Career Coordinator

State of Oklahoma • Idabel, OK

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Career Coordinator will manage and promote career assessment and vocational counseling through applicant interviews and qualification evaluations to determine needs for employment, job skills, placement, training, and referrals within a case management system. This role ensures the optimal delivery of multiple employment services at the center during business hours, focusing on priority services for special-needs clients and ensuring required information is recorded in EmployOklahoma. The coordinator will utilize EmployOklahoma for registering customers for employment, unemployment services, and additional education and training services. They will also establish claims for Unemployment Insurance benefits, interpret benefit provisions, analyze claims for accuracy, conduct fact-finding, and maintain Unemployment Insurance files, prioritizing service to special-needs clients. Communication with management, employers, applicants, claimants, and coworkers regarding job orders, referrals, job developments, and unemployment insurance benefits is crucial, along with preparing clear reports. The position involves professionally managing career assessment, vocational counseling, job placement, employment services, and other social services offered at the local American Job Center in accordance with Department of Labor laws and regulations, with priority service to veterans and other special-needs applicants. Excellent customer-service skills are required to ensure optimal results for workforce center staff, maintaining a friendly and conducive office atmosphere. Assistance will be provided with the resource room, including UI eligibility, filing claims, and training on UI functions and compensation services. The role includes assisting with receptionist duties, participating in team meetings and staff-required training, and cross-training to provide comprehensive assistance. Office machinery must be utilized in accordance with safety and security protocols. On-site attendance is essential for direct interaction with staff, clients, and office resources. Job functions may change at any time.

Requirements

• 5 years of experience in employment services, career or vocational guidance and counseling, personnel, recruitment, training, customer services or social services related work; or an equivalent combination of education and experience substituting thirty semester hours from an accredited college or university for 3 years of the required work experience.
• Employee must be capable of proficiently using the OESC’s standard software (Microsoft Office - Word, Outlook, Excel, Access, and Teams), and the Internet, as well as proficiency to learn other software as needed.
• Employee must be capable of lifting, carrying, and moving objects of up to 25 pounds.
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. for any employer at the time of application. The agency is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of - spelling, punctuation, and business English; business mathematics; modern office methods and procedures; employment practices and problems; current economic and social trends, programs and problems; community and social service providers; the principles of interviewing; social assistance requirements; the U.S. Department of Labor one-stop workforce initiative as it pertains to the collaboration of numerous partners providing employment supportive core services to enhance Oklahoma’s workforce; laws, rules, policies and regulations of public employment service, unemployment compensation, job training, and social services programs; occupations and industries; basic psychology and human relations.
• excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to - maintain effective working relationships with others; work with a high degree of independence; deal effectively and courteously with people; multi-task; exercise good judgment in evaluating eligibility requirements; exercise good management in evaluating case management situations; make decisions; anticipate, identify and resolve problems; handle confidential work; evaluate situations and choose an appropriate course of action in accordance with appropriate law and agency policy; present ideas and facts effectively and accurately; interpret applicable state and federal laws and regulations especially pertaining to veterans programs, social services, employment and training activities; follow oral or written instructions.

Responsibilities

• Manage & promotes career assessment/vocational counseling via applicant interview & qualification evaluation to determine needs for employment, job skills, placement, training, referral, etc. under a case management system ensuring the optimal delivery of the multiple employment services provided at the center within the business hours of operation focused on priority services to special-needs clients and ensuring required information is obtained and recorded into EmployOklahoma.
• Utilize EmployOklahoma for registering customers for employment, unemployment services and additional education and training services.
• Establishes claims for Unemployment Insurance benefits, which may include providing an interpretation of & conformity to the benefit provisions of multi-state unemployment insurance laws to claimants and employers, analyzing claims for accurate and complete information, fact-finding, and maintaining Unemployment Insurance files focused on priority service to all categories of special-needs clients.
• Communicates with management, employers, applicants, claimants, and coworkers, concerning job orders, referrals, job developments, and unemployment insurance benefits in a timely fashion; prepares clear, concise oral or written reports as needed.
• Professionally manage career assessment, vocational counseling, job placement, employment services and other social services offered at the local American Job Center in conformity to the Department of Labor’s state and federal applicable laws and regulations with priority service to veterans and other special-needs applicants.
• Utilize excellent customer-service skills to ensure optimal results for the many activities required of the workforce center staff keeping the office appearance and atmosphere conducive to friendly customer service.
• Provide resource room assistance with unemployment insurance (UI) eligibility, filing UI claims, training on UI functions and UI compensation services in a professional and friendly manner under a case management system.
• Assist with the workforce center’s receptionist duties as assigned.
• Participate in team meetings in the workforce center.
• Participate in staff-required training and cross training in order to provide professional, timely and additional assistance with the workforce center duty requirements.
• Utilize office machinery in accordance with safety / security protocols.
• On-site attendance is an essential function of the position, as the role requires direct interaction with staff, clients, and on-site office resources.

Benefits

• The State of Oklahoma offers a comprehensive Benefits Packet, including a generous benefit allowance to offset the cost of insurance premiums for employees and their eligible dependents.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree