The South Coast Hot Jobs List – 22 December 2013

The Greater New Bedford unemployment rate is much higher than the rest of Massachusetts, but believe it or not there really are a lot of jobs available for qualified applicants. Sometimes the barrier to a new job can be the lack of information on available job openings. To solve this, each week New Bedford Guide will be working with the New Directions Southcoast (also known as the Greater New Bedford Career Center) and pulling jobs from our jobs database to inform job seekers about the hottest jobs in the area. We will define “Hot Jobs” as those jobs that need to be filled by the employer immediately. For those looking to search some large job databases, checkout my Best Job Search Resources for New Bedford Residents article. Unless noted otherwise, those interested in these positions or want more information should go to the Greater New Bedford Career Center at 618 Acushnet Avenue. Be sure to also check out our Job Portal to find jobs by location on a map: http://www.newbedfordguide.com/map-page#pm_jobs_tab. Want to get e-mail notifications for new jobs? Checkout our e-mail subscription service.

If there is not a link to applying for one of the jobs listed, contact Sharon Martin, Business Services Representative at 508-990-4115 or feel free to stop by the Greater New Bedford Career Center. These positions are posted on mass.gov/jobquest.

Here are the Hot Jobs from the Greater New Bedford Career Center as of December, 22nd, 2013:

1. Accounts Receivable Specialist #3420752 – This position works with both internal and external customers to ensure the time collection of accounts receivable by utilizing a number of means including: contacting customers (using calls and/or collections letters), sales force, RSP’s, customer service and others to satisfactorily resolve all issues relative to past due invoices with the end result of meeting or exceeding company collection goals, achieving a reduction in DSO, and limiting bad debt.
Work is performed with considerable independence within established policy and procedures and requires exercising tact and discretion in dealing with customers. Experience is preferred. Email resume to smartin@detma.org.

2. Restaurant Staff #3435056 – Restaurant in Fairhaven is expanding. They are hiring full and part time for the following positions:

• Cooks
• Pre Cooks
• Wait Staff
• Dishwashers

MUST be reliable and dependable. Hours are flexible and both full time and part time are available. Experience is helpful, but employer willing to train the right candidate. Applications available at the Greater New Bedford Career Center.

3. Restaurant Staff #3435061 – NEW RESTAURANT OPENING SOON!!!! Frontera Mexican Restaurant is a family owned and operated restaurant located in multiple locations in New England. We specialize in exceptional Mexican and Mexican-American dishes. Exceptional flavor and unique dishes are a trademark of Frontera.
The following positions are available both full and part time:

• Bartenders
• Servers
• Cooks
• Prep cooks
• Dishwashers

Experienced preferred, but will train the right candidate. You must be dependable and reliable. Willing to work hard and great customer service skills.
Applications are available at the Greater New Bedford Career Center.

4. Food Prep & Cashiers #344871 – NEW RESTAURANT COMING TO NEW BEDFORD…..MARKETPLACE PLAZA……OPENING IN JANUARY 2014.
Following positions are available:

• Cashiers
• Landers – Oven assistance
• Dough Person – Pizza maker
• Shaker Board – Pizza maker

Various shifts available. Must have exceptional customer service skills and dependability is a MUST. Applications available at the Greater New Bedford Career Center.

5. Head Instructor (Part-Time) #3430270 – Project Discovery is a pilot after school program for second, third and fourth graders expected to run out of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in New Bedford from February 4th to May 23rd. Project Discovery focuses on experiential, project-based learning and adheres to the philosophy that children learn best when they have control over the direction of their learning and are allowed endless ways and opportunities to express themselves. While Project Discovery is funded through the SouthCoast Mission Hub, a collaborative of Episcopal Churches in the SouthCoast of Massachusetts, it does not promote a particular faith agenda.

