Workforce Development Specialist 1/2/3/4
About The Position
The Workforce Development Specialist works in the Office of Workforce Development’s Veterans Unit in Gonzales, Louisiana, delivering employment services to job seekers and employers. The role provides job search assistance, job referrals, placement support, and re-employment services to unemployment insurance claimants, as well as recruitment services for employers with job openings. The Office of Workforce Development manages workforce training, job placement, apprenticeship, and business engagement programs. It collaborates with local boards, educational institutions, and industry partners to improve job seekers’ economic mobility and help Louisiana employers access skilled talent. In the Veterans Unit, the specialist delivers intensive services to eligible veterans identified as having a Significant Barrier to Employment. Case management is used when veterans need additional support to address employment barriers or require extensive follow-up. The position also conducts veteran outreach, prepares required activity reports, and operates the mobile workforce center at scheduled events. The role requires 25% travel and includes other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Three years of experience in workforce development, administrative services, or social services; or six years of full-time experience in any field; or a bachelor's degree.
- For the six-years-of-full-time-experience pathway, every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university counts as one year of experience, up to 120 semester hours and four years of substitution.
- Ability to combine actions and efforts with others to achieve a common goal.
- Ability to convey information, ideas, and emotions through structured communication that promotes understanding and engagement.
- Ability to understand and meet the needs, preferences, and experiences of internal and external customers.
Responsibilities
- Deliver intensive services to eligible veterans determined to have a Significant Barrier to Employment.
- Use case management to deliver intensive services when veterans cannot overcome defined employment barriers with their own resources or abilities, or when extensive follow-up is required.
- Conduct outreach from the one-stop center to newly enrolled veterans in accordance with current program requirements and at a variety of sites.
- Create and publish activity reports as required.
- Drive and operate the mobile workforce center to scheduled events and provide professional program-related support services.
- Provide job search assistance, job referrals, and placement support to job seekers.
- Provide re-employment services to unemployment insurance claimants.
- Conduct recruitment services for employers with job openings.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Travel as required, stated as 25%.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
