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# Job Development Specialist at GLIDE

- **Company:** GLIDE
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Compensation:** $30–$35/hr
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-10-21
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-28
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/glide/071fd910-a160-47e1-8d34-b58570ad2861

## Job description

## About Glide

GLIDE is a nationally recognized center for social justice, dedicated to fighting systemic injustices, creating pathways out of poverty and crisis, and transforming lives. Through its integrated comprehensive services, advocacy initiatives, and inclusive community, GLIDE empowers individuals, families, and children to achieve stability and to thrive. GLIDE is on the forefront of addressing some of society’s most pressing issues, including poverty, housing and homelessness, and racial and social justice. GLIDE’s mission is to create a radically inclusive, just, and loving community mobilized to alleviate suffering and break the cycles of poverty and marginalization

Position Summary: The Job Development Specialist provides intensive career exploration, linkages to pre-employment training, and job search/placement assistance. The position assists with barriers to education and employment and successfully links client participants to the appropriate opportunities for economic mobility. Services include outreach and engagement, individual counseling and coaching, case management, workforce readiness workshops, and resource and partnership development. This position builds strong relationships with employers and community partners to bridge gaps between job seekers, education and training programs, and potential employers to create an education and workforce pipeline for those seeking employment assistance. Schedule: Monday–Friday, with a work schedule generally falling between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Engagement Support

- Initiate and conduct outreach with client participants at the TAY HWC Center and at other GLIDE offsite locations where clients seeking enrollment may access or congregate for population engagement
- Develop and implement individualized education and employment plans, considering the unique needs and goals of each client through “rapid intake”, career assessments, skills assessments, and goal-setting counseling sessions with clients.
- Link, support, and enroll clients in educational opportunities, training programs, and supportive services
- Provide ongoing counseling support, guidance, and mentorship to clients throughout their education and workforce development journey, including advocacy and ongoing development of individual goals and service plans based on progress
- Conduct high-impact job readiness workshops on various topics but not limited to positive communication and conflict management techniques, digital literacy, job application process, developing resumes and cover letters, interviewing skills, job retention techniques, stress management and workplace behavior for self-care using various instructional methods
- Identify and schedule guest speakers to facilitate additional relevant workshops and job-related events such as career panels, job fairs, etc.

Job Development & Placement

- Identify and develop job opportunities with local employers, focusing on various industries and roles that align with the interests and skills of the participants based on individual goal and service plans and ongoing program data trends
- Maintain a strong network of employer partners and build relationships to secure job placements through active engagement such as outreach events and information sessions.
- Assist clients in preparing job applications (e.g. resumes, cover letters, digital literacy), professional interviews, and workplace expectations.
- Provide post-placement support to ensure successful job retention and advancement (e.g. 1:1 counseling sessions or groups and workshops)

Data Collection & Reporting

- Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of client rapid intake, assessments, progress, and outcomes in required databases and hard copy folder files as required by the funding agency and contract
- Prepare regular reports on client services and activities for case conferences, care coordination, and file audits. Track all program activities, KPI’s, metrics and goal outcomes for stakeholders.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of prospective education programs, workforce development and training programs, and local employers for client enrollment and placement, and prepare ad-hoc reports on client job development-related activities

Community Outreach & Collaboration

- Collaborate with community partners, including schools, social service agencies, and other organizations, to enhance services for clients as it relates to job development
- Represent the program at community events and outreach activities to promote services and build awareness.
- Advocate for the needs of the client and promote positive youth development outcomes.
- Support client and employers by conducting job site visits and meetings

## Minimum Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in social work, public health, human resources or related field preferred.
- 3+ years of experience in vocational training or 1:1 counseling and case management services for marginalized and justice-impacted individuals or similarly disenfranchised populations seeking education opportunities, workforce development, and job placement supports.
- Demonstrated success as job development specialist or a similar role in an employment program for disenfranchised and/or high-need populations
- Demonstrated experience and knowledge in trauma-informed development principles and practices and/or adult learning and education
- Knowledge of local labor market trends, job search, job placement strategies, and workforce best practices
- Ability to work independently, demonstrate initiative, be dependable, have consistent presence, and able to meet deadlines
- Ability to collaborate with other GLIDE support staff to coordinate care for shared clients to help clients stabilize and reach their individual goals
- Strong written, oral, communication, and technical skills, including excellent interpersonal skills
- Attention to detail, strong organizational, time management, and problem-solving skills
- Knowledge of Bay Area San Francisco GLIDE client and population needs and resources, especially those experiencing poverty, homelessness, mental health challenges, substance misuse, trauma, and other associated experiences.
- Ability to use computer and reporting systems including Windows operating system, Microsoft Office Suite, Salesforce, city funder databases or other database systems, Zoom (or other virtual meeting systems), and search engines for research

Work Environment GLIDE’s buildings are located in the Tenderloin neighborhood.  GLIDE maintains an "open door" policy to the community and its clients, who frequently enter and leave the building.

