Employment Specialist

Are you a compassionate individual who enjoys helping others? Do you want to work at a human services nonprofit that cares for its employees as much as its clients? Fedcap Inc. in Washington, DC is looking to hire a full-time Employment Specialist to make a real difference in the lives of individuals seeking employment by helping them find and obtain meaningful jobs. Do you have great time management and organizational skills? If so, please read on!

This job placement position earns a competitive wage and great benefits.If this sounds like the right vocational rehabilitation opportunity for you, apply today!

ABOUT FEDCAP INC

Launched as part of The Fedcap Group in 2018, Fedcap, Inc. offers a wide array of programs and services to help individuals achieve success in education and employment to become self-sufficient adults. Our specific focus areas include case management, work readiness, vocational or employer-based training, job placement, and post-placement support. We provide a broad range of services to thousands of individuals across a growing footprint, helping them achieve economic and social well-being.

We are committed to making sustainable, high-outcome, and life-changing differences for the individuals and families we serve. Our services are only as effective as the quality of the people who make up our team. To achieve our mission, we strive to attract and retain talented and committed staff who believe in our cause. This is why we provide competitive compensation, great benefits, and plenty of opportunities for personal and professional growth.

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN EMPLOYMENT SPECIALIST

As an Employment Specialist with our human services nonprofit, your day is jam-packed with opportunities to help customers achieve their employment goals and build the skills they need to thrive in the workforce. You begin your day by consulting with other staff to develop life skills, work readiness, and job retention training curriculums that are tailored to the needs of every client. Each day in this vocational rehabilitation role, you plan and create the materials needed for each class using textbooks, handouts, workbook information, and other sources. You facilitate life skills and work readiness groups, as well as coordinate and supervise independent job search activities, hiring fairs, and more. Assigning tasks to clients attending classes and tracking their progress is an essential part of your job. You use the Positions of Interest and Critical Competencies Form to monitor their performance. Your ultimate goal is to achieve monthly job placement goals by working closely with job developers and case managers to place customers in quality, long-term, unsubsidized jobs.

Because you are a job placement expert, you provide guidance on supportive resources and services, including Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), Childcare Tax Credit (CTC), retention incentives, TANF disregards, and activities related to Work Participation Rate (WPR). You design and create recruitment strategies, such as hiring fairs, on-site employer visits, and info sessions, to attract potential employers and job seekers. Other responsibilities also include reviewing DHS-administered assessments, developing and amending Customers' Detailed Individual Responsibility Plans (DIRPs), and helping customers achieve their employment goals. You develop trusted working relationships with assigned TANF customers and monitor their engagement and progress up through their first year of employment. To ensure compliance with policies and procedures, you attend all required training and certifications as scheduled by our human services nonprofit. You are also responsible for capturing and recording employment information and working closely with customers to maintain and obtain job promotions and/or salary increases on the job. Diligently verifying and reporting all aspects of customer milestone achievements to DHS is also part of your job placement role.

You stress urgency and ownership, guiding customers through a learn-by-doing process during their service planning and delivery. With your eye for detail, you document activities, participation, compliance, and employment progress in the Electronic Case Management (ECM) systems and assist in compiling data for reports, including but not limited to customer timesheets and placement and retention reports. Participating in learning collaboratives through both regional and online conferences is an exciting aspect of your job, and you have plenty of opportunities to network with other professionals in the field. You are aware your role as an Employment Specialist is essential to helping customers achieve their goals and build a brighter future for themselves and their families. You thrive in this vocational rehabilitation position and love the happiness you experience by building strong relationships and changing clients' lives for the better through our human services nonprofit.

QUALIFICATIONS FOR AN EMPLOYMENT SPECIALIST

• Bachelor's degree in related field
• 5+ years of experience in adult learning, workforce development, career training, or another employment-related field work experience

We would love for the person in this job placement role with our human services nonprofit to be bilingual. We want someone who is passionate about helping people. This vocational rehabilitation position needs someone who is willing to go above and beyond to help our clients succeed. Are you a great communicator with awesome organizational skills? Can you effectively prioritize while juggling several tasks at once? Do you have an eye for detail and a love for building strong business relationships? If yes, you might be perfect for this Employment Specialist position!

WORK SCHEDULE FOR AN EMPLOYMENT SPECIALIST

This full-time vocational rehabilitation position with our human services nonprofit works during typical business hours.

ARE YOU READY TO JOIN OUR VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION TEAM?

If you feel that you would be right for this vocational rehabilitation role, please fill out our initial 3-minute, mobile-friendly application. We look forward to meeting with you about this Employment Specialist opportunity with our human services nonprofit!

Location: 20020