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Job Opportunity: GROWWTH Business Services Specialist:University of Memphis

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GROWWTH Business Services Specialist

 

Posting Details

Posting Information

Posting Number: SAECC3606
Advertised Title: GROWWTH Business Services Specialist
Campus Job location: Main Campus (Memphis, TN)
Position Number: 023601
Job Category: Staff (Hourly/Monthly)
Department: Center for Regional Economic Enrichment
Minimum Position Appropriate qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Human Resource, Marketing or related field and three (3) years related practice in an educational or corporate setting.

Special Conditions: This is a grant-funded position contingent upon funding availcapability.

The department is especially interested candidates possess a Master's Degree.

The Center for Workplace Diversity and Inclusion is especially interested in candidates with a strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion; prior work with grants, strong interpersonal expertise; and a commitment to regional development. Proof of valid driver's license in good standing and automobile insurance is required.

This is a re-advertisement.

Multiple positions can be filled with this posting.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Some nights and weekend work for special events may be required.

Posting Date: 03/20/2024
Closing Date: 04/02/2024
Open Until Screening Begins: No
Hiring Range: $45,000 - $50,000 per year
Full-Time/Part-Time: Full-Time: Benefits Eligible
Working Conditions: While performing the tasks of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to handle, or feel; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, or crouch. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

Additional Working Conditions:
Special Instructions to candidates: All applications must be submitted online at workforum.memphis.edu.

candidates must complete all applicable sections of the online application to be considered for a position. Please upload a cover letter, resume, and reference list after completing your application, if required by the system. Required work practice is located on full time hours. Part time work practice will be prorated as listed.

Candidates who are called for an interview must notify the Department of Human Resources in writing of any reasonable accommodation needed prior to the date of the interview.

Is this posting for UofM employees only?: No
Positions Supervised:
expertise, expertise, and Abilities: Excellent expertise of modern management techniques.

capability to apply modern management techniques in directing work of others.

capability to communicate effectively with employers and other providers.

Excellent expertise of human resource practices.

Strong expertise of workforce development practices.

Strong expertise of current DEI practices.

capability to develop business opportunities with external partners.

Additional Position Information: Growing Relational and Occupational Wealth in West Tennessee Households (GROWWTH) is a community partnership led by the University of Memphis that will work to eliminate key barriers to self-sufficiency for low-earnings wage earners in the West Tennessee region. GROWWTH has developed plans to improve family access to needed resources for economic mobility, implement a holistic approach to improving the personal and professional well-being of families, strengthen the existing system through partner resources and inspire families to appreciate the value of growth and lifelong learning. For more information, visit our website at www.memphis.edu/growwth

Benefits of Employment (Applies to full-time, non-police employees only):

Job tasks

tasks & Job responsibilities: Performs a wide variety of administrative, managery, and technical work in the development and management of business services activities that assist local and regional businesses with hiring graduates from the GROWWTH Readiness Academy.

tasks & Job responsibilities: Plans, directs, and coordinates the activities of employers engaged in collaborative and conducts analysis of performance regarding business service needs for local organizations, businesses, and partners.

tasks & Job responsibilities: Promotes and improves business service consciousness and effectiveness by driving to various organizations, attends and makes presentations to recruit businesses to develop employment opportunities for GROWWTH participants.

tasks & Job responsibilities: Ensures compliance of programs with complex laws, regulations, and contract agreements, implements and maintains methods of monitoring and evaluating program performance, and maintains a network of key internal and external stakeholder partnerships.

tasks & Job responsibilities: Delivers employer training program, develops and manages an employer engagement program, develops and coordinates job fairs and hiring events for Business Partners, explores opportunities in economic development that provide for layoff aversion, business retention, expansion, and attraction to the region.

tasks & Job responsibilities: Other tasks as assigned.

Supplemental Questions

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

* Do you have a valid driver's license?
   » YES
   » NO

* Did you attach and include a diversity statement under "other documents?"
   » Yes
   » No

Applicant Documents

Required Documents
   » Resume
   » Cover Letter
   » Other Document 1
   » References List Optional Documents

Skills:

Job Category: Other [ View All Other Jobs ]
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Salary: Unspecified
Degree: Unspecified
Experience (year): Unspecified
Job Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Address: Memphis
Company Type Employer
Post Date: 03/20/2024 / Viewed 43 times
Contact Information
Company: University of Memphis


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