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. This individual will support Career Rise services by providing direct employment counseling and job search assistance to youth and young adults ages 14–24 accessing LCEWD services. As the primary contact for walk-in and general youth job seekers, this position serves all Career Rise customers, including youth accessing services independently and participants enrolled in the WIOA in Compass Program, including those on existing Career Rise caseloads.

Working collaboratively with Career Rise case managers, this position delivers employment-focused services that support participants' individual employment and education goals. In addition to providing one-on-one services, this position will lead group workshops, job clubs, and presentations designed to build job search, workplace readiness, resume writing, interviewing, and career exploration skills, helping youth and young adults prepare for and successfully obtain employment.

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. 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!

What you'll be doing:

• Provide individualized employment counseling and career guidance to youth and young adults, assisting with career exploration, job search strategies, resume development, interview preparation, and employment planning.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for walk-in, virtual, and general youth job seekers, connecting customers to Career Rise services, resources, and community partners.
• Plan and facilitate engaging in-person and virtual workshops, presentations, and career readiness activities while supporting outreach with K–12 schools, employers, and community organizations.
• Coordinate and support Career Rise events and initiatives, including the Spring Employment Event (Teen Job Fair), Jump Start Your Job Search Series, Young Entrepreneur Tournament, seasonal internship programs, and other youth-focused programming.
• Maintain accurate case documentation, service records, and data entry in compliance with LCEWD, CDLE, WIOA, and confidentiality standards while collaborating with Career Rise staff to deliver coordinated customer services.

All candidates will be screened for the following required minimum qualifications. Any candidate who does not meet all of the qualifications listed as required will be eliminated from the process.

• Two (2) years of experience in a related field or in the performance of similar duties and responsibilities is required.
• High School Diploma or GED, required.

The typical schedule for this position is Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The Career Rise Team supports a variety of annual and seasonal events as well as fulfilling requests from school and community partners. These opportunities will at times require evening and weekend availability. This is a limited-term position through July 2027 and will be tasked with serving in both our Fort Collins office located at 200 W.

Oak Street, Fort Collins, CO 80521 while also serving youth in the Loveland/Berthoud area. This will include a regularly scheduled day designated to work in southern Larimer County (Loveland Library, 200 Peridot Avenue). Hybrid remote work is available in accordance with Larimer County policies and operational needs. This position is based at 200 W. Oak Street in Fort Collins and will require travel to Loveland Community Spaces and other partner locations to support participant and program needs.

An offer of employment is contingent upon the successful completion of required pre-employment checks or testing. All application components must be submitted by 11:59 PM MT on the closing date listed. Larimer County is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment in all employment practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity or expression, and sexual orientation), national origin, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, military status, or any other characteristic protected by law or regulation.