Talent Development Specialist (800017)

Equus•Elko, NV

9d•$28 - $29

About The Position

The Career Advisor manages a caseload of participants and provides counseling, mentoring, and case management to help customers prepare for employment that leads to self-sufficiency. The role assesses participants’ competencies, work histories, education, skills, abilities, and barriers to employment; works with them to identify solutions; and supports their job search, education, job readiness, retention, and advancement through ongoing individual meetings and follow-up. The Career Advisor reviews available services with each participant and helps create employment plans with short- and long-term goals. The role connects participants to training, education, employment services, job-specific information, employers, and community resources, while monitoring progress from referral through retention and advancement. It also tracks participant accountability, attendance, employment-retention goals, and changes in employment status, and maintains accurate participant records in electronic and paper files. The position also supports classroom and workshop activities. It delivers individual instruction in an orderly, professional manner; helps improve students’ job-readiness scores; introduces participants to designated company and educational tools; monitors assignments and engagement; and documents outreach and assessments. The role involves working with people from varied cultural, language, educational, and economic backgrounds and collaborating with business customers and staff.

Requirements

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 served and understanding of local needs and resources.

Nice To Haves

One to three years of experience in workforce development or related programs is preferred.

Responsibilities

Manage a caseload of participants and provide counseling and mentoring.
Assess participant competencies, work history, educational attainment, skills, abilities, and employment barriers, and help participants identify solutions.
Conduct regular individual meetings about job search, education, job retention, and job readiness.
Review available services with participants and develop employment plans covering short- and long-term goals.
Maintain information about local resources and employers.
Monitor participant accountability and attendance, and track employment-retention goals.
Promptly notify government agencies when a participant loses employment or has reduced work hours.
Maintain periodic contact with participants in various locations to assess job-retention and advancement issues.
Inform participants about training and job opportunities that may support advancement.
Monitor participant progress throughout the program cycle, from referral through retention and advancement.
Prepare and maintain accurate, updated electronic and paper participant files, including program histories and supportive-service logs.
Provide case management and facilitate access to training, education, employment services, and job-specific information at the appropriate level.
Work with participants from varied cultural, language, educational, and economic backgrounds in a classroom setting.
Coordinate individual instruction in an orderly and professional manner.
Improve students’ job-readiness scores in workshops and deliver work-ready customers to staff.
Introduce company and other tools in the classroom, including Resume-Pro, Company Academy, General Education Diploma Academy, Money-Skill, and Project Chief Executive Officer.
Ensure participants complete and submit assignments as scheduled.
Conduct and document follow-up outreach to students who are not engaged in classroom activities.
Maintain student assessments in files and the student database.
Collaborate with teams, business customers, and other staff.
Perform additional duties as assigned.