Job Description:

Position Summary:

The Paraprofessional for The Academy at Tommy Nobis Center will be an integral part of an exciting program providing accelerated vocational education, training, and employment to young adults with disabilities who are transitioning out of High School and into the work environment. The Paraprofessional provides support to the Academy Instructor for delivering curriculum specific to Life Skills to support work independence, Social Skills for success, Vocational Skills, and the integration of Community-based works.

The Paraprofessional for The Academy is a full-time position focused on year-round services.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Responsible for supporting the delivery of services for participants in The Academy, from start of cohort to exit.
2. Supports classroom instruction with a vocational skills curriculum (life skills, social skills, career exploration, job readiness, interview skills, etc.) to young adults transitioning out of High School and into the work environment.
3. Facilitates daily instructional review.
4. Provides daily oversite of participants during breaks, lunch, outings, to maintain effective control and management of classroom.
5. Works in collaboration with the Academy Instructor and Employment Specialists to ready participants to actualize their employment goals.
6. Assists the Employment Specialists in coordinating participants internship opportunities at community work sites.
7. Completes weekly and monthly status reports for participants as needed.
8. Tracks and collects performance metrics and outcomes.
9. Assist with the case management and individualized career goals for students, including documentation, data entry and file maintenance.
10. Assist with daily delivery of career readiness and educational workshops.
11. Assist in planning and running group activities for students.
12. Help identify local learning opportunities for students.

Experience and Skills:

Qualifications

Education / Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in special education, rehabilitation, sociology, behavioral sciences or business administration or related field or pursuing a degree.
• Interest in vocational rehabilitation, teaching or delivering career/work readiness to individuals with disabilities.

Other Qualifications or Requirements:

• Mission driven, guided by core values and a pleasure to work with.
• High "customer service orientation and youth- focused."
• Excellent engagement and presentation skills.
• Results oriented with ability to meet assigned deadlines.

• Must be highly organized, accurate in completing work assignments.
• Possess creativity, with an ability to effectively engage youth and build rapport.
• Strong oral & written communication skills.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality with assigned duties.
• Possesses a working knowledge of Windows environment in Word, Excel & PowerPoint.
• General knowledge of other office equipment such as copiers, scanners, fax machine, etc.

• Must pass a drug screen and background check.
• Eligibility to work in the United States.

Prior Experience Desirable:

• Experience working with transition students.
• Experience teaching or delivering instruction in a virtual environment.
• Delivery of job readiness skills training.
• Developing programmatic marketing materials and PowerPoint presentations.

Core Competencies:

Customer Focus

Builds and maintains customer satisfaction with internal and external customers, student and parents.

Attention to Detail

Diligently attends to details and pursues quality in accomplishing tasks.

Teamwork

Promotes cooperation and commitment within a team to achieve goals and deliverables.

Speaking

Conveys ideas and facts orally using language the audience will best understand.

Writing

Conveys ideas and facts in writing using language the reader will best understand.

Special Skills/Abilities:

Written Communication

Strong written skills required to create and prepare professional quality documentation and to effectively communicate with a broad range of individuals.

Analytical

Strong ability to review statistical information in order to create reports, show changes, validate any deficiencies, and to establish improvement goals.

Oral Communication

Ability to communicate and present information informally and formally to candidates for employment, new hires, program participants, employees and other professional groups.

Organizational

Ability to organize data and assigned work tasks for maximum effectiveness.

Equipment

Knowledge of computers.

Declaration:

This job description is not designed to cover or contain comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. They may be subject to change at any time.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions. It is the philosophy of Tommy Nobis Center to provide a safe work environment according to Tommy Nobis Center' policies, compliance agencies and other and safety guidelines. Employee required to attend all safety training sessions and drills.

This role will involve driving to participant schools and working in a variety of academic environments. Time in the office is in a typical office work environment.