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Vocational Development Specialist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 2 days ago
Hybrid Clarksville, TN $75K – $97K Apply by Jun 18, 2026 Vocational Rehabilitation ENTJESFJESTJISTJ Operations
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The Vocational Development Specialist serves as the VAMC's Community Employment Coordinator for Homeless Veterans. The employee is a central figure responsible for the ongoing orientation and training of the Homeless Services continuum in order to connect Veterans to the most appropriate and least restrictive VA and/or community based employment services.
What You'll Do
- →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.
- →The incumbent is expected to establish 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, particularly those who are homeless or have other barriers to employment.
- →Serves as a liaison to local community providers of employment placement; vocational and educational programs to support services under Veterans in Compensated Work Therapy and homeless programs.
- →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 and or/at risk Veterans both directly through community-based job development and indirectly by leveraging the expertise of the employment collaborative.
- →Insures that through the collaborative, competitive employment resources of varying levels of intensity· are currently available for homeless and chronically homeless Veterans both at the medical center and in the community.
- →This should include 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 a 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.
- →Work Schedule: 7:30am - 4:00pm, Monday - Friday Telework: Ad-Hoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
- →Position Description/PD#: Vocational Development Specialist/PD702780 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized
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 Physical Requirements: Typical work is primarily sedentary, however may require lifting up to 20 pounds, bending, stooping, kneeling, reaching above the head, standing for long periods or walking long distances and performing repeated motions may be required.
- ✓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) 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
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