Employment Specialist (1823)

Lutheran Services Florida•Miami, FL

15h•Onsite

About The Position

Lutheran Services Florida (LSF) is seeking a talented Employment Specialist III to make an impact in the lives of others. The schedule for this role is Monday to Friday, 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM. The Employment Specialist will provide each participant with an individual employment plan and ensure unsubsidized job placement and 90-day, 180-day retention for a minimum of 240 full-time, permanent placements annually, which equates to 20 placements per month. It is expected that 74% of placements will have 90-day retention and 62% will have 180-day retention.

Requirements

High School diploma/GED
At least three years experience delivering employment services to refugees and immigrants in a social service environment.
Leadership skills.
Computer knowledge.
Ability to speak read and writes both Spanish and English.
Excellent communication skills.
Excellent knowledge of Miami’s metropolitan area.
Must demonstrate sensitivity to our service population’s cultural and socioeconomic characteristics and needs.
Reports to Supervisor III, Manager III and Director IV.
Team leader.
Will attain 240 full-time, permanent placements a year, with the required retention, benefits and self-sufficiency ratio.
Adheres to LSF Policies and Procedures.

Responsibilities

Conducts appropriate outreach and recruitment on sufficient scale to help fill vacancies in the program.
Assessment of participant’s needs for supportive services.
Acts as team leader, motivates and provides guidance to Employment Specialists I and II.
Provides job development and placement services as needed to meet or exceed his/her monthly placement standards (Twenty placements a month).
Job development with the area’s private and public sector employers to identify job openings that might be filled by the program’s participants.
Provide participants with orientation to work benefits and protections such as social security, worker’s comp, payroll deduction and wages-and-hour standards.
Represents the agency at the worksites.
Acts as liaison to resolve participant/employer job performance differences.
Documents participant files.
Provides placements information on a weekly manner.
Visits and provides program presentation with our employers.
Registers all Job Ready participants in EFM before (or on the same day) they receive a referral.
Enters the service (activity) in EFM when provided (At least one accountable activity every 90 days).
Enters “Obtained Employment – 880” in EFM for all clients with placement.
Represents the agency in the community.
Attends required meetings.
Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

Medical
Dental
Vision
Telehealth (24/7 online access to Doctors)
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Employer paid life insurance (1X salary)
13 paid holidays + 1 floating holiday
Generous PTO policy (starting at 16 working days a year)
403(b) Retirement plan with 3% discretionary employer match OR 3% student loan repayment reimbursement
Tuition reimbursement