Business Partnership Specialist, Philadelphia Youth Network (PYN)

Posted by on November 05, 2012

Business Partnership Specialist, Philadelphia Youth Network

The Philadelphia Youth Network (PYN) is a nationally-recognized, intermediary organization dedicated to improving the education outcomes of Philadelphia’s youth. PYN organizes its work around four core functions. The first function involves leveraging, coordinating and managing the public and private investments directed at youth education and workforce development in the Philadelphia region.  PYN’s second core function is convening and leading cross-sector partnerships and initiatives that enhance opportunities available to Philadelphia youth.  PYN is also responsible for designing, managing and replicating effective program models that prepare Philadelphia youth for the future workforce, focusing particularly on youth that live in poverty, have dropped out, or are at risk of dropping out of school and/or are involved with public care systems. Lastly, PYN organizes these program models into coordinated service and delivery systems.

General Description:  The Business Partnerships Unit at PYN is the center of expertise for employer engagement, workplace opportunities, and regional and national workforce trends.  The Business Partnership Specialist will work within the unit to develop relationships with employers, partners and  business organizations. These relationships are critical to building the capacity of the city’s youth workforce development field and to securing internship and career exposure opportunities for youth through WorkReady  Philadelphia, a cross-sector partnership dedicated to improving the economic outcomes of the region’s youth by attracting, aligning and investing resources in research-based, youth workforce-development strategies. Each year, WorkReady programs provide thousands of young people with career exposure and preparation opportunities designed to enhance youth understanding and mastery of skills needed to be successful in a 21st century, global economy.

http://www.pyninc.org/downloads/emp_opps/BusinessPartnershipSpecialist.pdf