Career Navigator – Workforce Services & Job Placement

290 EMPLOYMENT SECURITY COMMISSION; Muskogee (OK); On-site; USD 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

The 290 Employment Security Commission in Muskogee, OK is hiring a Career Coordinator to manage career assessment, counseling and job placement within the center. The role supports unemployment services and education/training referrals, with a focus on veterans and special-needs clients.

The position requires strong communication, case-management skills and the ability to work with diverse clients onsite in a government employment center. A stable, full-time schedule is provided.

Qualifications

• Five years of experience in employment services, career or vocational guidance and counseling, personnel, recruitment, training, customer services or social services related work; or an equivalent combination of education and experience substituting thirty semester hours from an accredited college or university for 3 years of the required work experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage and promote career assessment and vocational counseling to determine needs for employment, job skills, placement, training, referral, etc. under a case management system ensuring optimal delivery of employment services.
• Utilize EmployOklahoma for registering customers for employment, unemployment services and additional education and training services.
• Establishes claims for Unemployment Insurance benefits, interpreting the benefit provisions of multi-state unemployment laws.
• Communicate with management, employers, applicants, claimants, and coworkers; prepare clear, concise oral or written reports.
• Provide professional career assessment, vocational counseling, job placement and employment services with priority for veterans and other special-needs applicants.

Skills

Verbal and written communication

Tools

Microsoft Office

Teams

Job description

The 290 Employment Security Commission in Muskogee, OK is hiring a Career Coordinator to manage career assessment, counseling and job placement within the center. The role supports unemployment services and education/training referrals, with a focus on veterans and special-needs clients.

The position requires strong communication, case-management skills and the ability to work with diverse clients onsite in a government employment center. A stable, full-time schedule is provided.