About Rising Ground
Founded as an orphanage in 1831, Rising Ground has been at the forefront of evolving community needs. Driven by the belief that each of us can thrive when life has hope and opportunity, Rising Ground provides caring support and proven paths to positive change, helping children, adults, and families rise above adversity, and each year, Rising Ground is a positive force in the lives of more than 72,000 individuals annually. We do this through 101 programs across 138 sites, throughout New York City and Westchester. Our strong belief and commitment to diversity is shown not just through our work with supported persons but is integral to the building of a strong staff that reflects the communities we serve. Rising Ground is headquartered in New York City.

About the Role
Rapid Rehousing for Young Adults is a solution to homelessness designed to help young adults aged 18-24 quickly exit homelessness to permanent housing. The program provides rental assistance and support services that are tailored to the unique needs of the young person. The Employment and Housing Navigator is key in helping youth connect with jobs, job readiness training and continuing education through developing contacts and networks in the public and private sector.

What You’ll Do

• Assist youth in obtaining and maintaining employment that is consistent with their individual vocational goals.
• Assess youth’s vocational functioning on an ongoing basis utilizing background information and work experiences.
• Conduct job development and job search activities directed towards positions that are individualized to the interests and uniqueness of the population served.
• Help youth to develop an individualized career development and employment plan.
• Assist youth to create a portfolio i.e.; resume, cover letter, a list of references.
• Track employment placement outcomes and retention for participants and utilize data to improve the quality of services provided.
• Assist the Senior Housing Specialist with Data Entry as relates to HPD, NYCHA, HRA CAPS System.
• Assist the Senior Housing Specialist with identifying apartments for youth.
• Schedule and Accompany Youth for apartment viewings.
• Develop relationships with potential landlords, brokers and agents.
• Act as a liaison between landlords and youth once they move into the apartments.
• Conduct apartment inspections and ensure compliance with funder mandates.
• A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college preferred.

Your Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college preferred.
• Two years of experience in community work or community centered activities in an area related to employment or education development.
• Working knowledge of NYC workforce development systems.
• Excellent communication, planning, organizational and multi-tasking abilities.
• Ability to motivate participants toward full-time, entry-level employment.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel.
• Prior experience with facilitating training preferred.
• Spanish speaking is a plus.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Supervisory Responsibility

No

Work Environment:

In Office/Hybrid

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:
This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are Monday through Friday in our Jamaica, Queens location. Work hours options are 9:00 am - 5:00 pm, 9:30 am - 5:30 pm, 10 am - 6 pm.

Additional Requirements:

• Authorized to work in the U.S.
• Ability to work in-person in New York City (NY) for at least 3 days or more per week.
• Ability to travel to other Rising Ground sites (if required)

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

It is the policy of Rising Ground that the Agency complies with equal treatment of all

employees and applicants for employment without unlawful discrimination as to an individual’s

perceived or actual race, creed, color, national origin, alienate, citizenship status, gender, age, disability, marital status, partnership status, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, or veteran status in all employment decisions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, compensation, training and apprenticeship, promotion, upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer, layoff and termination and all other terms and conditions of employment.