Employment Specialist

Job Title: Employment Specialist

Location: Colorado, Hybrid
Job Type: Full Time

Hourly Rate: $22-$25/hour
Reports To: Manager of Employment Services

Job Summary

The Employment Specialist provides guidance, training, and mentorship to job seekers, helping them develop essential skills, build confidence, and achieve employment goals. Working with diverse clients, including those with disabilities, career changers, and individuals re-entering the workforce—you will offer personalized support to help clients find, secure, and retain meaningful employment. This role involves both remote and in-person meetings across various Colorado communities.

Key Responsibilities

• Career Counseling: Offer one-on-one job search assistance, including career goal setting, resume building, and LinkedIn profile creation.
• Workshops: Conduct sessions on interview skills, workplace communication, and professional etiquette.
• Employer Relations: Build partnerships with local employers to facilitate job placements and internships.
• Client Support: Assist individuals, including those with disabilities, in overcoming job market challenges, providing necessary accommodation.
• Job Retention: Offer ongoing post-placement support to help clients adjust to work, address challenges, and plan long-term career growth.
• Progress Tracking: Maintain detailed client records, track outcomes, and prepare reports on success rates.
• Client Advocacy: Advocate for clients by promoting inclusivity and accessibility with employers.
• Other tasks: You may be asked to do other tasks that are assigned that are not listed.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in career counseling, HR, social work, or related field. Relevant certifications (e.g., Certified Employment Support Professional) are a plus.
• Experience: Preferred 2 years in coaching, career counseling, or workforce development; experience with diverse client needs is an asset, or other related experience.
• Skills: Excellent communication, client rapport, knowledge of job search strategies, and knowledge in resume writing, interviewing, and career planning.

Working Conditions

• Travel: Required to job sites, community spaces, and job fairs.
• Hours: Flexible, including potential evenings or weekends to accommodate client needs, we are also flexible with our team if you need a flexible schedule for school.

How to Apply

Submit your resume and cover letter to hr@eviclaims.com outlining your relevant experience and interest in this role.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Temporary

Pay: $20.00 - $23.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 4 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Evening shift
• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

Application Question(s):

• Are you willing to work in the community with clients and support them with learning essential life skills such as riding the bus, learning appropriate social skills on a job site, learning job skills on a job site?
• Tell us about your experience with helping people find work in the community.
• Why are you interested in working for EVI?
• Describe how you approach assisting a participant with a potential employment opportunity?
• Are you comfortable going to employers in person for the initial contact?
• Are you willing to do things such as cleaning bathrooms, stocking shelves, cleaning up after animals, washing windows, working outside, or customer service in retail; modeling work tasks for the participant you are supporting?
• What is your availability for work?
• What resources do you use when looking for work for a person?
• You have a person who is struggling in their role and the supervisor is not happy either and they are discussing them losing their job. What is your next step?
• You have a participant who has not showed up for a job shadow or a job coaching session. You have not heard from them, and you are on site and have not heard from the participant in their family. What do you do next?

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Required)

Shift availability:

• Day Shift (Required)
• Night Shift (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Northglenn, CO 80233: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $20 - $23