Workforce Development & Outreach Specialist

State of Missouri; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

State of Missouri is seeking candidates to join the Department committed to teamwork, collaboration with partners, accountability, and work-life balance. The role involves traveling up to 10% within assigned counties to conduct outreach and promote Job Center services, while facilitating programs such as RESEA and Trade Act.

Responsibilities include outreach, employer relations, recording job orders, screening applicants, and providing vocational guidance.

Qualifications

• Beneficial education and/or work-related experience includes technical or professional experience in business, personnel or public administration or closely related area, including military service

Responsibilities

• Promote Job Center services opportunities, and benefits and features of such, to customers and prospective customers based on customer needs, goals, and services eligibility requirements
• Conduct regional outreach activities to locate job seekers and employers through contacts with local resource providers, as needed
• Proactively coordinate with partners to provide comprehensive services to job seekers and employers
• Provide programmatically specific services such as Trade Act, Unemployment Insurance, Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment (RESEA) and other re-employment programs, as needed
• Accept and record job orders from employers
• Pre-screen applicants meeting the employer order specifications and make appropriate referrals to employers
• May facilitate workshops, WorkKeys, Talify, etc. for job seekers
• Assist job seekers in automated job searches
• Classify all job orders and applicants qualifications using skill codes
• Contact employers, identify their labor needs and problems, develop a plan of service, promote State initiatives, etc. as needed
• Inform employers and community organizations of Job Center services; attend and conduct Job Fairs
• Develop job opportunities with employers for qualified job seekers
• Provide basic vocational and career guidance to job seekers regarding job choice, job change, or job adjustment and retention, as well as resume writing and interviewing techniques
• Assist applicants in evaluating their vocational needs and formulate a vocational plan to achieve desired outcomes
• Complete apprenticeship program
• Perform other related work as assigned
• Demonstrate regular and reliable attendance
• Beneficial education and/or work-related experience includes military service

Job description

State of Missouri is seeking candidates to join the Department committed to teamwork, collaboration with partners, accountability, and work-life balance. The role involves traveling up to 10% within assigned counties to conduct outreach and promote Job Center services, while facilitating programs such as RESEA and Trade Act.

Responsibilities include outreach, employer relations, recording job orders, screening applicants, and providing vocational guidance.