[Hiring] Career Navigator @AARP

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Role Description

This role involves supporting program activities related to a special initiative for the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP). The Career Navigator will:

  • Assist with participant recruitment, intake, placement, and supportive services
  • Use labor market information to identify community-training opportunities
  • Assist the local SCSEP project office with Individual Employment Plans (IEP’s)
  • Lead job search training for participants
  • Interface with community non-profit agencies, employers, and training providers
  • Collaborate with the SCSEP team and provide guidance on pathways for skills training and on-the-job training opportunities

This job and continued employment is contingent upon continued funding of the SCSEP Program and the Optional Demonstration Grant on Sector-Based Training for Low-Income Older Workers, scheduled to continue through August 31, 2028.

This is a remote position; however, candidates must reside in the Tampa / St Petersburg FL area.

Qualifications

  • Knowledge of local labor market trends and employment opportunities
  • Ability to work collaboratively with diverse teams and stakeholders
  • Proficiency in using career assessment tools and ability to advocate on behalf of program participants
  • Experience working in an environment with complex administrative or regulatory procedures
  • Proficiency in creating PowerPoint presentations, entering data, pulling reports from databases, and using contemporary software packages
  • Ability to perform basic to intermediate level computer/technical troubleshooting
  • Must be willing to travel within the assigned geographical area(s) and work with participants virtually in other areas

Preferred

  • Associates degree
  • Experience related to economic and/or workforce development

Additional Requirements

  • Regular and reliable job attendance
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills
  • Exhibit respect and understanding of others to maintain professional relationships
  • Independent judgement in evaluation options to make sound decisions
  • Home office environment with the ability to work effectively surrounded by moderate home environment noise

Compensation and Benefits

  • Competitive compensation and benefits package including a 401(k)
  • 100% company-funded pension plan
  • Health, dental, and vision plans
  • Life insurance
  • Paid time off to include company and individual holidays, vacation, sick, caregiving, and parental leave
  • Performance-based and peer-based recognition
  • Tuition reimbursement

Equal Employment Opportunity

AARP is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive culture. AARP does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, sex, color, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, mental or physical disability, genetic information, veteran status, or on any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

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