Position Overview

• The role of the Head Instructor is to implement the day-to-day curriculum for Project Discovery and to work with up to twenty-five children to develop a project that will be completed by the end of the year.
• Required Skills
• Experience teaching children, especially using project-based learning.
• Masters of Education, with training in project-based learning a plus.
• Administrative aptitude with an ability to organize effectively and communicate clearly.
• Collegiality and an ability to work with others in a multiplicity of contexts.
• Self-motivated.
• Program development experience.
• Spanish a plus.

6. Dean of Citizenship #3435064 – City on a Hill Network of Charter Public High Schools seeks candidates for Dean of Citizenship for the 2014-2015 school year for City on a Hill New Bedford. City on a Hill New Bedford: Opening August 2014, CoaH NB is growing high school that will have a founding 9th grade during the 14-15 school year. By 2018, CoaH NB will be a full 280-student high school. As a founding member of New Bedford¡¦s team, the Dean of Citizenship will be an important part of the newest charter public high school in the city, the first to open in over a decade! This is a unique educational opportunity as all founding members will be the driving force to create City on a Hill in New Bedford and establish a lasting community dedicated to students and families and the attainment of college completion.

• A Dean of Citizenship at a City on a Hill School has the following responsibilities:
• Meet regularly and mediate conflict with students referred from Student Support Team, classroom teachers, or self-selecting students who are struggling academically, socially and behaviorally
• Maintain daily schoolwide discipline records, including merits and demerits, disciplinary infractions and consequences
• Supervise implementation of detention and homework club
• Conduct follow-up investigations for all infractions
• Communicate with parents for send homes and suspensions
• Conduct re-entry meetings for suspensions
• Facilitate hearings including all compliant paperwork
• Complete all DESE discipline reports
• Mentor teachers in instructional issues impacting discipline and contribute to the teacher evaluation
• Ensure each classroom’s compliance with discipline code
• Develop and implement schoolwide classroom management professional development workshops
• At the discretion of the Principal, either teach in or direct Freshman Academy
• Teach at least one academic class
• Additional duties, as assigned by the Principal
• Skills and Qualifications Needed:
• BA or BS, 3+ teaching experience in urban school, M.A./M.Ed., SEI or RETELL endorsement preferred.

7. History Teacher #3435066 – City on a Hill New Bedford: Opening August 2014, CoaH NB is growing high school that will have a founding 9th grade during the 14-15 school year. By 2018, CoaH NB will be a full 280-student high school. As a founding member of New Bedford¡¦s team, the History teacher will be an important part of the newest charter public high school in the city, the first to open in over a decade! This is a unique educational opportunity as all founding members will be the driving force to create City on a Hill in New Bedford and establish a lasting community dedicated to students and families and the attainment of college completion.
A History Teacher at a City on a Hill School has the following responsibilities:

• Teaching 4 sections of History, with 1-2 separate preparations, depending upon the results of summer school and the final school schedule.
• Collaborate with the History department to plan lessons, create/update lesson plans, save all updates and creations to the City on a Hill server.
• Implement schoolwide systems, such as beginning of class routines, merits/demerits, writing across curriculum, as well as any additional academic initiatives implemented at the school or network level.
• Maintain accurate and transparent records of student work in the school¡¦s Student Information System
• Design and implement high quality assessment of student learning.
• Attend all Town Meetings, department day meetings, and weekly faculty meetings.
• Attend all grade level and IEP meetings of the students in all sections.
• Attend subject and/or grade level field trips as appropriate.
• Attend quarterly parent/advisor nights, graduation, and other required school events
• Member of an assigned Professional Development Group and participant in City on a Hill¡¦s Peer Observation Program.
• Collaborate with SpEd teachers and ESL teachers to ensure appropriate adjustments to curriculum, instruction, and assessment are implemented and attend Learning Network team meetings for all students in sections.
• Serve as a homeroom advisor
• Skills and Qualifications Needed:
• BA or BS, 3+ teaching experience in urban school
• Preliminary MA teaching certification

