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Job description
EASTCONN is seeking a part-time Human Services Navigator to serve as a "Success Coach" in our Adult Education and Community Programs team. The position will work between the Adult Education classrooms in Willimantic and occasional travel to satellite sites. Preference given to people who can work both daytime and evening hours.
This position will:
Conduct orientation sessions with new cohorts of ELL and high school completion students entering the program ensuring that they are familiar with program expectations and resources available.
Ensure that students begin their classwork ready to use relevant educational technology. The Coach will assess students ability to use relevant educational technology and provide basic training if students need some assistance.
Support students ongoing success by developing and maintaining a supportive mentoring relationship. The Coach will help students to identify personal academic and career goals, direct students to helpful resources and assist students in overcoming obstacles to their success.
Ideal candidates for this position will have the following characteristics:
Able to teach in a positive and supportive manner to a multiracial, multicultural, and multilevel group of participants.
Bilingual in Spanish and English
Comfortable conducting community-building activities within a classroom setting
Comfortable facilitating group interaction
Able to organize student-related activities
Have Adult Education experience and / or understand needs of adult students
Able to introduce complex/difficult subjects, but also simplify them and break them down into manageable units when working with students
Thinks of student as a whole person
Works well as part of a team but also self-directed
Comfortable with change (and working for a learning organization)
Strong organizational skills (time management)
This position is not eligible for employer-sponsored benefits, including health insurance, other benefits such as paid leave are on a pro-rated basis.
At EASTCONN, we believe that diversity is key to our success. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply, including those who may not meet every listed qualification. Your passion, drive, and perspective are what matter most to us.
As an EEO/AA employer, EASTCONN provides equal opportunity and prohibits discrimination, harassment and retaliation based upon a person's race, color, religion, sex, age, national or ethnic origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law, and caste, which is protected by our policies.
AA/EOE
M/F/D/V
Worksite address
windham, CT, 06280, US
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