Employment and Career Pathways Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

About Nomi Network: Nomi Network's mission is to end human trafficking by creating pathways to safe employment and empowering women and girls to break cycles of slavery in their families and communities. Our vision is a world where every woman can know her full potential.

Position Description

The Employment and Career Pathways Specialist will play a foundational role in delivering employment and career coaching services within the program. This position will provide career guidance to participants, with an emphasis on youth ages 15-17, support pre-apprenticeships, the coordination of internships and job opportunities, job placement, and early job success, and collaborate with program partners to strengthen career development pathways. The specialist will contribute to the continuous improvement of employment services by sharing insights, supporting process refinement, and delivering high-quality coaching and training support.

Location: Dallas, Texas – Hybrid schedule reporting to the Dallas office: 1341 W. Mockingbird Lane, Suite 800 Dallas, TX 75247 three days/ week

Reports to: Dallas Sr Program Manager

Status: Exempt (Salaried)

Salary: $59,000-$64,000

Schedule: M-F, full-time, with occasional evening and weekend hours as needed

Travel: Employee is expected to travel within the DFW area for events and partnership-related activities

Responsibilities

Employment Services Management

• Lead the delivery and continuous improvement of employment services for program participants.

• Instruct students in job seeking, application procedures, resume writing, interview preparation, job retention skills and attitudes.

• Monitor students on the job and provide coaching and feedback to address both satisfactory and unsatisfactory performance issues.

• Develop and maintain relationships with employers.

• Prepare participants for job fairs and provide on-site support, including coaching on networking, resumes, and employer interactions.

Career Coaching and Development

• Provide individual and group career coaching sessions.

• Assist participants in identifying their career goals and developing actionable plans to achieve them.

• Apply strength-based approaches with a trauma-informed lens to coach students on academic, vocational, and employment goals. Provide individualized career coaching and job placement support, preparing students to secure and succeed in employment opportunities.

• Support the creation and refinement of career pathways by collaborating with partner organizations and sharing insights to improve service delivery.

• Goal and career assessments (resume worksheets, cover letters, and quality assurance surveys).

Collaboration and Program Coordination

• Set up internships, job opportunities, and events in coordination with other Dallas program team members.

• Write and implement individualized job support plans, drawing on input from workforce trainers and social workers.

• Attending all relevant meetings (supervision, staff meetings, case conference sessions, curriculum development, and workshops, etc.).

• Collaborate with the HQ Development team to support program communications needs, ensuring effective storytelling and messaging alignment.

• Collaborate with the case manager throughout the 7-week cohort to coordinate participant support, share progress, and align services.

Internship Program Oversight

• Support the administration and coordination of the Work-Based Learning program, including participant enrollment, placement coordination, engagement tracking, and progress monitoring to support skill development, pre-apprenticeships, career alignment, and early job success.

• Participate in program activities such as virtual and in-person panels, workshops, employer site visits, and community-based engagement events that support participant learning and program connection.

Competencies

• Adaptability: Maintaining effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work tasks or the work environment; adjusting effectively to work within new work structures, processes, requirements, or cultures.

• Communication: Clearly conveying information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message.

• Creates external strategic alliances: Develops and uses collaborative relationships to facilitate the accomplishment of work goals.

• Building trust: Interacting with others in a way that gives them confidence in one's own intentions and those of the organization.

• Problem-solving: Resolving or addressing issues before they need to be escalated; able to solve problems by analyzing situations and applying critical thinking. Defining issues, problems and opportunities, generating different courses of action, evaluating the constraints and risks, and selecting the viable option to address the identified problems and/or opportunities.

• Initiating action: Taking prompt action to accomplish objectives; taking action to achieve goals beyond what is required; being proactive.

• Managing conflict: Dealing effectively with others in an antagonistic situation; using appropriate interpersonal styles and methods to reduce tension or conflict between two or more people.

• Cross-cultural engagement: The ability to understand, communicate, and work with people from different cultures and engage with them effectively.

• Attention to detail: Thoroughness in accomplishing a task through concern for all the areas involved, no matter how small. Monitors and checks work or information and plans and organizes time and resources effectively.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related field, or equivalent relevant work experience.

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in employment services, workforce development, or a related field.

• Strong understanding of job market trends, resume building, and interview coaching.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

• Excellent organizational skills with attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple tasks effectively.

• Experience working with high-risk or underresourced populations.

• Reliable access to a working vehicle for work-related purposes.

• Reliable access to wifi for work-related purposes given the role will initially be remote.

Preferred Qualifications

• Spanish-speaking, bilingual.

• Ability to leverage an established professional network or comfort with building one.

Physical Requirements

• The position functions in a normal office environment that requires the ability to successfully interface with standard office equipment such as computers, printers, copiers, and telephones.

• Sitting, standing, walking, and occasionally climbing stairs are typical activities in this role.

• Talking (expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word) and hearing (perceiving the nature of sounds) are required.

• Clarity of vision (i.e., working with small objects or reading small print) is required.

• The ability to lift objects up to 25 lbs is required.

• This job will require the ability to drive a vehicle for work-related purposes, so the ability to drive a car is required. This includes sitting, gripping, foot action, neck movements, elbow movements, reaching, and wrist movements.

We strongly encourage survivors of human trafficking, individuals with lived experience, and those from diverse backgrounds to apply. This position is ideal for someone eager to develop their expertise and make a meaningful impact in a collaborative environment.