Veteran Peer Specialist

What You’ll Do

As a Veteran Peer Specialist, you will serve as the primary outreach, engagement, and peer support professional for Veterans Forward – Central Texas. Utilizing lived military experience and peer-to-peer engagement strategies, you will conduct community outreach, recruit eligible veterans, provide workforce navigation support, and connect participants to employment, training, supportive services, and community resources.

You will play a critical role in achieving contract performance outcomes by helping veterans overcome barriers to employment, remain engaged in services, and successfully transition into meaningful employment and career pathways.

• Veteran Outreach and Recruitment
  • Conduct community-based outreach activities to identify and recruit eligible veterans and military family members.
  • Develop relationships with veteran-serving organizations, workforce centers, colleges, community agencies, faith-based organizations, and employers.
  • Participate in outreach events, job fairs, stand downs, resource fairs, workshops, and community engagement activities.
  • Conduct field outreach throughout assigned service areas, including rural and underserved communities.
  • Utilize social media, phone, email, text messaging, and in-person outreach strategies to engage prospective participants.
  • Represent Veterans Forward – Texas professionally in all community and stakeholder interactions.
• Participant Engagement and Peer Support
  • Establish trusting peer-to-peer relationships with veterans through shared military culture and experiences.
  • Provide motivational support, encouragement, and mentorship throughout program participation.
  • Assist participants in identifying employment goals, strengths, interests, and barriers to employment.
  • Support participants in developing individualized employment and career plans.
  • Maintain regular contact with participants to encourage continued engagement in services.
  • Conduct follow-up outreach to participants who miss appointments or disengage from services.
• Workforce Navigation and Resource Coordination
  • Connect participants to workforce development services, training opportunities, apprenticeships, and employment resources.
  • Assist veterans in accessing supportive services including housing, transportation, healthcare, behavioral health, financial assistance, and benefits navigation.
  • Coordinate referrals with Texas Workforce Solutions offices and community partners.
  • Facilitate warm handoffs to partner agencies and supportive service providers.
  • Assist participants in understanding eligibility requirements and completing enrollment documentation.
  • Support veterans in accessing VA and non-VA benefits and resources.
• Documentation and Reporting
  • Accurately document outreach activities, participant interactions, referrals, services, and outcomes within required case management systems.
  • Maintain timely and complete participant records consistent with TWC and organizational requirements.
  • Collect and verify documentation necessary for enrollment, service delivery, performance tracking, and outcome reporting.
• Assist management with contract reporting requirements, outreach metrics, participant outcomes, and performance measures.

• Compensation: $20 - $22 Per hour
• Benefits:
  • Health insurance (Medical, Dental, Vision)
  • Paid time off (Vacation, Sick, Floating)
  • Retirement plan (403b)
  • Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
  • Commuter Benefits
  • Life/Accident insurance
  • Short-term Disability Insurance
  • Long-term Disability Insurance
  • Employee Assistance Plan (EAP)

• Veteran of the United States Armed Forces preferred.
• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Minimum two (2) years of experience in workforce development, social services, veteran services, peer support, community outreach,…