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Vocational Development Specialist-Community Employment Coordinator
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 47 days ago
Hybrid Winter Park, FL $75K – $97K Apply by Aug 4, 2026 Vocational Rehabilitation ENTJESTJ OperationsHealthcare
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The incumbent in this position serves as the Community Employment Coordinator (CEC) for Homeless Veterans across all sites and counties covered by the Orlando VA Healthcare System. The CEC has the responsibility of utilizing best practices to assist Veterans experiencing homelessness and at risk of homelessness in returning to community living and competitive employment. The incumbent is supervised by the Homeless Program Manager.
What You'll Do
- →Duties include but are not limited to: Provides information, pre-employment assessment and workforce re-entry planning services, linkage, and coordination for VA and non-VA services, and community-based follow-up services to integrate Veterans into the community through competitive employment.
- →Establishes respectful, effective relationships with Veterans and with the clinical and administrative staff from a range of institutions and agencies, including community employers.
- →Provides guidance and training to all homeless programs and staff across the VAMC on resources that enhance and result in competitive employment outcomes for Veterans, in particular those who are homeless or have other barriers to employment.
- →Works with local staff in developing templates for concise, individualized Veteran-centered assessments to determine the needed intensity level of employment services and supports for homeless Veterans.
- →Leads efforts to establish a local employment collaborative which includes VA and non-VA members and community-based employers, and documents access points, requirements for participation and points of contact as indicated.
- →Develops employment opportunities for homeless Veterans both directly through community-based job development and indirectly by leveraging the expertise of the employment collaborative.
- →Provides services targeting chronically homeless Veterans who may benefit from a more intensive individualized job development and placement model such as supported employment, as well as Veterans who may request and require a less intensive or even singular service (e.g. resume preparation or job leads) in order to achieve an improved employment outcome.
- →Coordinates with homeless, CWT and community program managers on rapid access and placement strategies for Veterans that reduce barriers to employment and identify appropriate supports to sustain outcomes.
- →Conducts bi-monthly conference calls with all the members (VA and non-VA) of the local employment collaborative serving Veterans and resolves access barriers to rapid job placement.
- →Monitors performance and progress through review (at least quarterly) of cases referred to the members of the collaborative to insure that Veterans are receiving services leading to competitive employment and appropriate follow-up supports.
- →Provides feedback to the homeless program staff and VAMC leadership on system resources, strengths, accomplishments, challenges and recommended corrective actions on a quarterly basis.
- →Develops and maintains a database on referral and placement outcomes and provide feedback to the collaborative members as well as national homeless leadership.
- →Serves as an advocate on behalf of Veterans with members of the employment collaborative and community employers to ensure comprehensive service delivery resulting on competitive employment.
- →Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 7:30AM-4:00PM, 8:00AM-4:30PM or 8:30AM-5:00PM Telework: This position may be authorized for telework.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process.
- ✓In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment.
- ✓The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 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 (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) Selected applicant must have an active and valid drivers license.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial 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 the 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.
- ✓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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 56fb6596-1788-4ed7-bdc0-77c5f8c8d9cc
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