance plans.
• Simple IRA: Employees may choose to make salary reduction contributions through HHC’s Simple IRA plan and HHC will match the employee’s contribution up to a maximum of 3% of the employee’s annual salary.
• Vacation: Upon hire, employees earn 4.62 hours of vacation per paycheck up to 120 hours (3 weeks) in a year. Accruals are adjusted to increase vacation earned per hours worked based on length of employment with HHC.
• Holidays: HHC observes twelve (12) holidays throughout the year. Salaried employees are paid for these holidays according to the nationally recognized observation day for each holiday. In addition, salaried employees are currently gifted either the week of Christmas or the week of New Year’s off, to be scheduled at the discretion of their supervisor.
• Sick Leave: HHC provides eligible employees with Paid Sick and Safe Leave (PSSL) and Public Health Emergency Leave (PHEL) in accordance with the requirements of Colorado’s Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (HFWA).
• Mental Health Days: Employees are given two (2) mental health days per year to use at their discretion.

Job Application Deadline

• October 4, 2024