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Employment Specialist
Veterans Benefits Administration · Posted 9 days ago
Hybrid Baltimore, MD $62K – $137K Apply by Jul 10, 2026 Miscellaneous Administration And Program ENTJESFJESTJISTJ
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The Employment Specialist provides employment assistance to job-ready disabled Veterans including overseeing the activities of job readiness, job-seeking services, job development, and job placement that entail consideration of employment laws and regulations. The incumbent develops employer partnerships to assist in the successful placement of Veterans into job vacancies developed with those employers or identified through networking with other resources such as state employment services.
What You'll Do
- →The incumbent will serve as a triage team member to help disabled veterans make an informed choice regarding the appropriate employment track that best meets their needs with the understanding that veterans can move between tracks.
- →Specific duties include: Marketing to employers based on vocational goals of the job-ready disabled veterans.
- →Marketing and provides special employer incentives such as on-the-job training, non-paid work experience, special employer incentives, and available tax information.
- →Coordinating employment readiness classes for veterans ready to go to work but lacking important traits in employment readiness.
- →Maintaining and promotes a positive image of the Vocational Rehabilitation & Education (VR&E) program through active networking and ongoing contacts with employers.
- →Offering direction to employers regarding reasonable accommodation and rehabilitation technology accommodations.
- →Disseminating labor market information to assist counselors and veterans with "informed choice." Provides Employment Services Performance Data for local office.
- →Maintaining and continually updates a database of job-ready disabled veterans (incorporate Corporate WINRS tracking system).
- →Assisting veterans with job networking, development, and placement.
- →Developing partnerships with employers and other agencies to assist veterans with employment services (e.g. - the Department of Labor, Small Business Administration, local and state agencies, and private sector businesses and employment services).
- →Assisting counselors with employment follow-up according to regulatory requirements.
- →Coordinating efforts to develop job clubs, job labs, or job readiness resource rooms for use by veterans in job readiness preparation and self-directed job search.
- →Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met.
- →Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level.
Requirements
- ✓A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment.
- ✓You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.
- ✓If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
- ✓For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 06f0d842-329f-4b31-81b3-5a1721d5991e
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