Career Transition Services Specialist

Education & Training Resources LLC • Excelsior Springs, MO

3h • Onsite

About The Position

The Career Transition Services Specialist assists students in obtaining employment, enlisting in the military, enrolling in college, and addressing relocation, childcare, and transportation needs. The role provides individualized transition and placement services to separated or separating Job Corps students, connecting them with employment, apprenticeships, post-secondary education, advanced training, military opportunities, and community-based support services. This is not a remote position.

The specialist builds and maintains relationships with employers, community colleges, workforce development partners, employment and training organizations, labor unions, state employment offices, placement agencies, and community services. The role maintains student caseloads and documentation, supports job-search readiness through mock interviews and related activities, and stays in contact with students before and after separation to support successful transitions and continued placement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in human services, psychology, counseling, education, social science, business, communications, or a closely related field; alternatively, an associate’s degree in one of these fields or a closely related field plus two years of related experience.
• One year of experience in workforce development, marketing, or a placement-related field.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of targeted job markets, area employers, armed forces recruitment offices, and community agencies.
• Strong interpersonal skills and excellent oral, written, and presentation skills.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Proven job placement marketing skills.
• Ability to establish liaisons and interact with private and public agencies.
• Meticulous documentation and recording skills, attention to detail, and excellent time management skills.
• Computer literacy, particularly with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Valid driver’s license with an acceptable driving record.

Responsibilities

• Assist and guide separated or separating students during the prescribed service period, providing employment, apprenticeship, and post-secondary education placement and transition services.
• Build relationships with employers, community colleges, and other entities to support successful placements and career pathways.
• Maintain knowledge of and refer graduates to community-based services that support transition to independent living.
• Provide individualized services to graduates and former enrollees and document services in case notes.
• Develop and maintain relationships with local and regional WIA partners and other employment and training organizations and placement agencies.
• Identify and maintain connections to employment, advanced training, military, and other placement opportunities for terminating students.
• Maintain liaisons with employers, labor unions, state employment service offices, and Job Corps placement and support agencies or contractors.
• Identify separated students who are no longer employed or in school and reconnect them with a placement agency, school, or remote Career Transition Specialist.
• Conduct mock interviews with students entering the Career Transition Phase and provide further job-search guidance.
• Maintain a caseload of active students; contact students who are not placed weekly by telephone, email, social media, and home visits, and document contacts.
• Maintain monthly contact and documentation for all placed students.
• Visit classrooms, CPP, and Career Technical Trades to familiarize students with Career Transition services.
• Meet with CTR Classroom to explain CTS services and expectations and coordinate mock interviews, job fairs, and career days.
• Develop three new employers each week for the Job Bank to support student job searches and placement goals.
• Maintain an accurate, up-to-date file for each student on the caseload.
• Conduct exit interviews with separating students and provide local one-stop and CTS contact information.
• Identify relocation support needs, arrange transportation, and make referrals.
• Participate in Evaluations of Student Progress with the Counselor, CTT Instructor, Education Instructors, and Independent Living Advisors.
• Initiate contact with former enrollee students before their separation from the Center.
• Participate in the Center mentoring program.
• Perform other related duties as needed to meet the organization's ongoing needs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time