Counselor - Veteran Representative

Overview

The Employment Counselor - Veteran Representative provides intensive services and facilitates placements to meet the employment and training needs of veterans, prioritizing service to special disabled veterans, other disabled veterans, and other categories of veterans in accordance with priorities determined by the Secretary of Labor (Secretary). Review and analyze Career Center Veterans information through records, tests, interviews and observations. Advise clients on such matters as creating employment plans and developing job search techniques.

Confer with agency staff and others on clients’ behalf; conduct counseling interviews; respond to inquiries regarding eligibility for benefits of procedures related to various Career Center programs; act as liaisons to associated public and private service organizations; compile educational and other information as needed and per form related duties as required.

• Collaboration – Power of partnership and streamlined integration of services to achieve effective and timely results for our customers
• Respect – Commit to understanding and valuing the diverse, unique requirements and professional goals of the businesses and people we serve
• Reliability – Create trust and reliability by consistently delivering high quality professional services at each location and at every interaction
• Ingenuity – Leverage flexibility, expertise and knowledge to successfully meet our mission, regardless of new challenges and circumstances that may arise

• Review and analyze Career Center veteran information obtained through interviews, records, tests, and observation in order to determine employment and training interests, vocational aptitudes and abilities, barriers to employment, and eligibility for agency services and programs and to make appropriate recommendations
• Compile occupational, educational, and other pertinent information to assist Career Center veterans in determining vocational and educational interests and goals
• Conduct counseling interviews with veterans, prioritizing service to special disabled veterans, other disabled veterans, and other categories of veterans in accordance with priorities determined by the Secretary of Labor (Secretary); assess barriers, motivate and coordinate supportive services
• Advise veterans on job search techniques and processes, transitioning their skills from the military to the civilian sector, dealing with barriers to employment, and preparing for training and employment opportunities
• Answer inquiries from veterans and other interested parties concerning agency programs and services and assist Veterans in preparing agency forms
• Serve as liaison to private and other public organizations to promote Career Center programs and services and develop shared resources to enhance services to veterans
• Consult and coordinate with other representatives of federal, state, and local programs to develop maximum linkages and provide maximum employment assistance to veterans
• Work with Career Center staff to develop and promote apprenticeship and other on-the-job training positions for veterans
• Develop employment and training opportunities for veterans through contacts with employers and community-based groups, including federal and other funded programs
• Provide assistance to other Career Center staff responsible for veterans in carrying out their responsibilities
• Conduct outreach activities to locate candidates who could benefit from intensive services and market services to potential clients in programs and places such as VR&E, HVRP, Homeless shelters, VA hospitals, civic organizations, partners through WIA, state vocational rehabilitation agencies, and other service providers
• Refer veterans to appropriate training and employment opportunities; follow up on referrals; update client information and input data via electronic information systems
• Administer and interpret various Career Center tests; develop and conduct veteran-specific job search workshops

This is a veteran funded position. Appointment to this position must be made in the order of preference provided by Public Law 100-323. First to qualified…