Employment Specialist

About the role

This is a Full-Time 40 Hours Weekly position with the Department of Social Services. For more information on the Department of Social Services, please visit http://dss.sd.gov/.

Responsibilities

• Affairs employment opportunities for low income individuals participating in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.
• Identifies and addresses barriers to employment.
• Aids in job search and job retention activities.
• Provides counseling and solutions to promote employment.
• Identifies customer interests, strengths, skills, abilities and challenges.
• Determines appropriate training and sets realistic goals to match customers with appropriate jobs.
• Develops curriculum for and presents workshops and public presentations.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in social science, behavioral science, or other human service-related fields, business administration, public administration, education, or public health, and/or experience in health care administration, finance, accounting, or insurance is preferred.
• Entry level knowledge and abilities may be acquired through any combination of training and/or experience that will enable the incumbent to possess the required knowledge, skills and abilities.

Qualifications

• Communicate effectively and efficiently.
• Successfully plan and organize work activities, adjust to multiple demands, and prioritize tasks to complete assignments and meet schedules and deadlines.
• Demonstrate compassion, respect, courtesy and tact when interacting with others.
• Display confidence and innovation despite adversity.
• Establish and maintain effective and collaborative working relationships with stakeholders.
• Understand concepts related to client confidentiality.
• Comprehend, interpret and apply policies, procedures, laws and regulations.
• Prepare clear and concise documentation, reports and correspondence that reflect relevant facts.
• Assume initiative with minimal supervision.

Skills

• Strong work ethic.
• Comprehension of critical thinking and problem-solving techniques.

Benefits

• $0 premium employee health insurance option.
• Ten paid holidays.
• Moderate vacation and sick leave accrual.
• Dental, vision, and other insurance options.
• Retirement benefits.
• Class A retirement under SDRS.

Pay

• $24.77 hourly, depending on qualifications.

Schedule

• Full-time, 40 hours per week.