{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"e277aa81ef9aca77458c3fef","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/e277aa81ef9aca77458c3fef","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/e277aa81ef9aca77458c3fef","title":"Career Development Specialist (Case Manager)","description":"OUR ORGANIZATION:\nKinexus, recognized as one of Nonprofit Times 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2026 Best Nonprofits to Work For, is a cutting-edge community development organization with growing initiatives to create an economically thriving Michigan. We are change agents who create solutions for business, workforce, and community challenges to promote economic vitality.\nThe Michigan Works Team is made up of dedicated professionals whose role is to develop the local workforce and build a talent pipeline to meet current and future needs of employers in the area. At the same time, we are helping jobseekers in our community find sustainable employment. Customers come to the One Stop with many different skill levels and work with our specialists through coaching, scholarships for classroom training in high demand occupations, and on-the-job training opportunities. We work closely with local businesses to connect jobseekers to multiple types of employment from entry level work to professional careers.\nOUR DESIRED OUTCOMES:\nOur long-term outcome is to attract individuals to support economic growth and vitality in Southwest Michigan. The Career Development Specialist will assess and evaluate One-Stop customers in alignment with high-demand industries, identify opportunities for skill upgrades or re-training, and enroll qualified job candidates into appropriate training opportunities. These opportunities will result in assisting job candidates to placement in high-demand sectors resulting in higher wage earnings.\nWHAT WE EXPECT FROM YOU:\nThe Career Development Specialist is a crucial player within Michigan Works! Team. They are working with a variety of populations seeking employment, including low-income individuals, youth, college students, adults switching careers, single-parents, offenders, long-term unemployed, and ALICE population connecting them to community resources. They ensure the job seeker has a good customer experience while they align key resource for assisting with barriers to employment. The expectation is the Career Development Specialist will strive to dual enroll the job seeker in multiple programs that will help them reach self-sufficiency.\nDevelop a working knowledge of required competencies of workforce programs: WIOA (Workforce Innovation Opportunities Act), FAE&T (Food Assistance Employment & Training), PATH (Partnership Accountability Training and Hope), RESEA (Reemployment Eligibility Service Employment Assessment), TAA (Trade Adjustment Assistance), Wagner-Peyser, and other programs as they are awarded\nIdentify and provide career coaching, including resume assistance, mock interviews, supportive services, training opportunities, and professional development services in line with job seeker needs and regional job growth-employer demand\nWork to resolve barriers with disadvantaged participants and help establish and connect the participants to training, employment, and scholarship opportunities\nPerform timely data entry and maintain accurate participant files and perform monthly audits on each participant's file\nMaintain knowledge of current Michigan Works! services, high-demand sectors, and local employment opportunities\nOngoing outreach and recruitment to seek potential customers for established programs\nUtilize tools to assess skills and abilities, assist with career planning, and provide continuous monitoring of the career development process\nWorks closely with Workshop Facilitator on the development of career coaching workshops both in person and in a virtual setting.\nInteract daily with internal and external partners to achieve successful outcomes in support of performance metrics and organizational vision, goals, and strategies\nPerforms an array of service duties including:\nVeterans Affairs\nHiring and Special Event Planning\nJobseeker Outreach\nHigh School Completion and Adult Education Provider Outreach\nCommunity Resources and Partner Engagement\nWorkforce Intelligence and Salesforce\nCompliance and File Retention\nStrong collaboration skills and ability to work with multiple teams within Kinexus Group to streamline services, and maximize all resources in support of the right service at the right time\nModel the way for a common purpose and shared consciousness under our Team of Teams approach.\nAccountability to align with the mission, vision and values of Kinexus Group\nLive our values - be bold, be inspirational, be entrepreneurial and be inclusive.\nContinuous quality improvement\nMINUMUM REQUIREMENTS:\nBachelor's Degree or equivalent professional experience in business, human services, workforce development, or a related field\nStrong interpersonal and communication skills\nPassionate about serving others and the community\nCapability to work in a team environment\nAbility to organize, prioritize, and maintain confidentiality\nSolid computer skills and ability in Microsoft, Excel, Power Point and virtual meeting platforms (ex: Google Hangout, Zoom)\nAbility to adapt to change and work in a fast pace environment\nStrong critical thinking and problem-solving skills\nPREFERRED EXPERIENCE:\nTwo years of professional experience in business, social services, workforce development, or a related field\nPrior case management experience\nSpanish bilingual ability\nPHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:\nMust be able to lift to 25 pounds at times.\nMust be willing and able to travel approximately 30% of the time between Berrien, Cass, and Van Buren counties.\nWORK ENVIRONMENT:\nFlexible and open.\nPeriodic telecommute work.\nWHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM US:\nA robust onboarding experience to integrate you into our team.\nTeam of Teams training in support of the organizational strategies.\nJob training and development to ensure you are established and growing in your role.\nCross Operational Meetings with your peers.\nExceptional benefits.\nBe a part of transformational change in Michigan.