Career Coach at JVS Boston – Boston, Massachusetts

JVS is a non-profit, non-sectarian agency. Our mission is to empower individuals from diverse communities to find employment and build careers, and to partner with employers to hire, develop and retain productive workforces.
JVS provides a broad range of services including adult education, skills training, job readiness training, job placement and support, and access to post-secondary education. JVS assists employers in their search for well-qualified job applicants and their initiatives to upgrade the skills of their incumbent workforce.

The Career Coach is responsible for providing high quality career counseling to immigrants and refugees to connect them to jobs, training, and/or education leading to skills upgrades and career advancement. The Career Coach will support clients with identifying a career path, creating a plan to work towards that career goal, and taking needed steps to advance their careers. The Career coach will also develop strong job leads, and initiate and sustain collaborative partnerships with a variety of internal programs and community organizations to support clients’ employment, education, and/or training placement and goal attainment. Having strong knowledge about issues related to individuals with employment barriers and experience working with people from diverse backgrounds is necessary for this role.
Program participants include immigrants and refugees seeking to advance their careers through higher quality employment (new/better jobs), ESOL instruction, education, and/or training.

JVS is strongly committed to diversity and a workplace environment that respects, appreciates and values employee differences and similarities. By providing and supporting a work culture that fosters and builds upon diversity and its strengths, JVS will better serve our local communities and continue to provide quality services. JVS is an employment at-will organization and an equal opportunity employer committed to maintaining a work and learning environment free from discrimination on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, pregnancy, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital/civil union status, ancestry, place of birth, age, citizenship status, veteran status, political affiliation, genetic information or disability, as defined and required by state and federal laws.