DWFS - Career navigator

Equus • El Paso, TX

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Career Navigator provides integrated workforce planning, case management, career coaching, and employment-related services to participants enrolled in the PROWD Program. This position is responsible for guiding individuals through career exploration, educational attainment, skills development, employment preparation, and successful workforce transition. The Career Navigator works closely with participants, employers, training providers, community organizations, and program partners to ensure participants receive comprehensive support services that lead to measurable employment and education outcomes. A key component of this position includes supporting justice-involved individuals who are preparing to re-enter the workforce. The Career Navigator will be required to travel regularly to La Tuna Federal Correctional Institution to provide workforce development services to incarcerated individuals participating in the PROWD Program.

Requirements

• Customer/client focus
• Learning orientation
• Communication proficiency
• Teamwork orientation
• Technical capacity
• Basic computer literacy including ability to use the Internet and Microsoft Office products
• Keyboarding skills mandatory
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Excellent interpersonal skills and customer-service orientation
• Strong oral and written communication skills

Nice To Haves

• Bilingual candidates preferred

Responsibilities

• Delivering career planning and workforce preparation services within a correctional setting.
• Assisting participants with career pathway exploration and occupational goal setting.
• Facilitating workforce readiness workshops and employment preparation activities.
• Connecting participants to education, training, credentialing, and post-release employment opportunities.
• Coordinating with correctional facility staff and community partners to support successful workforce reentry.
• Assisting participants in developing individualized transition plans designed to promote long-term employment success upon release.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed