Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program Specialist (Employment Service Specialist Iii) -Temporary- Oahu

State of Hawai'i • Island of Oahu, HI

9h • Onsite

About The Position

This is a temporary full-time position with the Department of Labor & Industrial Relations in Downtown. The current vacancy is located in the Workforce Development Division, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, and serves as the Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program (DVOP) Specialist. Duties and responsibilities involve providing the full range of employment services, including job placement, job development, and vocational counseling and guidance to veterans, pursuant to the Veterans' Rehabilitation and Education Amendments of 1980, Public Law 96-466, which requires the appointment of certain categories of veterans to positions serving as "DVOP Specialists." In accordance with Section 4103A, Chapter 41, Title 38, U.S. Code, preference in the appointment of DVOP Specialists shall be given to qualified disabled veterans. Therefore, certification of eligibles shall be restricted to those applicants who meet the education and experience requirements for the class Employment Service Specialist III, AND who are Qualified Disabled Veterans as defined under Section 4211(3), Chapter 42, Title 38, U.S. Code.

Requirements

• Must be a citizen, national, or permanent resident alien of the United States, or eligible under federal law for unrestricted employment in the United States.
• Must be a qualified veteran.
• A bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university.
• One and one-half (1-1/2) years of progressively responsible professional work experience in one or a combination of Type A or Type B experience below:
• Type A: Progressively responsible professional full-time experience in the field of employment service, personnel administration or related fields which involved one OR more of the following duties and responsibilities: 1) Obtaining applications for employment and assessing applicants' qualifications in terms of skills, knowledge, suitability for employment or employment training; OR 2) Determining job content and requirements; OR 3) Developing methods and techniques for the improvement of personnel or employment programs; and OR 4) Referring applicants to suitable jobs. This experience MUST have provided applicants with knowledge of various kinds of occupations and occupational requirements, employment interviewing or counseling, or personnel management principles, practices, and techniques.
• Type B: Progressively responsible professional experience in the field of social work or related fields which involved assisting youths or adults with personal, social and emotional problems toward their resolution. This experience MUST have involved professional counseling or guidance in situations where youths or adults had moderately difficult to difficult problems of grasping or understanding the nature of their problems, choosing between various courses of action possible, adjusting to environmental conditions and/or acquiring or sustaining proper motivation.
• Applicants must have had at least one year of Specialized Experience comparable to the next lower level in the State service (Employment Service Specialist II).

Nice To Haves

• Preference in the appointment of DVOP Specialists shall be given to qualified disabled veterans.

Responsibilities

• Provides employment services for a full range of clients involving job placement, job development, employer relations and vocational counseling and guidance.
• Develops and negotiates on-the-job training contracts for clients.
• Provides special employer representative activities and fact-finding required for alien employment certification.
• Provides the full range of employment services, including job placement, job development, and vocational counseling and guidance to veterans.

Benefits

• Membership in the civil service upon satisfactory completion of an initial probation period of at least six months.
• Eligibility to apply for promotion and transfer opportunities to permanent as well as other temporary positions.
• Other rights and benefits afforded to an employee in a permanent position (with the exception of return rights and placement rights associated with a reduction-in-force).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level