We’re on a quest to find passionate people to help make Southwest Florida even better.
Employer Recruitment Specialist (Full-time)
The Employer Navigator will serve as a guide to our employer partners, helping them connect with the talent pipeline that is emerging from the efforts of FutureMakers Coalition. The Employer Navigator will work collaboratively with the Partnership Manager to engage employers, understand their workforce needs, and connect individuals who are in training programs to relevant career opportunities. The Employer Navigator will support employers who wish to expand recruiting strategies and walk alongside them to understand and
expose career pathways to assist with employee recruitment and retention. The Employer Navigator will also work closely with the Navigator team to understand the pipeline, available resources, and job seekers’ needs.
US EPA Community Change Grant Positions
Collaboratory, in partnership with Lee County Government, will be implementing a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Community Change Grant of more than $19.3 million to help communities tackle challenges related to disaster preparedness, workforce development, and stormwater management. This funding will increase community resilience.
The project will invest in four organizations to create the foundation of a network of community resilience hubs to support residents during emergencies, such as hurricanes. Resilience hubs are locations that increase access to supplies and social services for residents in under-resourced need every day. Intending to expand and improve the county’s emergency response planning and implementation network, the hubs will transition in a disaster to provide critical information, emergency support, and health supplies to the surrounding communities.
Furthermore, the project supports workforce development priorities by expanding FutureMakers Coalition’s efforts to transform Southwest Florida’s workforce to fill in-demand jobs. This will include increasing and expanding training programs in the Construction Sector and removing barriers for those who need training to get into good jobs and careers here in Southwest Florida.
Finally, the project will address stormwater management and increase access to Ten Mile Canal in partnership with the City of Fort Myers.
Grant Project Coordinator (Full-time)
The Grant Coordinator will oversee and manage the administration of a federal grant project, ensuring smooth operations and timely reporting from subawardees. This role involves coordinating and managing community engagement, preparing necessary documentation, and ensuring compliance with grant requirements. In addition to the skills and strengths that would make a candidate effective at the duties described below, a successful candidate would have aligned values of servant leadership and systems thinking.
Resilience Hub Coordinator (Full-time)
The Resilience Hub Coordinator is responsible for coordinating services and partner engagements for both “blue sky” (normal operations) and “grey sky” (emergency/disaster response) conditions at Collaboratory as a designated resilience hub. This position also oversees the building’s maintenance and upgrades to ensure it remains a fully functional hub for community resilience and emergency preparedness.
The Resilience Hub Coordinator will lead the development, implementation, and operation of a Resilience Hub within the resilience hub network to enhance community preparedness, resource distribution, and sustainability. This role requires a dynamic professional committed to community development and empowerment, resilience, and stewardship who can collaborate with diverse stakeholders, including community members, government agencies, and faith-based and non-profit organizations. The coordinator will develop and foster trusted relationships in the community to understand changing needs and place-based services will be coordinated accordingly.
Grant Accountant (Full-time)
The Grant Accountant will be responsible for overseeing all financial and transactional aspects of the federal project, ensuring effective management of grant funds, drawdowns, and subawards. This role includes managing Collaboratory’s federal project budget, ensuring compliance with grant requirements, and coordinating financial reporting for subawardees.
Coalition Coordinator (Full-time)
The Coalition Coordinator will coordinate FutureMakers Coalition teams, providing backbone support to the regional collective impact initiative working transform Southwest Florida’s workforce. Specifically, the Coalition Coordinator will focus on establishing, developing, and sustaining the partnerships with the sectors and teams that are essential for the health of the FutureMakers Coalition – this includes supporting fundraising efforts for the resources required by the coalition to achieve its mission. The Coalition Coordinator must establish and nurture relationships among existing FutureMakers partners, understand the network at a systems level and become intimately familiar with existing projects and goals. In addition, the Coalition Coordinator will be responsible for becoming an expert in the process of collaboration.
This leadership position reflects the aligned values of servant leadership and systems thinking.
Navigator (Full-time)
Navigators will serve as guides to our program participants, helping them understand their postsecondary options, and create and follow a plan to earn a credential beyond high school whether they have experience in education post-high school or not.
Navigators will work closely with advisors and students, financial and enrollment services personnel at our partner adult education programs, technical schools, colleges, and universities to help students succeed.
Navigators will support students from initial inquiry through graduation using in person and technology-supported communication.
Navigators must be committed to promoting student success to improve the economic and civic well-being of individuals and communities. In addition to the skills and strengths that would make a candidate effective at the duties described below, a successful candidate would have aligned values of servant leadership and systems thinking.
