Talent Development Specialist

Experience Required

1 - 3 years

Minimum Education Required

Associates Degree

Compensation

$7.25 / hourly

Hours Per Week

40

Number Of Positions

1

Work Schedule and Shift Requirements

First (Day)

Job Description

Company Description

We help job seekers and career changers prepare for and advance in careers with a focus on sustainable, high-growth, high-demand industries. Our committed and well-trained workforce professionals deliver comprehensive workforce solutions at integrated career centers, sector-focused centers and community, and partner sites.

Job Description

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

Qualifications

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

One to three years' experience in workforce development or related programs preferred

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Equus Workforce Solutions is a leading provider of workforce development services in North America. With a dedicated and passionate team, Equus puts the industry's best practices to work by focusing on the development, design, and delivery of demand-driven workforce solutions.

When you join Equus, you can expect extensive learning opportunities and networking programs. But most of all you can expect to make a lasting impact on the lives of others.

At Equus we are strengthened by diversity. We are committed to providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. Equus Workforce Solutions is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to r ace, color, gender, age, pregnancy, s exual orientation, gender identity, ancestry, r eligion, national origin, veteran status, physical or mental disability, or reprisal or any other characteristic protected under state, federal, or local law.

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Job Type

Full time

Benefits Offered

Not specified

Veteran Preference

No

Place of Work

On-site

Requisition ID

REF5389E