TANF Employment Specialist

Description

Applications due by January 31, 2025

Hybrid Remote Opportunity!

Pay : $24 per hour

This position is eligible for Daily Pay! Work today, get paid today! We’ve partnered with DailyPay, a voluntary benefit to offer employees access to their pay on their own schedule.

Work Schedule : Monday - Friday 8 : 00am-4 : 30pm - Hybrid Remote Work Schedule (Tuesday & Friday)

This full-time position is eligible for Medical, Dental, Vision, Short Term Disability, Life / Accidental Death and Dismemberment, Flexible Spending Accounts, Long Term Disability, and several voluntary supplemental benefit offerings. In addition, these positions are eligible for paid time off in the form of vacation, sick, holiday, floating holiday, jury duty and bereavement leave. All employees may also make pre-tax or post-tax (Roth) contributions to our retirement plan – must be 18 years of age to participate. Goodwill of Colorado is a Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF) eligible employer.

OBJECTIVE :

The Employment Specialist / Job Developer will assist in the Community Work Experience Program (CWEP) non-profit sites, Alternative Work Experience Program (AWEP) for profit sites, subsidized, and unsubsidized employment placement and oversight of Colorado Works program participants entering work experience programs in order that program participants gain employment experience. To monitor the delivery of services and the progress of the participant through the program. To develop work program sites and maintain them to provide optimal employment experience opportunities in varied job fields that will benefit participants. The Liaison / Job Developer will assist clients one on one with resume building and mock interviewing and work with case managers and the TANF Instructor to provide tailored job leads to clients.

QUALIFICATIONS :

Minimum Qualifications : High school diploma or equivalent. Minimum two years work experience in the same or related field. Must have significant experience working in a social work atmosphere, understand the culture of poverty, and successfully navigating community, government and corporate programs with complex rules and regulations.

• Must have excellent written, digital, and verbal communication skills.
• Must be able to communicate respectfully, effectively both one-on-one and able to create materials to be understood by and appeal to a wide audience.
• Must have demonstrated success maintaining relationships with key contacts and groups for the purpose of referrals to programs, knowledge sharing about opportunities available through those relationships to gain inside information about best practices for navigating various bureaucracies.
• Must have the ability to work independently, cooperatively and exercise effective planning while remaining flexible and deal with the pressure of deadlines effectively
• Organizational skills required
• Experience maintaining positive relationships with key internal stakeholders and identifying key success criteria in conjunction with leadership and stakeholders, implementation of initiatives and maintaining tracking of statistical information to demonstrate success of program.
• Demonstrated success in the provision of customer delight through active listening, expectation setting and timely, consistent follow up.
• Must have demonstrated experience with successfully maintain confidentiality.
• The incumbent must have current experience working 1 on 1 with persons faced with disadvantages such as : TANF, Food Assistance, Medicaid, Medicare, Disabilities (diagnosed and undiagnosed), justice involved, Mental Health homelessness, and food insecurity.
• The incumbent must have business networking experience within the city of Denver and outlying areas The incumbent must be personable, present self in a business professional manner and have the ability to interact with diverse customers (participants, employees, referral sources and business to business) in order to build sound working relationships.
• The incumbent must also develop amicable and productive relationship with referred families and a variety of CWEP participant sites, the Department of Human Services and Goodwill staff
• The incumbent must be a self-starter, demonstrating the ability to stay focused and disciplined while being flexible to the demands of the job
• The Job Developer must have experience speaking effectively to various small groups in a presenting / informative role
• The incumbent will be expected to maintain confidentiality regarding agency and client records and information.

A valid Colorado driver’s license without a history of violations is also required. Overtime and / or weekend hours may be required when necessary as well as some travel to attend meetings and required training.

Per contract requirements with vehicle insurance provider : Qualified candidates must be 21 years of age and have no major traffic violations for previous 3 years (for driving / insurance purposes). Must have reliable transportation; must also be able to operate company vehicle.

KEY RESPONSIBILITY AREAS :

Site Development / Maintenance

Client / Program Tracking and Reporting

Relationship Management

Research and Industry Involvement

Direct Client Support

Communication

Goodwill is an Equal Opportunity Employer dedicated to employing qualified individuals including those with disabilities, protected veterans and military spouses.

Goodwill participates in E-Verify. For more information on E-Verify, please contact DHS : 888-897-7781 or www.dhs.gov / E-Verify

We promote a Safe & Drug-free Workplace.

Physical Requirements

Attachment to Job Description

Position : Liaison I, TANF Dept Number : 5062

This information is required to ensure compliance with various workplace regulations. Please identify each physical activity required in the performance of this position using the guide below)

Guide to Physical Requirements :

LIFTING : (as defined by ADA)

Heavy : 45 lbs & over - OCCASIONALLY

Moderate : 15-44 lbs - OCCASIONALLY

Light : 14 lbs & under - OCCASIONALLY

CARRYING :

Heavy : 45 lbs & over - OCCASIONALLY

Moderate : 15-44 lbs - OCCASIONALLY

Light : 14 lbs & under - OCCASIONALLY

PUSHING / PULLING - OCCASIONALLY

REACHING :

Above Shoulder - OCCASIONALLY

At Shoulder - OCCASIONALLY

Below Shoulder - OCCASIONALLY

TWISTING - OCCASIONALLY

BENDING - OCCASIONALLY

KNEELING / CRAWLING - OCCASIONALLY

SQUAT - OCCASIONALLY

CLIMBING :

Use of legs only (stairs) - OCCASIONALLY

Use of arms & legs (ladders) - OCCASIONALLY

HEARING - CONTINUOUSLY

VISION :

Visual, close - FREQUENTLY

Visual, distant - FREQUENTLY

Visual, depth perception - FREQUENTLY

HANDS / FINGERS :

Simple grasping - FREQUENTLY

Fine Manipulation - FREQUENTLY

Repetitive Movements - FREQUENTLY

WALKING - FREQUENTLY

STANDING - FREQUENTLY

SITTING - FREQUENTLY

SPEAKING - FREQUENTLY

OTHER, please describe -

Equal Opportunity Employer / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

Salary : $24