Job Training Coordinator (FT)

Company Overview

Through Christ & community, 10:12 Sports uses athletics to provide mentoring and job training opportunities to youth. 10:12 empowers our community church partners and leaders to mentor youth through Christ, developing servant leaders and successful decision makers who commit to healthy lifestyles. We are currently in the process of building and strengthening a team that embraces that mindset & provides a transformational experience in urban ministry for our staff/interns.

 

10:12 Sports Core Values

Christ – We believe that Christ has come so that all may have an abundant life, so we strive to empower youth to reach their God-given potential with the skills they have been given.

Community – We believe that it takes a strong community to raise a child and are intentional about partnering with local churches, organizations, and community leaders to positively enhance the lives of our young men.

Coaching – Sports provide a platform for coachable moments that can be applied both on and off the field. Through our leagues, we emphasize the importance of integrity and servant leadership.

Job Description

In partnership with the Program Manager, the Job Training Coordinator is responsible for various programming aspects within the organization such as: workforce training, post-graduate mentoring, employment placement, and job readiness. The expectation is that these areas are managed with excellence and consistency. While there is a focus on these workforce-related tasks, the Job Training Coordinator will be joining a small but mighty team, and therefore (as indicated below) is expected to step into a diverse set of responsibilities. Knowing that all ministry flows from relationships, connections built in the greater 10:12 community are essential to the work.

10:12 sports is an organization that is adaptive to the needs of its students and community. Consequently, the Job Training Coordinator may not be working a typical full-time schedule, but instead will be asked (depending on the season) to adapt their hours to meet these needs, including Saturday Game Days.

 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Workforce Training (75%)

Program Related

  • Manage 10:12’s In-House Job Training Programs: Game Day Jobs & Equip 2 Serve

  • Plan and Facilitate ongoing job training/readiness opportunities for 10:12 teens & Alumni that would help to: Create Vision, Develop Skills, and Access Resources needed to excel in the job sector

  • Help in planning the 1012 Annual Banquet and Silent Auction Fundraiser along with additional events designed to cultivate and engage 10:12’s community, including donors, board, league and internal staff

  • Connect High-School aged teens with possible employment & internship opportunities, while assisting them to insure placement and retention

Post-Graduate Support

  • Work with Program Manager to create a strategy for supporting and mentoring current and alumni post-secondary participants in retaining employment and transitioning during employment changes

  • Create and implement a strategy for collaborating with young men to identify possible & desired career paths and set short & long-term goals

  • Plan and implement strategies to assist young men with job & career training program placement and re-employment.

  • Create and maintain a database to house key: contacts, opportunities and resources which could potentially assist in 10:12 teens obtaining and retaining employment

  • Develop and implement strategy to assist in the removal of barriers to work eligibility

Outreach (15%)

  • Build and maintain relevant employer & career training program relationships, leading to opts in: employment, intern experience, job shadowing, training/speaking, donations etc…

  • Identify and partner with appropriate partnering agencies/organizations to supplement workforce-related services for 10:12 teens and alumni

Tracking & Evaluation (5%)

  • Manage all workforce related tracking and evaluation methods to inform programming/service and to communicate needs and outcomes to fundraising team.

  • Report on work of 10:12 as needed (annual report, etc)

Partnership Building (5%)

  • Build and maintain relationships with community of financial and in-kind supporters including but not limited to businesses and donors (assist with partnership development “fundraising” for the ministry)

  • Aid In recruitment for referees, interns, players, coaches, church hosts and other groups as needed

  • Help in planning the 10:12 Annual Banquet and Silent Auction Fundraiser along with additional events designed to cultivate and engage 10:12’s community, including donors, board, league and internal staff

  • Actively participate in mentoring teens enrolled in the program

Qualifications and Personal Characteristics:

  • Person of integrity, actively walking out their Christian faith

  • Ability to thrive in ambiguous environments

  • Willingness and desire to build deep and consistent relationships with the 10:12 community (staff, players, stakeholders, etc)

  • Reliable, organized and responsible

  • Ability to work independently and take initiative

  • Strong desire to mentor teenage males

  • Experience working with older youth (2+ years)

  • Alignment with the mission and core beliefs of 10:12

  • 10:12 works around the schedule of schools and students, flexibility in working hours is needed o High School Diploma Required (College Degree Preferred)

Timeline

10:12 Sports anticipates filling the role no later than May 5, 2024. Candidates should submit their Cover Letter & Resume to office@1012sports.com