OA Veteran Job Placement Specialist

Job Title:  Opportunity Accelerator Veteran Job Placement Specialist 

Locations:   Goodwill North Central Texas  --- 4304 Airport Freeway, Fort Worth, Texas

Salary:   Based on Experience 

Work Hours:   Full Time, Exempt. Typical schedule of Monday through Friday, 8 am start time  

Benefits:   Company paid basic term life, Paid Time Off, voluntary medical, dental, vision, STD, LTD, and 401(k) 

General Job Duties: Identify best practices in the field and incorporate new ideas into partnership and placement opportunities for veterans. Contact prospective employers to market placement services and solicit employment opportunities. Responsible for developing a minimum of 2 business partnerships and 4 job orders per month to generate job leads and job openings with local businesses throughout Tarrant, Denton, and surrounding counties within our service area. Enter businesses contacts, job orders, placement information and employment verification into Case Worthy within 24 hours of contact and verification. Responsible for a minimum of 2 job placements each week maintaining a 75% retention at 180 days benchmark. Obtain Employment Verification (EV) for all clients entering employment; track and make follow-up retention calls at 30, 60, 90, 120, 180 days bench entering employment. Train participants on accessing various employment sources, how to complete various employment applications, researching job opportunities, uploading resumes, and submitting application/resumes to secure employment. Update job leads/orders, and accounts in Case Worthy in a timely manner; document all activities for clients and employers within 24 hours of event occurring; maintain an up-to date partnership/jobs log; create frequent statistical and narrative reports. Submit weekly Matrix each Friday and monthly reports as assigned to the Program Manager within stated timeframe. Case management and documentation, responsible for managing assigned caseload which includes case notes, employment information, job leads/orders and retention. 

Safeguard company property (including donated goods) and employees. Report any incident of accident theft, fraud, waste, or unauthorized possession of company property to your manager immediately. Attend required agency and department meetings as scheduled. Obtain 30 professional development training hours annually before October 1st. Perform other duties as assigned that would lead to successful operation of department, team, program, and/or mission. 

Skills/Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in social work, Vocational Rehabilitation, Business Administration, or Marketing experience working with business and nonprofit organizations highly preferred. Self-starter with excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively with other team members. Proficient in standard computer operation systems including Microsoft Office applications. Bilingual a plus. 

Physical Requirements: Due to established performance factors/goals, this position must be able to work at a fast pace in order to achieve outcomes. The incumbent may be in an office environment for approximately 50% of the time with the remaining time working with clients and attending outside community functions/meetings related to the job responsibilities. It is to be noted that the incumbent must be able to access file cabinets, office equipment, etc., in the process of performing their job function and be able to provide own transportation to off-site locations. This position requires the incumbent to have communication capabilities, via cell phone and/or smartphone technology. 

Legal Requirements: Documentation to satisfy I-9 requirements and ability to pass drug screen and background check. This description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions; it does not proscribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. 

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