Skills Center Recruiter

The Skills Center Recruiter for St. Mary’s Food Bank works with a wide variety of community social service and government agencies to achieve monthly program enrollment objectives by recruiting, evaluating, and enrolling student applicants that meet program criteria. The Recruiter will be working with adults who are looking for an opportunity to move forward in their lives.

Essential Functions

• Completes all steps of the applicant interview process including scheduling candidate interviews, conducting candidate interviews, scheduling additional interviewers, administering drug test, and completing student background information,
• Builds new applicant referral sources and maintains current partner relationships through on-going marketing, outreach and education efforts including attending offsite events and conducting weekly information presentations throughout the valley,
• Creates necessary paperwork and communication relating to new student needs including acceptance/denial letters, reference letters, and student status letters, etc. as needed,
• Communicates with external partners regarding applicants,
• Schedule and conduct info sessions: Onsite and off-site at agency partners,
• Prepares class lists and demographic reports that outline the students that will be starting each class with any pertinent enrollment information,
• Prepares and conducts the new student orientation including all necessary paperwork,
• Reviews applicant qualifications and selects candidates according to program criteria,
• Enters and maintains Zoho database with applicant, student, and agency information,
• Works proactively to ensure all applicants have a positive experience during the applicant and admission process,
• Provides recruitment and outreach updates to instructors and staff as needed,
• Captures and tracks data according to needs of program,
• Main contact for all prospective students and addresses any calls regarding program information,
• Conducts tours of Skills Center to prospective students, agency partners, and business partners
• Share feedback on student recruitment and referral agency activities and trends with Outreach team,
• Speaks on behalf of SMFBA in public settings.

Performs all functions according to established policies, procedures, regulatory and accreditation requirements, as well as applicable professional standards. Provides all internal/external customers of St. Mary’s Food Bank with an excellent service experience.

Scope and Complexity

May interact with all levels of leadership, employees, agency representatives, community neighbors, volunteers, external vendors, and clients.

Physical Demands/Environment Factors

• Requires extensive sitting with periodic standing and walking.
• May be required to lift, up to 30 pounds.
• Requires significant use of personal computer, phone, and general office equipment.
• Needs adequate visual acuity, ability to grasp and handle objects.
• Needs ability to communicate effectively through reading, writing, and speaking in person or on telephone.
• May require off-site travel, possible out-of-state travel.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and/or the equivalent years of experience in a related position
• Valid AZ Driver’s License
• High desire, motivation and comfort level helping at-risk individuals of diverse ethnic and educational backgrounds facing significant personal barriers to achieve greater self-sufficiency in their life through job training and placement. Includes working with individuals currently incarcerated pre-release.
• Previous recruitment, sales, and/or outreach experience
• Ability to foster and build positive relationships with others in all situations,
• Excellent organization and time management skills
• Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Well-spoken in person and on the phone,
• Excellent presentation skills
• Proven ability to handle adversity in a calm, professional, and confident manner.
• Ability to be compassionate and non-judgmental.
• Able to communicate with a wide range of individuals at varying levels of responsibility.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to speak persuasively to a variety of audiences including funders, agency partners, staff, students, Senior Staff, and Board Members.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Ability to have clearance to enter corrections facilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Application of pertinent employment laws, rules and regulations as applicable to students
• General knowledge foodservice/warehousing

Salary range is $45,000-48,000/year. St. Mary’s offers a generous compensation package which includes medical, dental, vision, short-term and long-term disability, PTO, employer paid life insurance and more. This is your chance to make a difference. Join our Mission to alleviate hunger.

Qualified candidates are invited to submit their resume and salary requirements to: https://jobs.firstfoodbank.org/