Career Readiness Instructor

The mission of Four Block is to equip transitioning service members and military spouses to begin purposeful civilian careers. The goal of our flagship Veteran Career Readiness Program is to help transitioning service members and veterans build professional relationships and develop critical career development skills.

The Four Block Veteran Career Readiness Instructor is the front-line team member responsible for ensuring delivery of the Four Block Veteran Career Readiness Program (CRP) Experience. The Career Readiness Program Instructor works directly with the Four Block Regional VP, Career Readiness Program Coaches, and local host employer partners to effectively deliver the Four Block Veteran Career Readiness Program curriculum to a cohort of transitioning service members and veterans seeking new careers.

The program is a 10-week course where we introduce a cohort of approximately 30-35 transitioning service members and veterans to a different employer every week to learn about career opportunities, industries, and corporate cultures; understand and practice the technical competencies of a career search; and, most importantly, expand their networks by gaining access to and building relationships with veterans and veteran allies who work for these employers.

All Career Readiness Instructors are expected to embrace and demonstrate Four Block’s core values:
Act with Humility;
Work to Build Trust;
Pursue Excellence. These core values are necessary for a successful transition.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Facilitate each weekly class, in-person, virtually, or in a hybrid manner to expand on the course topic and curriculum, supervise employer and coach participation, and provide instructional feedback to students.

• Ensure students meet all program deliverables and learning objectives as outlined in the course syllabus and track student progress.

• Proactively build community among students and coaches.

• Communicate regularly with coaches to ensure students receive quality individual feedback on course curriculum deliverables. Work with students needing additional individual support as identified by coaches.

• In collaboration with the Regional VP, participate in the course planning process and final class coordination for each session. This includes but is not limited to:

o Finalizing lesson plans and class presentations;

o Meet with employer hosts prior to their assigned session to understand their priorities and to ensure all expectations and responsibilities are understood in accordance with the delivery of the week’s lesson plan;

o Encourage coaches to participate in weekly session(s).

• Engage with students via Four Block’s curriculum delivery platform each week; post relevant session information to include session introduction, host company and leaders, logistics, assignment/session deliverables and any other relevant information.

• Take and submit student and employer attendance weekly; follow up with students not in attendance promptly.

• Engage with students outside of the session as needed.

• Create a post-session wrap-up on Linked In each week, thanking the host company and identifying any highlights or key takeaways.

• Meet with Regional VP after each session to debrief lessons learned, review attendance, identify students needing additional support, and conduct future class planning.

• Support Four Block alumni’s continued participation and attendance in classes.

• Working with the Regional VP to identify Career Readiness Coaches to support the cohort.

• To the extent possible, provide leads to companies in the area to Regional VPs.

Compensation is $3,500.00 per course.

Desired Experience and Attributes:

• A minimum three years of civilian work experience

• Exceptional…