Workforce Development Associate

Core responsibilities:

• Drive successful job placements for trainees by cultivating and maintaining strong relationships with local horticulture employers, parks departments, community-based organizations, and sustainability partners
• Build trusting and supportive relationships with trainees to support confidence and skills, providing career coaching including cover letter, resume, interview skills, and goal-setting support
• Coordinate and develop a referral process for trainees who complete the training program and maintain ongoing relationships with community organizations regarding referrals
• Partner with the HR team to facilitate orientations, organization-wide trainings, reorientations, and exit interviews for trainees, and support full-cycle recruitment efforts

This role creates positive change by training people for jobs that grow and sustain green communities and connecting them with meaningful employment opportunities in horticulture, urban greening, and environmental stewardship, ultimately improving New Yorkers' health, well-being, and environment through horticulture.

Required qualifications:

• 2+ years professional work experience and 1+ year experience as a Career Coach, Employment Counselor, or in career development
• Proven ability to develop and maintain strong professional networks that lead to job placements or industry partnerships
• Experience working with individuals who have faced barriers to employment, with a demonstrated commitment to equity and accessibility
• Ability to work a Saturday through Wednesday schedule and comfort traveling throughout NYC via public transportation

The Hort offers all Full-Time regular employees:

• Generous Paid Time Off package
• Term life insurance policy
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pre-tax benefits including transit, Flexible Spending Account, medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k)-retirement plan available after one year of service
• Salary Range: $58,000 to $62,000

The mission of The Horticultural Society of New York is to improve human lives through horticulture. Their social service and public programs create green spaces in all neighborhoods as a vital part of social infrastructure, train people for jobs that grow and sustain green communities, and develop fresh approaches to improve New Yorkers' health, well-being, and environment through horticulture.