Equus · 6 days ago
Talent Development Specialist - Vernon
Vernon, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Entry Level
1+ years expEquus is a leading provider of workforce development services in North America, and they are seeking a Talent Development Specialist. The role involves managing a caseload of participants, providing counseling and mentoring, and facilitating access to training and employment services to help individuals achieve self-sufficiency.
Events Services
Responsibilities
Manages a caseload of participants and provides counseling and mentoring
Assesses participant competencies, work history, educational attainment, skills, and abilities; identifies challenges to finding employment and prompts them to find solutions
Conducts regular ongoing individual meetings with participants for job search, education, job retention, and/or job readiness
Completes an individualized overview of available services and works with participant to create an employment plan for short- and long-term goals
Maintains information about area resources and employers
Ensures participant accountability and attendance; tracks and maintains employment retention goals
Provides government agencies with prompt notification that a participant has lost or reduced hours of employment
Maintains scheduled, periodic contact with participants in a variety of locations to assess job retention/advancement issues
Provides information to participants on available training and/or jobs that will lead to advancement
Assumes central responsibility for participants achieving self-sufficiency by monitoring progress throughout the program cycle, beginning with referral and continuing through retention and advancement efforts
Prepares, organizes, and maintains accurate, updated information in both electronic and paper participant files reflecting the entire history of a program participant including log of supportive services issued
Provides case management with a focus on helping customers to prepare for employment that leads to self-sufficiency
Facilitates customer access to training, education, and to employment services, as well as job-specific information; provide case management to customers at the appropriate level
Display the ability to work with a variety of cultures, languages, educational and economic backgrounds in a classroom setting
Always coordinate individual instruction in an orderly and professional manner
Improve the job readiness score of students in workshops and deliver a pipeline of work ready customers to staff
Introduce Company and other tools in the classroom (Resume-Pro, Company Academy, General Education Diploma Academy, Money-Skill, Project Chief Executive Officer)
Ensure that individual participants complete and turn in assignments as scheduled
Conduct follow-up outreach to students not engaged in classroom activities and document efforts in program issues systems
Maintain student's assessments in files and student database
Work well in teams, business customers and other staff
Able to communicate effectively to both oral and written
Additional duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Related Associate degree from an accredited university or college, or equivalent work experience
Related work experience
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Demonstrated customer service skills
Familiarity with the communities being served, with knowledge and understanding of local needs and resources
Preferred
One to three years' experience in workforce development or related programs preferred
Benefits
Extensive learning opportunities
Networking programs
Company
Equus
Equus - a leading MICE support company is in the business of organizing Events for Corporate and Individuals since a decade now.
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase