Youth Career Specialist

Youth Career Specialist

The Career Rise Team at Larimer County Economic & Workforce Development (LCEWD) is hiring a Youth Career Specialist to join their skilled, collaborative, and service-oriented team. If you have a strong passion for supporting youth and young adults facing challenges to employment or education, we want to meet you! This individual will be working within the Career Rise Team and will primarily provide direct, intensive case management services to a caseload of WIOA in Compass Program youth and young adults ages 16–24 who face significant challenges to employment and/or education.

In particular, this position will primarily be supporting participants residing in Southern Larimer County (Loveland, Berthoud, etc.) and will be expected to meet in person in shared community spaces within these communities in addition to our Fort Collins office. The case management activities for this position include determining and documenting program eligibility, providing one-on-one employment/career-related counseling, working with program participants to remove employment barriers and build support through community-based referrals, planning, and education.

Direct, individualized counseling utilizing Motivational Interviewing and related techniques will be a regular part of supporting these young people. The ability to provide services both in person and through virtual platforms while building meaningful relationships with youth and young adults is essential to success in this role.

In addition to the case management of WIOA Youth, the Career Rise team shares the commitment of serving all youth, ages 14–24, who may have general inquiries and requests for assistance with employment seeking and other related topics. This team commitment includes participation in rotating team phone and email responsibilities, school presentations, group workshop facilitation, and other various outreach activities or events.

LCEWD carefully recruits staff to build on our existing culture of collaboration, respect, inclusiveness, and innovation. We value all types of diversity, and we value the journey and recognize skills can be demonstrated through a variety of professional and personal experiences. We believe in having purpose and balance in life and support employee flexibility. Our department is passionate about serving people, businesses, and our community.

Join our team, apply today!