\nWe have unique culture that requires individuals to be BOLD, INSPIRATIONAL, ENTREPRENEURIAL and INCLUSIVE. We spend more waking hours with each other than we do with family or friends, so finding someone that adds to our culture is extremely important.\nKinexus Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Program. Auxiliary aids, reasonable accommodations and/or services are available upon request for individuals with disabilities. Michigan Relay Center: 711 Voice and TDD. 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We are change agents who create solutions for business, workforce, and community challenges to promote economic vitality.\nThe Michigan Works Team is made up of dedicated professionals whose role is to develop the local workforce and build a talent pipeline to meet current and future needs of employers in the area. At the same time, we are helping jobseekers in our community find sustainable employment. Customers come to the One Stop with many different skill levels and work with our specialists through coaching, scholarships for classroom training in high demand occupations, and on-the-job training opportunities. We work closely with local businesses to connect jobseekers to multiple types of employment from entry level work to professional careers.\nOUR DESIRED OUTCOMES:\nOur long-term outcome is to attract individuals to support economic growth and vitality in Southwest Michigan. The Career Development Specialist will assess and evaluate One-Stop customers in alignment with high-demand industries, identify opportunities for skill upgrades or re-training, and enroll qualified job candidates into appropriate training opportunities. These opportunities will result in assisting job candidates to placement in high-demand sectors resulting in higher wage earnings.\nWHAT WE EXPECT FROM YOU:\nThe Career Development Specialist is a crucial player within Michigan Works! Team. They are working with a variety of populations seeking employment, including low-income individuals, youth, college students, adults switching careers, single-parents, offenders, long-term unemployed, and ALICE population connecting them to community resources. They ensure the job seeker has a good customer experience while they align key resource for assisting with barriers to employment. The expectation is the Career Development Specialist will strive to dual enroll the job seeker in multiple programs that will help them reach self-sufficiency.\nDevelop a working knowledge of required competencies of workforce programs: WIOA (Workforce Innovation Opportunities Act), FAE&T (Food Assistance Employment & Training), PATH (Partnership Accountability Training and Hope), RESEA (Reemployment Eligibility Service Employment Assessment), TAA (Trade Adjustment Assistance), Wagner-Peyser, and other programs as they are awarded\nIdentify and provide career coaching, including resume assistance, mock interviews, supportive services, training opportunities, and professional development services in line with job seeker needs and regional job growth-employer demand\nWork to resolve barriers with disadvantaged participants and help establish and connect the participants to training, employment, and scholarship opportunities\nPerform timely data entry and maintain accurate participant files and perform monthly audits on each participant's file\nMaintain knowledge of current Michigan Works! services, high-demand sectors, and local employment opportunities\nOngoing outreach and recruitment to seek potential customers for established programs\nUtilize tools to assess skills and abilities, assist with career planning, and provide continuous monitoring of the career development process\nWorks closely with Workshop Facilitator on the development of career coaching workshops both in person and in a virtual setting.\nInteract daily with internal and external partners to achieve successful outcomes in support of performance metrics and organizational vision, goals, and strategies\nPerforms an array of service duties including:\nVeterans Affairs\nHiring and Special Event Planning\nJobseeker Outreach\nHigh School Completion and Adult Education Provider Outreach\nCommunity Resources and Partner Engagement\nWorkforce Intelligence and Salesforce\nCompliance and File Retention\nStrong collaboration skills and ability to work with multiple teams within Kinexus Group to streamline services, and maximize all resources in support of the right service at the right time\nModel the way for a common purpose and shared consciousness under our Team of Teams approach.\nAccountability to align with the mission, vision and values of Kinexus Group\nLive our values - be bold, be inspirational, be entrepreneurial and be inclusive.\nContinuous quality improvement\nMINUMUM REQUIREMENTS:\nBachelor's Degree or equivalent professional experience in business, human services, workforce development, or a related field\nStrong interpersonal and communication skills\nPassionate about serving others and the community\nCapability to work in a team environment\nAbility to organize, prioritize, and maintain confidentiality\nSolid computer skills and ability in Microsoft, Excel, Power Point and virtual meeting platforms (ex: Google Hangout, Zoom)\nAbility to adapt to change and work in a fast pace environment\nStrong critical thinking and problem-solving skills\nPREFERRED EXPERIENCE:\nTwo years of professional experience in business, social services, workforce development, or a related field\nPrior case management experience\nSpanish bilingual ability\nPHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:\nMust be able to lift to 25 pounds at times.\nMust be willing and able to travel approximately 30% of the time between Berrien, Cass, and Van Buren counties.\nWORK ENVIRONMENT:\nFlexible and open.\nPeriodic telecommute work.\nWHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM US:\nA robust onboarding experience to integrate you into our team.\nTeam of Teams training in support of the organizational strategies.\nJob training and development to ensure you are established and growing in your role.\nCross Operational Meetings with your peers.\nExceptional benefits.\nBe a part of transformational change in Michigan.\nWe have unique culture that requires individuals to be BOLD, INSPIRATIONAL, ENTREPRENEURIAL and INCLUSIVE. 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