Workforce Development Specialist 1​/2​/3

Workforce Development Specialist 1/2/3

The Workforce Development Specialist 1/2/3 plays a key role in delivering comprehensive employment services to job seekers and employers. This position is responsible for providing job search assistance, job referrals, and placement support to job seekers, offering re-employment services to unemployment insurance claimants, and conducting recruitment services for employers with job openings.

The Office of Workforce Development (OWD) is a key division of Louisiana Works managing programs in workforce training, job placement, apprenticeships, and business engagement. Through collaboration with local boards, educational institutions, and industry partners, OWD aims to improve economic mobility for job seekers and ensure Louisiana employers have the skilled talent they need, contributing to the state's economic growth.

An ideal candidate will possess the following competencies:

• Building and Supporting Teams: The ability to combine one's actions and efforts with others to work toward achieving a common goal.
• Communicating Effectively: The ability to convey information, ideas, and emotions using structured communication methods that promote understanding and engagement.
• Focusing on Customers: The ability to understand and meet the needs, preferences, and experiences of internal and external customers.

Three years of experience in workforce development, administrative services, or social services; OR six years of full-time experience in any field; OR a bachelor's degree. Experience substitution:
Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as one year of experience towards the six years of full-time work experience in any field. The maximum substitution allowed is 120 semester hours which substitutes for a maximum of four years of experience in any field.

Job duties:

• Carry out intensive services under this chapter to meet the employment needs of eligible veterans determined to have a Significant Barrier to Employment (SBE).
• Use case management as a service delivery strategy or framework within which intensive services are delivered, when the veteran has defined barriers to employment that he/she cannot overcome with their own resources or abilities, or when extensive follow up will be required.
• Conduct outreach activities from the one stop center to newly enrolled veterans as dictated by current program requirements and at a variety of sites.
• Create and publish activity reports as required.
• Drive/operate the mobile workforce center (MWC) to scheduled events and provide professional program related support services.
• Perform other duties as assigned, including 25% travel as required.

Position specific details:

Location:

Metairie, LA

Appointment Type:
Probational / Job Appointment / Promotional / Detail to Special Duty

Career Progression Group:
Workforce Development Specialist 1 / Workforce Development Specialist 2 / Workforce Development Specialist 3

Please click on the links below to learn more about each job level:

Workforce Development Specialist 1

Workforce Development Specialist 2

Workforce Development Specialist 3

How to apply:

No Civil Service test score is required to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the "Apply" link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

Information to support your eligibility for this job title must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

All applicants selected for employment must submit to drug screening and a background check.

For further information about this vacancy, contact:

Heather Courville

heather.courville

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity to make a difference through public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career. As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage

Parental Leave – Up to six weeks paid parental leave

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

• New Year's Day
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
• Mardi Gras,
• Good Friday,
• Memorial Day,
• Independence Day,
• Labor Day,
• Veteran's Day,
• Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the…