The Brotherhood Crusade Life Skills & Entrepreneur Trainer will educate, inform and guide Youth and Young Adults enrolled in our YouthSource Center. The incumbent will be charged to train and provide in- and out-of- classroom settings that cause young people to value, aspire to and fully adopt attitudes, behaviors and beliefs that facilitate their current and future success in school and in life. This includes providing a curriculum that fosters creativity, critical thinking, problem solving, decision making and the ability to effectively communicate along with personal and social responsibility that will contribute to good citizenship.

Specifically, the Life Skills & Entrepreneur Trainer shall cause 14-29 year old South Los Angeles County young people (with an emphasis on individuals who present with barriers to employment) to successfully graduate from Brotherhood Crusade’s workforce development program, which includes Brotherhood Crusade’s Stepwise Employment Experiences pathway, and be well-prepared to secure, thrive in, advance in and sustain employment in a living wage or more highly-compensated career or entrepreneurship. Importantly, the goal of the Brotherhood Crusade YouthSource Center is to provide services to young people that improve their life by causing them to self-actualize, increase their agency and self-determination, develop vocational power (life and social) and technical skills, improve their academic proficiency, and facilitate their adoption of success principles that lead to self-reliance as well as subsequent advancement with respect to their career goals and objectives. To this end, the Life Skills & Entrepreneur Trainer shall build meaningful relationships with program participants; instruct beginning, intermediate and advanced job preparation, entrepreneurship training and continuation classes; instruct financial education classes; establish partnerships with employers and workforce training institutions with respect to the use and instruction of their curricula; work with the YouthSource Center team effectuate desired outcomes for participants; and develop curricula for and instruct program participants who have been placed in stepwise employment opportunities to ensure sustained learning and growth in accordance with their individual-specific youth development plans.

Essential Duties- To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. Instruct beginning, intermediate, advanced and intensive job preparation and continuation classes using the Brotherhood Crusade Self Actualization, Jr. Executive Workforce Development Program, Power (Life) Skills for Vocational Success, Taking Financial Control, Ubuntu Experience, Accenture Skills to Succeed, and other approved curricula. These classes shall target 14–29-year-old South Los Angeles County youth and young adults with multiple barriers to employment and are mandatory for program participants.
2. Develop beginning, intermediate, advanced and intensive job preparation and continuation curricula as appropriate. The classes shall include mainstreaming and practicum components that simulate employer expectations in a real workforce setting such that the participants experience and are held accountable to habitualizing these life lessons.
3. Execute formal agreements with and between the youth/young adult, their parent or guardian (as appropriate) and Brotherhood Crusade outlining the terms and conditions of program participation (including weekly attendance at the beginning, intermediate, advanced and intensive job preparation, life skills and entrepreneurship classes) and the roles and responsibilities of each concerned/interested party.
4. Develop and maintain database and statistics that directly relate to participant progress with respect to their learning goals and objectives as required by our funding partners and delineated in the Brotherhood Crusade Workforce Development Evaluation and Learning Protocol.
5. Maintain requisite records of youth and young adults as it relates to their instructional progress and matriculation through the learning objectives identified in their individual-specific youth development plan.
6. Develop, facilitate and provide pre-employment and post-employment workshops and professional development opportunities.
7. Create, develop and instruct curricula that address issues identified by the Job Placement Liaison or Job Developer such that the youth and young adults continue to develop and improve their workplace skills and behaviors and are well positioned to consistently exceed employer expectations.
8. Instruct the training curriculum of employment partners, as appropriate
9. Prepare youth for and engage in the youth development, vocation development and entrepreneurial opportunities that may be presented by stakeholders, corporate or foundation partners
10. Prepare and conduct training sessions according to a prepared plan alternating entrepreneurship classes as appropriate and as required
11. Specify relevant curriculum to specific age/level groups and provide relevant technical inputs to enter the job market.
12. Coach young people with developing viable micro-entrepreneurship ideas and help them develop an introductive business plan;
13. Collaborate and coordinate with other departments for participant referrals, development plans, and needs assessment profiles.  

Additional Duties

1. Other duties and special projects as assigned.
2. Support the planning, coordination, and execution of Life Skills graduations, including tracking participant completion, preparing recognition materials, coordinating with staff, and helping create a meaningful experience that celebrates young people’s progress and readiness for the next step in their workforce development pathway.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree  from a four-year university required.

Other Qualifications

• Possesses a valid driver's license and state-required auto insurance.
• Required to travel several times per month (25% to 50% of the time).
• Ability to work a flexible schedule, including some evenings and occasional weekends, to support program activities, participant engagement and organization events.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Spanish / English bilingual preferred.
• Ability to handle confidential information. 
• Participates in, conducts, and sustains performance quality improvement activities according to designated role and responsibilities.
• Sensitivity to service population’s cultural and socioeconomic characteristics.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Punctual and dependable attendance.
• Understands Los Angeles Brotherhood Crusade’s basic philosophy and participates fully in carrying out its mission.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• None required.

English Language Skills

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.  Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.  Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public. 

Mathematical Skills

• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference.  Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

 

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Computer Skills

• Must have advanced knowledge proficiency of computer programs in a Windows environment, including Word, Excel, and E-mail.
• Database software
• Design software
• Internet software
• Spreadsheet software
• Word Processing software
• Presentation software
• Other software / systems

Special Requirements

• The successful candidate will be required to report to and work from the office complex at least five days a week. Offices are traditionally equipped with computers, telephones, desks, chairs, and office machines. Additionally, each office offers an instructional classroom from which orientations and trainings are conducted.

Disclaimer

• This program is unique in that the successful candidate may be working with individuals who, heretofore, have never been exposed to the subject matter and, as such, may not readily adopt the precepts or methodologies. Moreover, these clients may exhibit stress-related emotions such as tension, frustration, and anger. The successful candidate must understand this phenomenon and possess a psychologically stable profile and a demeanor that minimizes the opportunity that these emotions will escalate to conflict.

• The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to perform in this job.

Benefits

• Excellent full benefits package.

Schedule

• Must be available to work Monday/Tuesday/Thursday/Friday from 9:00am – 5:30pm and Wednesdays from 12:00 pm - 8:30 pm
• There may be occurrences when a work or community event occurs on Saturday and/or Sunday. Your work schedule will be revised to accommodate this change and you will be notified in advance.