Employment Specialist

Job Title

Employment Coordinator

Job Description

The incumbent will serve as a triage team member to help disabled veterans make an informed choice regarding the appropriate employment track that best meets their needs with the understanding that veterans can move between tracks. The employment coordinator will also coordinate and/or perform the evaluation/assessment of rapid access to employment - employment needs (Pre-employment Job Readiness Evaluation) including: resume preparation, interviewing assistance, career search activities, discussion of disability and related accommodations, assistive technology needs, labor market information, re-employment information, assistance, and/or referral and self-directed job search via networking and electronic databases.

Specific Duties

• Marketing to employers based on vocational goals of the job-ready disabled veterans.
• Marketing and provides special employer incentives such as on-the-job training, non-paid work experience, special employer incentives, and available tax information.
• Coordinating employment readiness classes for veterans ready to go to work but lacking important traits in employment readiness.
• Maintaining and promotes a positive image of the Vocational Rehabilitation & Education (VR&E) program through active networking and ongoing contacts with employers.
• Offering direction to employers regarding reasonable accommodation and rehabilitation technology accommodations.
• Disseminating labor market information to assist counselors and veterans with "informed choice." Provides Employment Services Performance Data for local office.
• Maintaining and continually updates a database of job-ready disabled veterans (incorporate Corporate WINRS tracking system).
• Assisting veterans with job networking, development, and placement.
• Developing partnerships with employers and other agencies to assist veterans with employment services (e.g. - the Department of Labor, Small Business Administration, local and state agencies, and private sector businesses and employment services).
• Assisting counselors with employment follow-up according to regulatory requirements.
• Coordinating efforts to develop job clubs, job labs, or job readiness resource rooms for use by veterans in job readiness preparation and self-directed job search.

Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level. The grade progression for this position is GS-9, GS-11, GS-12. Duty Hours: 8:00am to 4:30 pm Compressed/Flexible: May be available as determined by the hiring office. Telework: May be available as determined by the hiring office. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Error! Filename not specified. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required