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Career Path Services · 4 days ago

Employment Specialist

Kennewick, WA

Full-time

Onsite

Entry Level

$53K/yr - $59K/yr

1+ years exp

Career Path Services is a workforce development and employment training nonprofit headquartered in Spokane, WA, and they are seeking an Employment Specialist to join their team. The role focuses on providing personalized coaching, employment training, and job placement services to help clients overcome barriers and achieve long-term career growth.

Non ProfitTraining

Comp. & Benefits

Responsibilities

Initial Engagement: Reach and invite customers to apply for services at quantities and qualities that lead to exceeding enrollment goals and produces program outcomes. Conduct employer and participant outreach and recruitment, orientation and eligibility determination, initial assessment, and service plan development

Individualized Career and Training Services: Responsible for supervising a caseload of participants by providing comprehensive caseload management and comprehensive case management, job readiness training, job search assistance (career coaching, labor market information, skills assessments and workshops, resume and interviewing coaching), job retention services, English language acquisition, job skills training, and job placement

Program Completion and Transition Strategies: Ensure appropriate timelines and lengths of participation, helps the participant achieve their customer service plan including job placement, and transition planning

Data Entry: Conduct timely, accurate and complete data input for registrations and enrollments, status changes, exits/terminations and post exit MIS in the division’s operating system

Job Coaching: Provide initial and comprehensive services, interviewing, assessing customers to determine work readiness/employability, offering information about service/training options and community-based resources, engaging seekers into appropriate pathway services suited to their individual needs and/or facilitating hand off to one-on-one services provided by program staff

Referral Services: Works to reduce wait time, eliminate lines and connect job seekers to value added services as quickly as possible, tracks customer activity

Networking & Communication: Develop, expand, and maintain working relationships with partners, employers, and fund sources that achieve desired outcomes by identifying needs, developing solutions, establishing goals, and executing plans. Timely, consistent, and professional communication is essential to the success of the program

Qualification

Workforce development experienceJob coachingData entry skillsMicrosoft Office proficiencyCommunication skillsCultural competencyCustomer relationship managementProblem-solving skillsOrganizational skillsAdaptability

Required

High School Diploma or GED

Minimum one-year of experience working with workforce development, social services, job placement, job development, sales, job coaching, employment and training, or related field

Requires advanced level use of: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook; LinkedIn, and other business-related networking applications, as appropriate

Flexibility in working some evening and/or weekend hours

Must be able to work in a culturally diverse and fast-paced environment

Daily availability of personal vehicle or alternate method of transportation sufficient to meet the daily transportation requirements of the position is a condition of employment

Preferred

A Bachelor's Degree in: Business Administration, Human Resources, Social Work, Communication, Workforce Development, Psychology, or Sociology. Appropriate work experience may be substituted for the education requirement

Certified Workforce Development Professional (CWDP)

Experience working with refugee and immigrant populations and/or lived experience as a member of a refugee or immigrant community

Demonstrated success working in a performance based system and one year experience working with employers, job placement, sales, workforce development, job coaching, employment and training

Demonstrated success working with people from a variety of backgrounds which may include disabilities, criminal history, homeless, family violence, poverty etc

Experience in public speaking and presentations to a diverse community

Benefits

Leading health care package, including medical with both F.S.A. and H.S.A. options, dental, and vision

Basic Life and AD&D Insurance, Short Term Disability, and Long Term Disability Insurance

Voluntary/supplemental group term life insurance, group AD&D insurance, hospital indemnity coverage, accident coverage, critical illness coverage, legal coverage, and identity theft coverage

403(b) Retirement Plan with a leading employer discretionary contribution

Paid Vacation (accrue 12 hours/month), Sick (accrue 8 hours/month), Bereavement, Jury Duty and Military Leave

13 Paid Holidays, including a Floating Holiday and a Birthday Holiday

Internet & Cell Phone Reimbursement Allowance and Personal Development Reimbursement Allowances

Tuition Reimbursement program and a qualified employer for the Federal Loan Forgiveness Program