Talent Development Facilitator

A Talent Development Facilitator in a Workforce Opportunity for Rural Communities (WORC) program plays a crucial role in fostering employee development and driving organizational performance in rural areas.

Essential Functions:

– Recruit and enroll new participants and prepare them for workforce entry.
– Assess participant needs, develop skills, provide mentorship, and track progress to achieve individual and organizational goals.
– Establish meaningful relationships with participants that build a foundation of trust, motivation, and accountability.
– Collaborate with the JOG team to identify best practices, remove barriers, provide tutoring and upskilling, and locate employment opportunities.
– Engage in continuous communication with employers to place participants in jobs and follow up on their progress and address any concerns.

Job Responsibilities:

Develop a roster of program participants, incorporating recruited individuals and participant referrals from designated eligibility categories. Screen and assess program participants through motivational interviewing, orientations, and interpretation of assessment tools.

Use participant data to find trends, measure effectiveness, and improve the program.

Ensure all activities follow regulations and policies.

Maintain weekly contact with active participants and monthly contact with those in follow-up.

Provide necessary services and JOGs competency-based curriculum to enrolled individuals based on needs, leading to the accomplishment of participant and organizational goals.

Coordinate ancillary youth services/activities to further develop and progress young adults towards self-sufficiency and being their best selves. Activities may include guest speakers, specialty workshops, site tours, job fairs, community service projects, etc.

Strategize, contact, and re-engage disconnected program participants.

Participate in work experience programs by assisting with employer and participant recruitment, orientations, and worksite supervision.

Enter daily model services, monthly follow-up contact, and job and education attainment into JAG Force.

Submit monthly and quarterly documentation to designated staff, including model services/case notes, mileage, timesheets (twice per month), EOM, youth attainments, etc.

Facilitate training boot camps multiple times per year.

Maintain confidentiality regarding all issues relative to client files and the organizations operations.

Facilitate and instruct: Deliver dynamic training sessions using diverse instructional methods to engage participa