Youth Outreach Apprentice

Thouth Outreach Apprentice

This internship is funded through the Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA) and has eligibility requirements. Workforce Solutions Borderplex is one of 28 public workforce development boards in Texas serving the six-county Borderplex region. We are a non-profit opportunity incubator, personalizing the career path and connecting the right people to the right positions. With the tools, programs, and services we provide, we know you can do anything you put your heart into. Our organization and its initiatives have been recognized and awarded by the Texas Workforce Commission for our innovative approach to assisting employers and job seekers. WSB serves in the spirit of community support. What we do is so important, but we don't do it alone. We serve the regional business community. Our mission is to help them grow stronger so they can create better jobs. We also prepare people to fill those jobs and achieve a sustaining and fulfilling career. WSB exhibits a growth mindset. We seek individuals who buy into this mission and lead by example by being good stewards of our financial resources, work efficiently to stretch our resources, and support the organization and its community partners so we can collectively elevate the regional economy. Our values include transparency, innovation, accountability, research-driven, impact-driven, integrity, collaboration, and empathy. Join this high-performing team and support a thriving regional economy!

Summary/Objective

The Youth Outreach Apprentice will support the planning, coordination, implementation, and continuous improvement of NextForce initiatives and activities. This role involves assisting with presentations, employer and partner engagement, event coordination, outreach activities, podcast planning, communications, and project support. The ideal candidate is highly organized, professional, adaptable, and comfortable managing multiple moving pieces in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. This individual should be confident engaging with students, employers, educators, community leaders, and stakeholders while representing the NextForce program professionally.

Role and Responsibilities

Depending on organizational needs, may:

• Support coordination and execution of programs, events, and partnerships.
• Assist with timelines, logistics, progress tracking, and program improvements.
• Develop and deliver presentations; support outreach and communications.
• Help plan events, workshops, outreach activities, and podcasts.
• Support employer and partner engagement, including scheduling and tracking.
• Provide administrative support, maintain records, and manage communications.
• Conduct research, assist with data tracking, and support reporting efforts.
• Collaborate with team members and participate in professional development.

Experience and Education Requirements

Recent college graduate under the preferred fields of study to include Business Administration, Communications, Marketing, Public Administration, Social Work, Education, Nonprofit Management, or related fields.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

Strong interest in workforce development, youth leadership, employer engagement, communications, project coordination, and community impact initiatives. Comfortable with public speaking and presenting information to diverse audiences in professional settings. Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to engage stakeholders professionally and confidently. Excellent organizational, multitasking, time-management, and problem-solving skills. Ability to manage multiple projects and shifting priorities in a fast-paced environment. Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite including PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Outlook, and OneDrive. Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively within a team-oriented environment. Strong attention to detail, professionalism, initiative, and critical-thinking skills. Previous experience in event planning, outreach, communications, customer service, leadership programs, project coordination, or administrative support is preferred but not required.

Job Specific Competencies

Attention to Detail: Ensures information is complete and accurate; follows up with others to ensure that agreements and commitments have been fulfilled. Problem Solving: Identifies problems and uses logic, judgment, and data to evaluate alternatives and recommend solutions to achieve the desired organizational goal or outcome. Adaptability: Adapts quickly to change and easily considers new approaches. Innovation: Develops new insights into situations and applies different and novel solutions to make improvements. Presentation Delivery: Delivers effective presentations/training sessions to educate workforce on topics of organizational importance.

General/Organizational Competencies

Quality/Compliance: Achieving a standard of excellence with our work processes and outcomes, honoring the organization's policies and all regulatory requirements. Customer focus: Striving for high customer satisfaction, going out of our way to be helpful and pleasant, making it as easy as possible on the customer rather than our department or the organization. Communication: Balancing listening and talking, speaking, and writing clearly and accurately, influencing others, keeping others informed. Collegiality/Collaboration: Being helpful, respectful, approachable, and team-oriented, cooperating with others, inside and outside the organization, to accomplish objectives to build and maintain mutually beneficial partnerships, leverage information, and achieve results. Initiative: Taking ownership of our work, doing what is needed without being asked, following through. Efficiency: Planning ahead, managing time well, being on time, being cost conscious, thinking of better ways to do things. Continuous Learning & Self Development: Being receptive to feedback, willing to learn, embracing continuous improvement, and proactively investigating new perspectives, approaches, and behaviors. Integrity/Transparency: Upholds social, ethical, and organizational norms and values; firmly adhere to codes of conduct and ethical principles; behaves consistently and is open, honest, and trustworthy; acts without consideration of personal gain.