Career & Training Specialist

**SkillSource****Job Description****CAREER & TRAINING SPECIALIST**POSITION: Career & Training SpecialistAREA: Grant and Adams CountiesOFFICE: 309 E Fifth Avenue, Moses Lake, WA, WashingtonWAGE RANGE: $24.10 - $32.43 Per HourCLASSIFICATION: Full Time Non-Exempt EmploymentREPORTS TO: Career & Training ManagerPosition SummarySkillSource is a mission-driven nonprofit organization that helps people build new careers and businesses build strong teams through skills training, education, and employment opportunities. SkillSource partners with local employers to recruit, hire, and train strong teams through a variety of Business Services. The Career & Training Specialist will outreach and engage with a diverse range of business and career seekers within Grant and Adams Counties.The ideal candidate for this position is connected to the business community, understands business needs, and is focused on finding solutions. They have a dedicated interest in helping the business community through training and developing the workforce. They are goal-oriented, skilled in performing outreach and engagement activities and building business customer relationships.This position is responsible for providing a full range of personnel and training services to SkillSource business and career seeker customers, with a concentrated focus on the business customer. These services include, but are not limited to: building business customer relationships, designing employee training, providing hiring and training technical assistance to employers, developing training positions with local businesses, negotiating and writing training contracts, developing employer job descriptions and evaluations, assisting employers with employee skill assessments. Responsibilities may also include: screening applicants to meet specific employer requests, creating and instructing workshops/seminars, recruiting program customers, determining and verifying eligibility, assessing skills and barriers, conducting career/vocational counseling, and entering and maintaining customer records in multiple management information systems. Additionally, this position works with minimal supervision and self- direction to complete established goals and objectives.________________________________________________________________# ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONSRegularly