Training Navigator , II

KANA’s standard work schedule is 37.5 working hours per week, typically consisting of 7.5 paid working hours per day plus a one-hour unpaid lunch break (total of 8.5 hours on site per day).

Responsible for case management of participants in Employment and Training services within KANA’s P.L. 102-477 Employment, and Training Program. Performs intake of participants, determines eligibility, identifies needs and makes referrals for wrap‑around services, maintains case files and processes financial assistance, and provides self‑sufficiency‑related training to youth and adults.

• Supports the organization’s mission and goals and quality standards. Incorporate KANA’s core values of Courtesy, Caring, Respect, Sharing, Pride, and the Sugpiaq Alutiiq Values in all activities and decisions.
• Upholds KANA’s Code of Ethics by conducting professional activities with honesty, integrity, respect, fairness, and good faith in a manner that reflects positively upon the organization.
• Prepares employment‑seeking participants for success in the workplace by assisting participants with resume writing, cover letters, job applications, and development of career pathway plans and goals; provide education and training counseling; foster unsubsidized employment and work experience; and provide other support services as needed within the budgets created with participants.
• Promotes KANA’s education, employment, and training programs through various venues including presentations at career and scholarship fairs, student seminars, community coalitions, flyers, newsletters, and frequent communication with Village City and Tribal offices.
• Creates and maintains positive working relationships with village‑based leadership, and current and prospective employers regarding participant work placement to ensure positive work performance, identify necessary skills or training for participants desiring to acquire permanent employment, and ensure program goals are being achieved.
• Provides direct and/or indirect supervision for subsidized and unsubsidized employment, internships, job shadowing, apprenticeships, and other employment‑related activities.
• Assists participants with application processes, and provides supportive services such as purchasing of work and training‑related items including tools, clothing, and other equipment/items necessary to ensure successful employment and removal of employment and education barriers.
• Develops work experiences, job shadows, and career exploration activities in collaboration with local agencies to combine school‑based learning with work‑based experience.
• Educates participants on the hidden rules and languages present in the workplace.
• Assists Employment and Training Manager and Workforce Development Manager with all levels of workforce and economic development activities including but not limited to; local workforce surveys, identification of training needs and opportunities, and local internship development.
• Processes program benefits for Higher Education and Vocational Scholarship funding for eligible KANA beneficiaries. Work with local vendors to ensure applicants receive the quickest assistance possible.
• Initiates and maintain positive working relationships and regular communications with program participants and case notes all pertinent interactions. Methods of communication will include face‑to‑face contact, telephone, email, fax, and official letters and correspondence.
• Responsible for all programmatic operations of grant‑funded programs; including participant intake, eligibility determination, benefit determination, preparation of expenditure paperwork for finance, continual monitoring of participant eligibility, day‑to‑day case management, maintenance of participant case files following grant requirements, case closure, and post‑closure follow‑up of participant files.
• Understands and follows program grant plans, policies, and procedures.
• Maintains and updates database system to track statistics required to complete reporting of program activities. Understand and utilize Eagle Sun Tribal Assistance System (TAS) software.
• Attends relevant and mandatory trainings and…