Job Developer (925548)

Equus; New York (NY); On-site; USD 28,413 - 40,467; Full time

Job summary

Equus Workforce Solutions is seeking a qualified professional to optimize employment opportunities and provide vocational rehabilitation services. You will conduct extensive employer outreach to secure transitional employment positions and develop agreements, while coordinating screenings and referrals for job-ready customers.

The role includes preparing customers for interviews, delivering work readiness sessions, and partnering with external organizations to broaden opportunities.

Qualifications

• Experience in placing customers in employment and working in fast-paced teams.
• Ability to assess customer needs and provide reasonable accommodations.
• Knowledge of laws and regulations related to program duties.

Responsibilities

• Optimizes employment opportunities and rehabilitation services for customers.
• Conducts employer outreach to identify transitional employment partners with hiring potential.
• Develops transitional employment agreements for supervisor approval.
• Coordinates screening and referrals for transitional employment candidates.
• Builds relationships with employers to ensure satisfaction and repeat business.
• Prepares customers for interviews and aligns with company culture and needs.
• Provides work readiness sessions and helps with resumes, applications, and interview skills.
• Collaborates with Workforce1 and other job developers to expand opportunities.
• Delivers customized employer outreach to meet specific customer needs.
• Monitors feedback and uses it to improve performance; follows up with employers.

Skills

Employer outreach

Customer service

Interview preparation

Resume & job applications

Reporting & metrics

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in social services or related field

Job description

Job Description

• Optimizes employment opportunities and vocational rehabilitation services available for customers, including opportunities available through development of transitional employment
  • Uses Active Staffing and other contacts to conduct employer outreach to identify employers that are able to provide transitional employment with a goal of permanent hire
  • Develops transitional employment agreements and submits them to supervisor for approval
  • Coordinates screening and referral of customer candidates for transitional employment
  • Builds relationships with transitional employment employers to ensure satisfaction with transitional services candidates
  • Prepares customers for transitional employment interviews; understands company culture and needs and ensures the customer is able to fulfill those needs
• Conducts employer outreach to identify potential employment for vocational rehabilitation fast track customers, includes marketing of on-the-job training and other means to support employment.
• Understands and incorporates accommodations into employer communications to maximize customer employment opportunities
• Builds relationships with employers to ensure satisfaction with services and repeat business
• Matches customers to jobs available in WeCARE and other systems; refers customers to jobs
• Prepares customers for interviews; understands company culture and needs and ensures the customer is able to fulfill those needs
• Conducts work readiness sessions in small groups or one-on-one with customers. Reviews labor market information, assists with resume preparation, job applications, and interviewing skills development
• Coordinates with job developers from other organizations, including Workforce1, to ensure customers have access to a broad array of employment opportunities
• Conducts customized employer outreach to accommodate specific customer needs
• Receives and uses daily, real-time feedback on the effectiveness of their work and uses it to improve performance as warranted
• Maintains follow-up contact with employers to determine satisfaction with services and plan for quality improvement

Qualifications:
Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in social services or a related field such a psychology, vocational rehabilitation, or occupational rehabilitation and four years direct customer service experience providing services in a clinical or social service environment, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Experience in programs that place customers in employment
• Experience in a fast-paced, team environment that is performance driven
• Exceptional customer and employer service and engagement skills; prefer training or experience in motivational interviewing techniques
• Excellent organizational skills and strong attention to detail
• Experience with publicly-funded programs; Temporary Assistance for Needy Families experience preferable
• Experience in assessing the need for and making reasonable accommodations for customers
• Knowledge of laws and regulatory requirements related to program responsibilities
• Ability to use various electronic systems to carry out duties and responsibilities
• Experience developing employment opportunities for individuals with medical limitations, justice impacted, monolingual, and academically challenged.
• Ability to match and place an average of 10 to 15 job seekers monthly in unsubsidized employment opportunities.
• Must have a job bank of employers that cover the following sectors; (Security, Transportation, Healthcare/Social Services, Administration, Hospitality, Food Service, Maintenance/Laborers, Retail/Customer Service, Education & Technology)
• Experience coordinating and organizing on-site hiring events and job fairs for single and multiple employers.
• Capable of preparing and delivering weekly and monthly reports measuring self-placement performance.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Equus Workforce Solutions is a leading provider of workforce development services in North America. With a dedicated and passionate team, Equus puts the industry’s best practices to work by focusing on the development, design, and delivery of demand-driven workforce solutions.

When you join Equus, you can expect extensive learning opportunities and networking programs. But most of all you can expect to make a lasting impact on the lives of others.

At Equus we are strengthened by diversity. We are committed to providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. Equus Workforce Solutions is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, ancestry, religion, national origin, veteran status, physical or mental disability, or reprisal or any other characteristic protected under state, federal, or local law.

Compensation:
$25-$25