This role is covered by the collective bargaining agreement.

## About GLIDE

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: GLIDE is a nationally recognized center for social justice in San Francisco that provides integrated comprehensive services, free daily meals, housing assistance, behavioral health support, and advocacy to break cycles of poverty and marginalization.
- **Entity Type**: Non-profit (501(c)(3) foundation) – publicly supported charity
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, USA (330 Ellis St, San Francisco, CA 94102)
- **Founded**: 1963 (GLIDE Memorial Church roots; incorporated as foundation later)
- **Founders**: Rev. Cecil Williams (founder of GLIDE Memorial Church) and Janice Mirikitani (co-founder of GLIDE's social service programs)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Social services, poverty alleviation, hunger relief, housing/homelessness services, behavioral health, domestic violence intervention, child and family services
- **Target customers**: Homeless, low-income, and marginalized populations in San Francisco (Tenderloin neighborhood); B2C (direct service recipients)
- **Mission statement**: “Create a radically inclusive, just, and loving community mobilized to alleviate suffering and break the cycles of poverty and marginalization.”

## Products & Services
- **Daily Free Meals Program**: Three free, nutritious meals served 364 days a year to anyone in need – 533,298 meals served annually
- **Welcome Center**: Immediate basic needs (shelter, hygiene, blankets) and emotional support with case management
- **GLIDE Women’s Center**: Trauma-informed support groups, case management, and counseling for women survivors of violence, homelessness, or isolation
- **Transitional Age Youth (TAY) Health & Wellness Center**: 24/7 center for youth ages 18–27 experiencing homelessness, offering respite, mentoring, and connection to long-term resources
- **Journey Home Program**: Client-centered relocation and reunification support to move people from homelessness toward stability
- **Health Empowerment & Access Team (HEAT)**: Harm reduction, medically assisted treatment, HIV/Hep-C outreach, testing, and health system navigation
- **Community Ambassador Program**: Street-level engagement and placemaking to support San Francisco’s economic revitalization (30×30 plan)
- **Janice Mirikitani Family, Youth and Childcare Center**: Child and infant care, after-school programs, and family counseling for low-income families

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not applicable (non-profit); annual operating budget not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metric**: 533,298 meals served per year; 3,937 people connected to social benefits (CalFresh, SSI) in recent period; $24 million secured in state funding for housing subsidies, shelters, and mental health support through coalition
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Works in partnership with City of San Francisco leaders; receives state funding; coalition funding from California state budget
- **Growth Signals**: Expanding integrated mobile services; launching a new TAY Health & Wellness Center; developing a $31M fundraising plan (FY24); facility expansion and behavioral health services under current CEO Dr. Gina Fromer

## Competitive Advantages
- **Deeply rooted community trust**: 60+ years serving the Tenderloin, recognized as a “safe space” and oasis for those most in need
- **Integrated service model**: Combines meals, housing, healthcare, childcare, legal clinic, and advocacy under one roof, creating a holistic pathway out of crisis
- **National leadership in social justice**: Actively shaping policy and public narrative on poverty, homelessness, and racial justice from a faith-grounded but secularly inclusive foundation
- **Scale and reach**: One of the largest hunger relief and social service providers in San Francisco, with over 200 employees and thousands served daily

## Strategic Focus
- **GLIDE Forward plan**: Expand integrated and mobile services to reach more people citywide; raise $31M in FY24 for building repair, expansion, and behavioral health; showcase GLIDE as a national social justice leader through art and storytelling; improve business systems and infrastructure; center work on voices of marginalized people; inspire staff growth
- **30×30 alignment**: Supporting San Francisco’s economic revitalization through the Community Ambassador Program and low-threshold case management
- **Policy advocacy**: Secured $24M in state funding for housing subsidies, shelters, and mental health support through coalition building

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Supportive, diverse, and inclusive team environment rooted in radical inclusivity, justice, and love. “Work is meaningful and the people are great.”
- **Work environment**: Friendly, accepting, and informal (casual dress code noted)
- **Benefits**: Competitive salaries, medical and dental insurance, generous paid time off, retirement savings plans
- **Equal opportunity employer**: Proudly equal opportunity; will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records (San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance)
- **Growth opportunity**: Chance to be part of a transformative expansion under new CEO Dr. Gina Fromer, with a strong emphasis on staff development and “building the capacity to learn and iterate”
- **Hybrid/remote policy**: Not explicitly stated; likely on-site given service delivery nature, but check role-specific postings

## Sources
1. [glide.org – About](https://www.glide.org/about/)
2. [glide.org – Careers](https://www.glide.org/Careers/)
3. [jobs.lever.co/glide](https://jobs.lever.co/glide)
4. [guidestar.org – Glide Foundation Profile](https://www.guidestar.org/profile/94-1156481)

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