Manufacturing careers at MAGNET.

Early College Early Career

Youth Mentor, Early College Early Career Program
Cleveland, OH

The Manufacturing Advocacy and Growth Network fuels the economic vitality of Northeast Oho by ensuring that manufacturers and physical-product startups have the innovation, people, tools, processes, and access to world-class regional resources to create new products, grow revenue, add jobs, and compete at the highest levels of the global economy. MAGNET is hands-on – we provide the coaching, tools, connections, and consulting to take companies to the next level and add the jobs, revenue, and investments needed to grow Northeast Ohio’s economy. One in five jobs in the region is manufacturing, comprising a majority of our region’s exports and indirectly supporting 50% of our region’s economy.

MAGNET helps manufacturers develop and implement strategies through our programs and services in product development and engineering, continuous improvement, marketing and sales, workforce development, and talent management. We are the Northeast Ohio affiliate for the national Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) and state of Ohio MEP program, serving 21 counties in northeastern Ohio. MAGNET is recognized as a top place to work and our active board - which consists of Fortune 500 company leadership, college presidents, and small company CEOs - is an integral part of the fabric of Northeast Ohio’s nonprofit community. We are excited to meet you and see if MAGNET could fit into your career journey.

Job Summary:
MAGNET has high ambitions to grow and scale its Early College Early Career (ECEC) Program throughout Northeast Ohio over the next few years. With 3,000 openings in advanced manufacturing in our region, MAGNET is answering this question through this revolutionary youth pre-apprenticeship program. ECEC is an innovative approach to workforce development and revitalizing STEM education.

First, since this is driven by employers, we are developing new partnerships between companies, high schools, and community colleges that have never existed before. Second, we’ve created ECEC with inclusion and diversity in mind. MAGNET provides all the support services, including transportation and mentoring, that the students need to start their careers in manufacturing.

The goals of the ECEC program are to grow the manufacturing workforce in Northeast Ohio through a work-based learning experience for youth, preparing them for careers in the advanced manufacturing industry upon high school graduation.

Accordingly, we are looking to strengthen our ECEC department through the addition of a talented individual to support the growth and development. The ECEC program successfully launched in the Fall of 2017, and now with seventy-five (75) graduates between twelve (12) high schools and having assisted ten (10) manufacturers with developing their talent pipelines, we are growing our team to effectively support the next phase and continued growth.

The Mentor will be expected to provide mentoring, coaching, advising, and support to ECEC high school interns.

We are looking for a high-energy candidate to build on recent momentum and assist with expanding our ECEC impact. S/he should have experience in mentoring this population.

Essential Functions:
MAGNET has high ambitions to grow and scale its Early College Early Career (ECEC) Program throughout Northeast Ohio over the next few years. With 3,000 openings in advanced manufacturing in our region, MAGNET is answering this question through this revolutionary youth pre-apprenticeship program. ECEC is an innovative approach to workforce development and revitalizing STEM education.

First, since this is driven by employers, we are developing new partnerships between companies, high schools, and community colleges that have never existed before. Second, we’ve created ECEC with inclusion and diversity in mind. MAGNET provides all the support services, including transportation and mentoring, that the students need to start their careers in manufacturing.

The goals of the ECEC program are to grow the manufacturing workforce in Northeast Ohio through a work-based learning experience for youth, preparing them for careers in the advanced manufacturing industry upon high school graduation.

Accordingly, we are looking to strengthen our ECEC department through the addition of a talented individual to support the growth and development. The ECEC program successfully launched in the Fall of 2017, and now with seventy-five (75) graduates between twelve (12) high schools and having assisted ten (10) manufacturers with developing their talent pipelines, we are growing our team to effectively support the next phase and continued growth.

The Mentor will be expected to provide mentoring, coaching, advising, and support to ECEC high school interns.

We are looking for a high-energy candidate to build on recent momentum and assist with expanding our ECEC impact. S/he should have experience in mentoring this population.

Essential Experience:

• Proven experience as a youth mentor or relevant position.
• Experience with developing and utilizing methods, techniques, and strategies to engage and mentor high school students.
• Knowledge of behavior management and behavior shaping strategies, techniques and methods, and conflict resolution procedures.
• Ability to be a team player and an independent problem solver.
• Ability to work in a results and data driven environment.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Enthusiastic, flexible, adaptable, and possess a positive attitude.
• Detail-oriented, acute accuracy, and proven organizational skills.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.
• Preferred experience working in education, workforce development, and/or the nonprofit sector, preferably in Northeast Ohio.
• Preferred experience working with work-based learning programs.
• Preferred experience working with underrepresented populations.

Specialized Knowledge, Licenses, etc.:

• Valid Ohio drivers’ license with reliable transportation.
• Availability to travel by automobile and aircraft.