8. Mental Health Counselor #3435085 – City on a Hill New Bedford: Opening August 2014, CoaH NB is growing high school that will have a founding 9th grade during the 14-15 school year. By 2018, CoaH NB will be a full 280-student high school. As a founding member of New Bedford¡¦s team, the Mental Health Counselor will be an important part of the newest charter public high school in the city, the first to open in over a decade! This is a unique educational opportunity as all founding members will be the driving force to create City on a Hill in New Bedford and establish a lasting community dedicated to students and families and the attainment of college completion.
A Mental Health Counselor at a City on a Hill School has the following responsibilities:

• Provide services for students with counseling in their IEPs
• Provide triage counseling as necessary and referrals for outside counseling services for students referred by Student Support Team (SST), Dean of Discipline, classroom teachers, and self-selecting students in crisis
• Serve as liaison as necessary to external mental health professionals serving current CoaH students
• Provide consultation to administrators in all CoaH schools for issues with students in need of services
• Recruit, select, mentor, and supervise 2-6 counseling interns per year
• Participate in weekly SST meetings
• Plan and execute 3 Wellness Days each year
• Additional duties, as assigned by the Student Services Coordinator, Principal, or Vice Principal
• Skills and Qualifications Needed:
• BA or BS
• Licensed MA mental health counselor
• Qualifications Preferred:
• 2+ years of experience working with urban students

How to apply:
Apply online at www.schoolspring.com, search job id #544302.

9. Reading Teacher #3435070 – City on a Hill New Bedford: Opening August 2014, CoaH NB is growing high school that will have a founding 9th grade during the 14-15 school year. By 2018, CoaH NB will be a full 280-student high school. As a founding member of New Bedford¡¦s team, the Reading teacher will be an important part of the newest charter public high school in the city, the first to open in over a decade! This is a unique educational opportunity as all founding members will be the driving force to create City on a Hill in New Bedford and establish a lasting community dedicated to students and families and the attainment of college completion.
A Reading Teacher at a City on a Hill School has the following responsibilities:

• Teaching 4 sections of Reading, with 1-2 separate preparations, depending upon the results of summer school and the final school schedule.
• Collaborate with the Reading department to plan lessons, create/update lesson plans, save all updates and creations to the City on a Hill server.
• Implement schoolwide systems, such as beginning of class routines, merits/demerits, writing across curriculum, as well as any additional academic initiatives implemented at the school or network level.
• Maintain accurate and transparent records of student work in the school¡¦s Student Information System
• Design and implement high quality assessment of student learning.
• Attend all Town Meetings, department day meetings, and weekly faculty meetings.
• Attend all grade level and IEP meetings of the students in all sections.
• Attend subject and/or grade level field trips as appropriate.
• Attend quarterly parent/advisor nights, graduation, and other required school events
• Member of an assigned Professional Development Group and participant in City on a Hill¡¦s Peer Observation Program.
• Collaborate with SpEd teachers and ESL teachers to ensure appropriate adjustments to curriculum, instruction, and assessment are implemented and attend Learning Network team meetings for all students in sections.
• Serve as a homeroom advisor
• Skills and Qualifications Needed:
• BA or BS, 3+ teaching experience in urban school
• Preliminary MA teaching certification
• Qualifications Preferred:
• Experience preferred, particularly in an urban setting
• SEI or RETELL endorsement

How to apply:
Apply online at www.schoolspring.com, search job id #555832

Here are some jobs in the New Bedford area from the NewBedfordGuide.com jobs database:

1. Customer Service Associate – Cumberland Farms (Acushnet). Full details and application process here.

2. Activity Assistant – SavaSeniorCare. Full details and application process here.

3. Science Teacher – Normandin Middle School. Full details and application process here.

4. Forklift Operator – National Lumber. Full details and application process here.

5. Interpreter – St. Luke’s Hospital. Full details and application process here.

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