Posted on November 6, 2009

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Account Manager

Seedco is a national community development organization focused on creating opportunities for low wage workers and community entrepreneurs. We help people join the workforce and achieve economic self-sufficiency, assist small businesses, and promote asset building for residents and businesses in economically distressed communities.

Seedco manages the Upper Manhattan Workforce1 Career Center through a contract with the New York City Department of Small Business Services (SBS). The center involves a partnership of agencies and organizations working together to provide a full array of employment services including career advisement, job search counseling, skills training and job placement and retention services that are matched to the staffing needs of the business community.

Overview of Position:

Seedco is seeking qualified candidates for a full-time Account Manager for Recruitment and Placement at the Upper Manhattan Workforce1 Career Center located on West 125th Street. Our Recruitment and Placement team consists of six account managers reporting to a Business Services Manager who jointly serve the high volume of job seekers seeking employment through our center. We focus on meeting a minimum of 50 placements per week as a team with the goal of serving employers with high quality service as reflected in recruit-to-hire ratios of at least 3:1. It is therefore important that the candidate be team-oriented, problem-solving, professionally-driven and highly-motivated to match the right candidates to all job openings generated by the team. Relevant and up-to-date knowledge of the NYC job market is essential. Please note that we are not looking for traditional job developers focused on individual weekly and monthly placement quotas.

Key Responsibilities:

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Developing a recruiting plan for each employer outlining the timeframe, outcomes and processes to be used to satisfying the hiring demand;
• Sharing secured job order information with the team; training them on the specific nuances of each employer seeking to interview candidates;
• Conducting outreach for appropriate potential jobseekers as necessary utilizing all available marketing resources;
• Working with the team to identify appropriate job seekers from within the center; efficiently prescreening them for referral to all employers served by the team;
• Recruiting appropriate job seekers from referral partners and other relevant agencies and institutions to prescreen them for referrals to all employers;
• Identifying and developing referral partnerships with training providers, schools, trade associations, or other entities to meet with job seekers with skills relevant to employer requirements;
• Complying with administrative responsibilities including follow-up with employers on hiring status and updating progress notes on interview results of job seekers;
• Tracking referrals and placements on a daily and weekly basis;
• Working with employers to identify customized training and other needs and connecting them to appropriate services provided through our Business Solutions Centers;
• Other and all related tasks as necessary and required.

Key Qualifications:

Candidates should possess the following qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree required;
• At least 3 years of directly related experience required;
• Excellent written and oral communication skills;
• Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated experience in a team-based work environment;
• Must be articulate, motivating and possess strong sales skills;
• Ability to communicate effectively with people of diverse cultures and backgrounds;
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-volume, target oriented environment;
• Existing contacts within businesses and experience presenting to business/industry preferred;
• Bilingual Spanish/English a plus.
• Compensation:
• Range in mid $40s based on experience. Full benefits package included. Seedco is an EEO employer.

How to apply:

Email is preferable to fax. Please, no phone calls about this position. Seedco is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer. Please forward resume and cover letter with the subject line "Account Manager R&P (Req#09-54)," emails without this subject line will NOT be considered. Send to:

Seedco
E-mail: jobopenings@seedco.org

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Job Type: Finance
Organization Type: Grantmaking Public Charities