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Operation ABLE of Greater Boston, a 501c(3) organization, is the only workforce development organization in the region that targets its services to meet the needs of the mature worker. The agency’s mission is to provide employment and training opportunities to job seekers of all ages with a priority of serving the mature worker. ABLE is equally committed to servicing Massachusetts and other New England employers by providing well-qualified candidates to meet their employment needs and by training employees so they can be as productive as possible at their jobs.

MASSACHUSETTS

Employer Account Representative

REPORTS TO: Chief Program Officer

SUMMARY:  With supervision, develops and manages relationships with employers.  A full time position, serves as agency liaison to Operation ABLE Employer Advisory Committee (EAC). Contacts and meets with employers to market ABLE services with a priority of placing program participants into internships and unsubsidized employment.  Works with employers to collect job postings for ABLE clients and coordinate employer workshops, panels, and recruitment sessions. Provides a full continuum of job search assistance services in-person, via Zoom, via phone, and via email to clients who are unemployed, in job transition, and/or are economically disadvantaged.

Employment Specialist

REPORTS TO: Suffolk County Regional Manager

SUMMARY: With supervision, develops and manages relationships with employers. Serves as agency liaison to ABLE Employer Advisory Committee (EAC). Contacts and meets with employers to market ABLE services with a priority of placing program participants into internships and unsubsidized employment. Works with employers to collect job postings for ABLE clients and coordinate employer workshops, panels, and recruitment sessions. Provides a full continuum of job search assistance services in-person, via phone, and via email to clients who are unemployed, in job transition, and/or are economically disadvantaged.

NEW HAMPSHIRE

SCSEP Area Program Assistant, New Hampshire

Senior Community Services Employment Program, SCSEP.  Home Office: Coos or Grafton County Region – Remote opportunity with initial weekly (reimbursed) trips to Manchester for on-boarding and training.

TITLE: AREA PROGRAM ASSISTANT

REPORTS TO: NEW HAMPSHIRE SCSEP Regional Director

JOB OBJECTIVE: The New Hampshire SCSEP Area Program Assistant (APA) will enroll and support participants to use the SCSEP program effectively and gain employment in Coos and Grafton Counties.

This position is funded through ABLE’s Senior Community Service Employment Program, SCSEP.
Job candidates must satisfy specific program eligibility requirements as stated below:

  • AGE: 55 or older
  • INCOME: Eligibility requirements apply
  • Eligible to work in the United States

The Senior Community Services Employment Program (SCSEP) is a Department of Labor-funded community service training program for economically disadvantaged adults 55 years or older. Program participants receive a training stipend equal to the state minimum wage while assigned part-time to a local 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization or government agency.  Participants have the opportunity to enhance their job skills and gain current work experience as they pursue unsubsidized employment opportunities during the program period.  Operation ABLE administers the SCSEP program in Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk, and Norfolk counties in Massachusetts, and all of New Hampshire.

The Senior Community Service Employment Program is funded by the US Department of Labor as an award of $5,907,536 including a NH Bureau of Economic Affairs sub-grant and $590,530 in non-federal support with $0 state and local government funds.

Operation ABLE SCSEP is an equal opportunity program. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities; Video relay calls are welcome.

MORE ABOUT OPERATION ABLE

MISSION STATEMENT
Throughout its history, ABLE has stayed true to its core mission: "…to provide employment and training opportunities to job seekers from economically, racially and occupationally diverse backgrounds”. 

Operation ABLE of Greater Boston, a 501c(3) organization, is the only workforce development organization in the region that targets its services to meet the needs of the mature worker. The agency’s mission is to provide employment and training opportunities to job seekers of all ages with a priority of serving the mature worker. ABLE is equally committed to servicing Massachusetts employers by providing well-qualified candidates to meet their employment needs and by training employees so they can be as productive as possible at their jobs.

ORGANIZATION BACKGROUND:

Founded in 1982, OA has provided training programs and employment services to more than 40,000 job seekers throughout Boston, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, who needed job support services to re-enter the workforce. We offer a variety of services including occupational and computer skills training, job search training and support, coaching and counseling, and on-the-job training opportunities.

Operation ABLE will recruit and select persons in all positions to ensure a diverse and inclusive climate without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, color, political affiliation, creed, national origin, marital status, or any other status as protected by federal, state, and local laws.  Operation ABLE welcomes applications from individuals with disabilities and will make reasonable accommodations for interviews and for service upon request.