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Builds and maintains relationships within the military community, local, regional, and national industry partners, to include federal, state, county, city, and private industries to maintain a comprehensive list of ongoing employment opportunities, state employment services, military spouse employment initiatives, job portals, entrepreneurship opportunities, and industry sites. Identifies high demand industries and employers aligned with military spouse workforce needs and labor market trends. Engages with civilian employers in the community to establish connections, explore employment opportunities, network, and foster community capacity building efforts for military spouses. Develops, manages, and sustains partnerships with federal, public, and private sector employers actively seeking to hire military spouses. Works with Marine Corps Community Services (MCCS) Marketing Department to create and develop marketing campaign strategies, which may include flyers, infographics, videos, and other resources to market outreach and events. Plans, coordinates, and executes military spouse focused career and hiring events across the MCI West region.
Coordinates regularly with the Headquarters Marine Corps (HQMC), Family Member Employment Assistance Program (FMEAP) Manager in support of collaboration with agencies who offer employment opportunities through partnerships with the Office of the Secretary of War (OSW) (e.g. Military Spouse Employment Partnership Program, Spouse Education and Career Opportunities), and other senior level departments. Performs a variety of administrative duties including maintaining attendance rosters for events, employer records to follow up with on employment opportunities and coordinates career and hiring event attendance. Coordinates with FMEAP to ensure timely data submissions of career events to HQMC FMEAP Data Tool. Participates as needed in the Marine Corps Family Programs (MCFP) Certification process. Attends regularly scheduled meetings and trainings, which may include HQMC scheduled conference calls, annual training, and professional trainings. Evaluates and interprets data to ensure that program needs are met. Collaborates with FMEAP to connect spouses to employment opportunities and career events in the MCI West region. May conduct warm hand-offs to the local FMEAP offices for career and employment services.