Workforce Development Specialist

About the role

Career Team is seeking a Workforce Development Specialist to join our team. This role will be responsible for providing Employer Services (ES) required under the Wagner Peyser Act (WPA), to jobseekers and employers in a Workforce Solutions Office. Founded in 1996, Career Team, LLC is a private workforce development organization. Career Team’s outstanding record of accelerating the human condition has resulted in numerous honors: 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; 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. Looking ahead, 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.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain professional business relationships with local businesses and organizations through consistent outreach to meet the needs of local labor market and in-demand industry sectors.
• Assist employers with WorkinTexas.com registration to post job orders, fill jobs by recruiting, screening, and referring qualified job seekers who meet job requirements.
• Plan and execute recruiting and hiring events for employers across industries and diverse job seekers using in-person and virtual platforms.
• Deliver presentations to employers and program participants about employment opportunities and labor market information via in-person and virtual platforms.
• Refer employers to the Business Services Unit to negotiate and develop transitional and permanent job opportunities agreements with businesses for On-the-Job Training, Subsidized Work Experience, Transitional Jobs, and other programs as needed.
• Conduct employer follow-up to assess service quality and quantity of referrals.
• Ensure all farmworkers are informed about the terms and conditions of employment set forth in intrastate and interstate clearance orders.
• Work with Center Manager and program staff to match job seekers to work-based learning opportunities.
• Refer jobseekers to appropriate live, virtual workshops, orientations, financial and basic literacy services and community resources to maximize job placement opportunities and remove barriers.
• Provide career planning and advisement services to assist with job placement, advancement, and retention.
• Review individual employment/placement plans, identify barriers, and refer customers to appropriate resources to overcome barriers.
• Record and document services and data enter a case note in WorkInTexas.com for job seekers and employers to demonstrate compliance with the Wagner Peyser services.
• Assist in tracking program participants for successful participation and report on job placements and new employer partnerships.
• Track and monitor when job seekers find work on their own