Career Center Consultant - Bangor

Department of Labor
- Bureau of Employment Services

Job Class Code: 0723

Grade: 20/Professional & Technical

Salary: $20.68

Hr - $28.88/Hr

Location:

Bangor

Opening Date:
August 10, 2026

Closing Date:
August 24, 2026

Currently, this position is not eligible for visa sponsorship or STEM OPT extensions.

Do you have a passion for helping people, enjoy working one-on-one with people, and are you customer service-focused? If so, this may be the opportunity for you!

Career Center Consultants provide employment services to individuals and employers/businesses. Responsibilities include interviewing, assessing needs, and guiding customers in making career, education, and training decisions, determining eligibility, referring customers to programs, services, and employment opportunities, managing caseloads of customers participating in education and training programs, and facilitating employment and training-related workshops. Work may also include providing business services to Maine employers, including recruitment and training assistance.

The MDOL/Bureau of Employment Services believe our employees should reflect the diversity of the populations we serve, including racial, cultural and ethnic diversity and people with disabilities. We welcome and encourage all applicants with interest in this position and who believe they meet minimum qualifications listed.

• Conduct interviews, vocational assessments, and provide career guidance; coordinate support services, refer customers to programs or services, and make referrals to job openings.
• Conduct outreach efforts, including off-site hours at locations where job seekers may spend time.
• Develop and conduct workshops.
• Conduct and participate in informational sessions, job fairs, and trade shows.
• Visiting/consulting with businesses to provide a variety of services, including labor market information, safety and wage and hour resources, assistance with recruitment strategies, and referral to training resources, including apprenticeships.
• Work in the Career Center Information Centers to assist customers with job-seeking needs, including access to equipment and resources.

• Interpersonal
  
  Skills:
  
  Shows understanding, friendliness, courtesy, tact, empathy, concern, and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relationships with others; may include effectively working with individuals who are difficult, hostile, or distressed; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations; is sensitive to cultural diversity, race, gender, disabilities, and other individual differences, effectively communicates and works with coworkers as team members.
• Customer/Quality
  
  Skills:
  
  Anticipates, monitors, and meets the needs of customers and responds to them in an effective, appropriate manner. Demonstrates commitment to identifying customers' apparent and underlying needs and continually seeks to provide the highest quality service and product to all customers.
• Accountability
  
  Skills:
  
  Holds self accountable for measurable high-quality, timely, and cost-effective results. Determines objectives and sets priorities. Accepts responsibility for own actions and decisions. Accountable to own development including learning necessary job knowledge and associated laws, rules, and policies. Identifies and participates in learning opportunities. Complies with established control systems and rules.
• Planning/Organization
  
  Skills:
  
  Organizes work, sets priorities, and determines resource requirements; determines short-or long-term goals for self and strategies to achieve them. Using flexibility and resiliency skills, appropriately and effectively adjusts work, plans and priorities to changing circumstances. Monitors own progress and evaluates outcomes.

• Experience providing information and guidance.
• Excellent communication and customer service skills.
• Familiarity with workforce development resources.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and virtual service platforms such as Zoom or Microsoft Teams.

• No matter where you work across Maine state government, you find employees who embody our state motto-"Dirigo" or "I lead"-as they provide essential services to Mainers every day. We believe in supporting our workforce's health and wellbeing with a valuable total compensation package, including:
• Work-Life Fit
  - Rest is essential. Take time for yourself using 13 paid holidays, 12 days of sick leave , and