Equus Workforce Solutions Hiring for TALENT DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST Job at Olympia, WA Full Time

Overview:

Responsibilities:

• Manages a caseload of participants and provides counseling and mentoring
• Assesses participant competencies, work history, educational attainment, skills and abilities; identifies challenges to finding employment and prompts them to find solutions
• Conducts regular ongoing individual meetings with participants for job search, education, job retention, and/or job readiness
• Completes an individualized overview of available services and works with participant to create an employment plan for short- and long-term goals
• Maintains information about area resources and employers
• Ensures participant accountability and attendance; tracks and maintains employment retention goals
• Provides government agencies with prompt notification that a participant has lost or reduced hours of employment
• Maintains scheduled, periodic contact with participants in a variety of locations to assess job retention/advancement issues
• Provides information to participants on available training and/or jobs that will lead to advancement
• Assumes central responsibility for participants achieving self-sufficiency by monitoring progress throughout the program cycle, beginning with referral and continuing through retention and advancement efforts
• Prepares, organizes, and maintains accurate, updated information in both electronic and paper participant files reflecting the entire history of a program participant including log of supportive services issued
• Provides case management with a focus on helping customers to prepare for employment that leads to self-sufficiency
• Facilitates customer access to training, education, and to employment services, as well as job-specific information; provide case management to customers at the appropriate level

Qualifications:

• Related Associate degree from an accredited university or college, or equivalent work experience
• Related work experience
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrated customer service skills
• Familiarity with the communities being served, with knowledge and understanding of local needs and resources
• One to three years experience in workforce development or related programs preferred

About our Line of Business: Equus Workforce Solutions, formerly ResCare Workforce Services, is the nation’s leading provider of workforce development services in North America. With a dedicated and passionate team, Equus puts the industry’s best practices to work nationwide by focusing on the development, design, and delivery of demand-driven workforce solutions. Assisting over a million job seekers and thousands of employers annually, Equus Workforce Solutions is the most comprehensive workforce development company in the United States. For more information visit https://equusworks.com. Additional Job Information:

• Assist participants with electronic versions of cover letters, resumes, applications, reference list and any other materials needed to complete a portfolio.
• Assist participants with job search techniques.
• Provide administrative support consisting of gathering data for quarterly reports, compiling materials needed for program, researching information and other administrative duties as requested.
• Proficient computer skills and knowledge base of EXCEL, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, and ability to navigate the internet for job searching and research.
• Ability to provide excellent customer service with a diverse clientele and maintain strong boundaries in working with different populations.
• Takes initiative to complete tasks and utilizes creative and critical thinking skills to problem solve.
• Able to work in a fast paced environment and work independently.
• Basic knowledge of office equipment such as fax, scanner, copier and various computer programs.