Program Director- Career Services

About the role

RTR is offering a $2,500 Sign on Bonus to all New Full Time Hires!

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Oversee the Career Services department.
• Referrals for MRC/DDS, SEP sites, and in-house communications, training, and meetings.
• Supervision of all department staff including staff meetings, supervision meetings, annual evaluations, and tracking mandated training.
• Ensure opportunities for individuals with disabilities have the ability to participate in vocational evaluations by way of SEP sites and other community resources.
• Work with employment team members to focus on obtaining outcome-based goals while expanding contacts and business with MRC, DDS and local school systems.
• Track placement referrals and purchase orders, increase business contacts, and assist with interviews and job coaching as needed.
• Complete all monthly/quarterly/annual reports in accordance with MRC and DDS guidelines.
• Attend all mandatory MRC/DDS meetings with prepared data and budget information.
• Submit department payroll.
• Submit department individual monthly attendance and billing.
• Adhere to agency safety protocols.
• Provide on-the-job training and supervision to individuals in a 1:1 or group format at community-based, business locations, and OPTS (day program) centers.
• Cooperate and interact with co-workers, members, volunteers, and funders in a collaborative, courteous, empathic, and professional manner.
• Perform additional duties, or substitute for others as required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred but not required.
• Five years’ experience in vocational rehabilitation and two years’ management experience.
• Valid Driver’s License.
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Word and the internet.
• Flexible with schedule.
• Successful completion of all state and agency mandated training.
• Willingness to authorize a Criminal History Background Check (CORI) and release of information concerning allegations from Disabled Persons Protection Commission (DPPC), Department of Developmental Services (DDS), and other agencies.
• Able to perform each essential function satisfactorily.

Reasoning Ability

The employee must carry out detailed written or oral instructions.

Physical Demands

• Stand, walk, sit, use fingers, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Talk or hear.
• Lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 60 pounds.