Workforce Specialist

United American Indian Involvement (UAII) is the only Native-led non-profit organization in Los Angeles County, proudly serving as a home for American Indian and Alaska Native communities. Through our healthcare facility and culturally centered programs, we provide essential physical, behavioral, and spiritual health services—helping individuals stay connected to their Tribal heritage and traditions.

For over 50 years, UAII has grown to become the largest nonprofit provider of health and human services for American Indians and Alaska Natives in Los Angeles, home to the nation’s largest Urban Indian population. Our dedicated team delivers compassionate care that supports daily healing, resilience, and the continued strength of our communities. UAII is committed to uphold Indigenous values in all aspects of our work.

It guides our actions, relationships, and responsibilities, ensuring that we serve our communities with integrity, respect, and accountability.

• Respect for Relatives – I will honor the dignity of all people, recognizing that every individual is a relative deserving of respect, compassion, and care.
• Community Responsibility – My work is not only for individual benefit but for the collective well-being of our communities, present and future.
• Cultural Integrity - I will safeguard and uplift Indigenous languages, traditions, and cultural practices, ensuring they remain central to our organizational life.
• Reciprocity - We give back in balance with what we receive, fostering mutual trust and accountability in all relationships.
• Stewardship – I will act as a caretaker of our communities, resources, and environment, mindful of the impact of our decisions on future generations.
• Truth and Transparency – I will communicate honestly and openly, ensuring clarity in our commitments and accountability in our actions

Under the direction of the Workforce Development Manager, the Workforce Specialist is responsible for conducting in-depth assessment of customers’ employment needs, develop a comprehensive service plan to address needs and lead the customer towards obtaining full-time, unsubsidized employment. This position will provide ongoing training, supportive employment counseling, coaching and mentoring to customers during their employment search. Building partnerships with community agencies and businesses for shared resources and training opportunities will also be an important role.

They will research opportunities for career pathways, other training programs and conduct outreach and recruitment on top of determining eligibility, entering documentation into customer case files, and preparing and submitting reports. This position is onsite and field work is required in this role to attend outreach events.

An individual in this role must be able to perform the following functions with or without reasonable accommodation:

• Knowledge of workforce development and managing job placement and retention programs
• Outreach to local agencies and businesses to obtain current and accurate information on employment and training opportunities for customers to include training site locations for WEX, OJT or Internships
• Administer and review comprehensive customer assessments to identify strengths and deficiencies of customers in relation to training, education and employment goals and objectives
• Determine eligibility and create an Individual Employment Plan of services to clearly define a path to employment with customers
• Provide ongoing employment and career counseling. Resource referrals to address issues, problems and challenges in the areas of goal setting, problem solving, life management and related skills
• Maintain contact with customers to…