Professional Services Agreement - Angeles Gonzalez - Coordination for Organization and Recruitment for Pathways Program

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Employer Engagement: • Engage consistently with DCI staff to identify opportunities for partnership with South Bend employers. There are two general categories that employer -based opportunities may present themselves within: o Placement Opportunities: ■ If an employer with an immediate need for trained employees from existing Pathways programs is identified, engage and seek opportunities to place program graduates. o Customized Training Opportunities: ■ If an employer with a more specialized and/or larger need for employees is identified, engage DCI Staff to accompany consultant in meeting with the employer to identify specific needs and evaluate opportunities to provide on -demand and/or customized training. Community Engagement: • Identify key community partner organizations, associations, service providers and community stakeholders to introduce and request their promotion of the Pathways program to their own constituencies. • Coordinate with community partner organizations (as defined above) to represent and promote the program at meetings, workshops and conferences. • Visit key stakeholders on a periodic and consistent basis to achieve the above, include visits and outcomes in weekly reports to DCI staff. Program Reporting: • Daily: Maintain the DCI online reporting tool to track daily Pathways recruitment activities. • Weekly: Submit weekly reports to DCI Staff highlighting activities and successes in resident recruitment, employer engagement and community engagement. • Monthly: Submit monthly invoices in a timely fashion. Coordinate with 130 Staff and WorkOne to handle referral management, training, placement, and tracking • Work One will act as a case manager for individuals in the program; handling drug testing, Work keys testing, setting up curriculums, and assisting in placement upon program completion. Manage candidate follow-up to track interviewing, hiring, and placement outcomes • All candidates will need to have progress tracked from program entry to job placement, with information recorded on training, interviewing, and placements • Candidates will need to provide surveys upon completion of the program that can be used for evaluation in future endeavors The consultant will submit invoices monthly for payment and demonstrate completion of all requirements from recruitment to reporting. • Invoices will have a 30 day turn -around time, consistent with City policy