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Employment Specialist
Veterans Benefits Administration · Posted 1 days ago
Hybrid Waco, TX $62K – $116K Apply by Jun 24, 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: Markets to employers based on vocational goals of the job-ready disabled veterans.
- →Markets and provides special employer incentives such as on-the-job training, non-paid work experience, special employer incentives, and available tax information.
- →Coordinates employment readiness classes for veterans ready to go to work but lacking important traits in employment readiness.
- →Maintains and promotes a positive image of the Vocational Rehabilitation & Education (VR&E) program through active networking and ongoing contacts with employers.
- →Offers direction to employers regarding reasonable accommodation and rehabilitation technology accommodations.
- →Disseminates labor market information to assist counselors and veterans with "informed choice." Provides Employment Services Performance Data for local office.
- →Maintains and continually updates a database of job-ready disabled veterans (incorporate Corporate WINRS tracking system).
- →Assists veterans with job networking, development, and placement.
- →Develops 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).
- →Assists counselors with employment follow-up according to regulatory requirements.
- →Coordinates 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.
- →Maintains records of employment activities through case notes in Corporate WINRS.
- →Markets to and becomes initial "point of contact" for employers who need assistance with return-to-work cases of disabled veterans whose job is affected by disability.
Requirements
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the Agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the Agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 You may be required to serve a probationary period Subject to background/security investigation Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements I-9 Acceptable Documents.
- ✓Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education to be credited towards qualifications.
- ✓Provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education.
- ✓All education claimed by applicants will be verified upon appointment.
- ✓If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript to receive credit.
Personality Fit
Job ID: e92078a8-b62b-4e82-b6c3-74d3e3436911
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