Community Employment & Resource Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Community Employment & Resource Manager

Full-Time | RISE Community Services

Why You’ll Want to Work at RISE

You’re looking for more than your next job. You want a place where you can lead people, build community connections, improve programs, and see the impact of your work.

At RISE, we invest in our employees through 100% employer-paid health insurance, paid time off, retirement matching, tuition reimbursement, paid training, and opportunities for professional growth. You’ll also join a mission-driven organization that values connection, engagement, belonging, and developing future leaders.

What You’ll Get to Own

You’ll lead programs that help individuals with disabilities find meaningful employment, connect with community resources, build independence, and reach their goals.

You’ll oversee employment and community resource programs while developing your team, building partnerships, tracking results, managing resources, and finding better ways to serve our communities.

This isn’t a position where you simply maintain what already exists. We’re looking for someone who can lead people, build relationships, solve problems, improve programs, and turn opportunities into action.

You’ll Have the Opportunity to

• Lead, coach, and develop employment and community resource teams
• Oversee employment, community resource, transition, and mobile crew programs
• Build partnerships with employers, schools, service providers, and community organizations
• Help create new employment and community opportunities for individuals with disabilities
• Manage program goals, budgets, resources, and performance
• Use KPIs and outcomes to identify what’s working and what needs to improve
• Develop staff through training and coaching
• Lead and improve projects, programs, processes, and community initiatives
• Collaborate across RISE and throughout the communities we serve
• Turn ideas and community needs into programs and partnerships that create meaningful results

You May Be a Great Fit If You

• Enjoy developing people and creating more leaders
• Build relationships naturally and enjoy connecting people with opportunities
• Take ownership instead of waiting to be told what to do
• Can see the big picture without losing track of the details
• Enjoy building partnerships and being active in the community
• Can balance compassion with accountability
• Are comfortable making decisions and solving problems
• Know how to turn an idea into an organized plan and follow it through
• Can manage multiple programs, people, and priorities
• Enjoy using data to make better decisions
• Are comfortable having difficult conversations when needed
• Regularly ask, “How can we make this better?”

What You’ll Need

A bachelor’s degree in social work, human services, business administration, or a related field is preferred, although equivalent experience may be considered.

You’ll also need at least two years of experience in community-based services, employment services, or case management and two years of supervisory or leadership experience. Experience building community partnerships, managing budgets, working with community resources or vocational rehabilitation, and tracking program outcomes will help you succeed.

This is a community-facing leadership position, so you’ll need to be comfortable traveling throughout our service area and occasionally working outside traditional hours when programs or situations require it.

About RISE

RISE Community Services creates opportunities for individuals with disabilities to live, work, and engage meaningfully in their communities.

Our values of Safety, Respect, Growth, Compassion, and Teamwork guide how we serve others, develop our employees, and build stronger communities.

Ready to RISE?

If you’re looking for a leadership position where you can develop people, build community partnerships, improve programs, solve problems, and create opportunities that matter, we’d like to meet you.

Bring your leadership. Bring your ideas. Bring your connections. Come help us create more opportunities in our communities.