Career Counselor - KEYA - Workforce

Career Counselor - KEYA - Workforce Opportunities

Jericho Project is a nationally recognized nonprofit that has been working to end homelessness at its roots since 1983. What began as a Manhattan soup kitchen has grown into a citywide organization serving nearly 3,000 New Yorkers each year—including over 700 veterans, as well as young adults and families, many of whom identify as LGBTQ+. Jericho provides more than 600 units of supportive housing through seven permanent residences in the Bronx and Harlem, along with scattered-site apartments throughout New York City.

Our housing-first model is paired with wraparound services delivered by skilled case managers, licensed mental health clinicians, and workforce development specialists. Together, these services support our four pillars of stability: housing, employment, wellness, and family. In 2024, Jericho facilitated over 570 housing placements, helped secure nearly 275 job placements, and delivered over 750 therapy sessions through our in-house Jericho Therapy Program.

As we move toward expanding our reach by an additional 2,000 units of housing, we remain committed to helping individuals and families build lasting independence and well-being—one person, one home, and one community at a time.

Jericho Project is a nationally recognized nonprofit that has been working to end homelessness at its roots since 1983. What began as a Manhattan soup kitchen has grown into a citywide organization serving nearly 3,000 New Yorkers each year—including over 700 veterans, as well as young adults and families, many of whom identify as LGBTQ+. Jericho provides more than 600 units of supportive housing through seven permanent residences in the Bronx and Harlem, along with scattered-site apartments throughout New York City.

Our housing-first model is paired with wraparound services delivered by skilled case managers, licensed mental health clinicians, and workforce development specialists. Together, these services support our four pillars of stability: housing, employment, wellness, and family. In 2024, Jericho facilitated over 570 housing placements, helped secure nearly 275 job placements, and delivered over 750 therapy sessions through our in-house Jericho Therapy Program.

As we move toward expanding our reach by an additional 2,000 units of housing, we remain committed to helping individuals and families build lasting independence and well-being—one person, one home, and one community at a time.

Jericho’s Workforce Opportunities Program is seeking an energetic and dynamic Career Counselor who will provide workforce development services to vulnerable young adults in order to help them achieve the highest possible level of employment, educational attainment, and/or other meaningful activity, e.g., paid internship. Career Counselor will specialize in outreach engagements methods with local organizations to work effectively with young adults to ensure that participants’ employment and educational goals are fully met.

Career Counselor will also provide on the job retention services for those participants who have been successfully employed.

Position: Career Counselor

Location: Manhattan

Reports To: Coordinator of Young Adult Employment Services

Status: Non-Exempt

Compensation: $53,000.00 to $55,000.00 annualized

• Provide career counseling services to about 70 young adults to help them prepare for, and secure employment.
• Complete employment and educational assessments on all participants; ensure that assessments and service plans are updated regularly as required.
• Collaborate with young adults in the service planning process and setting their education, training, and employment goals.
• Assis…