What are the responsibilities and job description for the Career Transition Specialist position at Springdale/PIVOT Job Corps Center?
The Career Transition Specialist provides support for a U.S Department of Labor Job Corps contractor. The Job Corps program is a federally-funded residential training program. The mission of Job Corps is to provide career-ready technical and basic skills (academic) training and job placement assistance to program eligible youth ages 16-24.
Summary of Duties:
To ensure that all students who leave Job Corps as a graduate or former enrollee are engaged in a verified placement, and to ensure that they take a positive six- and twelve-month survey and have access to adequate transitional services.
Key Areas of Responsibilities:
- Ensures timely placement and retention of graduates and former enrollees in quality placement activities.
- Places all assigned graduates within placement service period.
- Ensures that students take a positive six-and twelve-month survey.
- Promotes job development through employers, one-stops, and state employment agencies and career transition contractors.
- Develops new company linkages each month to hire graduates and place assignees in same prior to separation.
- Provides referrals to and registers all assignees with one-stops and state employment agencies.
- Facilitates job upgrades for graduates.
- Promotes a positive and desirable atmosphere within the classroom/training environment, ensuring maximum student motivation and outcomes.
Education/Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree or 4 years experience working with youth.
Equal Opportunity Statement: Human Learning Systems and Quentin Burdick Job Corps provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, marital status, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws. HLS and Quentin Burdick Job Corps also provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) and applicable state and local laws.