Business Services Representative - VC Works

About the role

Career Team is a leading workforce development organization that blends cutting-edge technology with compassionate, high-touch services to drive real, measurable outcomes in the lives of job seekers across the country. As a Business Services Representative, you will play a crucial role in promoting job placement for clients in the employer community and liaising with employers to obtain job leads and identify job opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Promote job placement for clients in the employer community
• Liaise with employers to obtain job leads and identify jobs
• Develop direct hire employment opportunities for clients completing health care training under the HUD-CDBG grant, Project VC Works
• Work closely with the Career Navigators and training providers to seek opportunities to co-enroll in WIOA to support on-the-job training and transitional jobs opportunities
• Determine education and skill requirements and employer expectations of Job Seekers
• Interview Job Seekers referred by Career Team staff for job placement to determine skills, abilities, and job goals
• MATCH Job Seekers with job openings and refer to employing organizations for interview
• Establish an ongoing relationship with Job Seekers
• Establish ongoing relationships with employers
• Follow-up during and after job placement activities to ensure employer satisfaction
• Request additional and/or targeted support activities as needed
• Maintain job and employer data banks of information
• Maintain client records related to job development and placement activities
• Maintain employer records related to job opportunities, placement activities, and participant job retention
• Utilize internet/social media resources to identify job trends, active sectors, and candidate employers
• Prepare and present reports of activities and accomplishments
• Design, plan, and conduct job fairs and other initiatives to enable exposure of Job Seekers to organizations with current and future job opportunities

Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED with any combination of training and experience which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties as described
• Multilingual or bilingual preferred
• Experience in public relations and in technical writing
• Experience with training and coaching in a performance-based environment
• Working knowledge of workforce or government funded programs
• Experience in job placement in either private or public agencies within the last four years
• Experience working with at-risk populations
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employer representatives and Job Seekers
• Familiarity with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations
• Ability to work in a variety of settings with culturally diverse customer bases with the ability to be culturally sensitive
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively engage a diverse audience in verbal and written format
• Able to work independently with minimal supervision and effectively as part of a team
• Exceptional time management skills to meet deadlines and work under pressure
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• A Valid Driver’s License

Benefits

• 401k with a generous employer match
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance with an employee-sponsored HSA on any qualifying plans
• Disability insurance
• Supplemental insurance

Pay

$60,000-65,000 annually. Salary is commensurate with education and experience.

Schedule

The position is expected to be on-site 80% of the time and 20% remote work.

About Career Team

Career Team, LLC is a private workforce development organization founded in 1996. The organization has received numerous honors, including being named by Inc. Magazine as one of America's 500 fastest growing privately held companies, recipient of the US Chamber of Commerce Blue Chip Enterprise Award for innovation, featured by 60 Minutes, CNN, Money Magazine, Inc. Magazine, and the British Broadcasting Network as an innovative, government funded solutions program, and invited to the White House after being cited by the National Welfare-to-Work Partnership and National Alliance of Business as a top 10 US training provider. As a socially conscious organization, Career Team has found a healthy balance between for-profit innovation and community enrichment. The organization will continue to close the nation’s opportunity divide with additional government-funded workforce sites, while also building staff capacity of workforce funding sources and industry providers.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Career Team is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.