Career Advisor II - Fast Track to Employment (930464)

Job Description

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

• As an emerging leader, ensures the achievement of contract deliverables, staff satisfaction, and the provision of high-quality services to program participants
• Maintains a strong knowledge base of the state’s TANF requirements and procedures and provides strengths-based case management and career and vocational advising support to a caseload of program participants
• Assumes central responsibility for empowering participants to achieve self-sufficiency by monitoring progress through the program cycle, beginning with referral and continuing through retention and advancement efforts
• Continues to abide by the standards and procedures of the Career Advisor (job description attached), maintaining a full caseload with a goal of up to 25 cases and a focus on active engagement and support to training and/or employment
• Serves as primary employment support for participants approaching their timeclock limit for continued cash assistance
• Maintains expert knowledge of WORCS and the state’s TANF database to ensure accuracy in documentation and excellence in quality assurance review
• Maintains updated information about area resources, trainings, educational opportunities, and employers and provide and facilitate community-based referrals
• In partnership with the Business Services Consultant, sources employment resources and develops OJT/Job Ready placements for participants eager to enter/return to work
• Attends job fairs on a quarterly basis to maintain knowledge of employment opportunities for participants with limited or no previous work experience
• Identifies, develops, and leads engaging curriculum that motivates and supports participant success
• Suggests and develops innovative ideas that promote participant engagement and long-term success
• Serves as a lead staff member at satellite sites, developing a strong knowledge of – and engagement with – the community and its resources, as well as ensuring the provision of high-quality services, schedule of workshops, and engagement of program participants
• In partnership with the leadership team, identifies and develops areas of expertise that supports programmatic needs
• Develops transitional plans for participants approaching their program exit to address financial adjustment, retention efforts, and ongoing support
• Serves as primary employment support for participants approaching their time clock limit for continued cash assistance
• Travels to satellite sites and outlying communities, as needed, to support program participants
• Provides on-site, informal support to new and existing staff
• Actively participates in new staff training and on-boarding activities
• Fully utilizes supervision to support personal and professional growth and advancement, as well as to gain and develop supervisory skills
• Serves as formalized mentors to team members as assigned
• Develop and lead employee satisfaction and development activities, including staff development sessions, team huddles and other staff meetings
• Contributes to the overall success and quality of program by working constructively and collaboratively with other staff members to achieve individual and organizational goals
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a related field and/or 3+ years of working in a career counseling, customer service, or social service role and are ready to make an impact
• Experience as an Equus Career Advisor and/or Equus Outreach Coordinator
• Self-motivated, flexible, and team player
• Strong computer, organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills
• Creative, goal-oriented, and work well under pressure; comfortable meeting multiple deadlines
• Ability to relate to and motivate individuals, especially those facing barriers to employment
• Notable experience and success in developing employer partnerships
• Bi-lingual, strongly 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 race, color, gender, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, ancestry, religion, national origin, veteran status, physical or mental disability, or reprisal or any other characteristic protected under state, federal, or local law.