Vocational Specialist Supervisor

Join Tessera and make a difference! Tessera is:

• A national leader in employing individuals with disabilities and veterans.

• Composed of a dynamic, growing team of social entrepreneurs.

• Operating self-sustaining businesses across 14 states and in the District of Columbia, workforce of over 1,600 employees.

• Dedicated to delivering exceptional customer experience to our customers.

• Committed to offering an outstanding employee support and development program.

Tessera’s Bremerton, Washington Home Office supports nationwide operations with a team of highly trained and motivated professionals in finance, human resources, vocational and workforce development, information systems, strategy, business development, communications, marketing, quality, safety, learning, and more.

Location: Bremerton, Washington(In-person)

Type: Exempt, Salary

Compensation: $78,250.00 - $92,500.00 per year (Tessera's compensation strategy is to position new employees between the minimum and midpoint of this range, depending on qualifications and experience.)

Work Schedule: Full-time, Monday – Friday 7:30 am – 4:00 pm (flexible start and end times depending on scheduling needs)

As a Vocational Specialist Supervisor, you'll… The Vocational Specialist Supervisor role provides supervision and oversight of Vocational Staff on a cross functional team. The VS Supervisor serves as a subject matter lead within a cross functional team and acts as liaison between operational and Vocational staff members when needed. Works directly with employees, supervisors, site leadership, Functional Vocational leadership, and the Regional Vice President (RVP) to ensure employees with disabilities receive support and accommodations.

• Ensures direct reports are maintaining federal compliance by monitoring caseloads and work tasks of Vocational Specialists on a Cross Functional Team to include IEEs, quarterly trainings, case notes, accommodation plans, and employee summaries.

• Provides oversight of American with Disabilities requests on the CFT to include paperwork, and processes to send to Vocational Manager for approval and making sure ADA requests are addressed in a timely manner.

• Promotes the Tessera mission and educates supervisors, managers, and employees on disability awareness and the requirements of the American with Disabilities Act (ADA).

• Develops collaborative relationships with Tessera site management and supervisors to support all Tessera employees of all abilities.

• Supports the RVP, Functional Vocational leadership, Recruiters, HR Partners and Site Managers in maintaining the Ability One disability ratio.

• Maintains required documentation with Workday(HRIS) for each employee on their caseload, including IEEs, case notes, accommodation plans, and employee summaries.

• Reviews and assesses disability documentation for applicants and current employees to ensure they qualify under the Ability One program.

• Performs check-ins with all employees on caseload during their first 30/60/90 days of employment and minimum of twice annually thereafter.

• Meets monthly with site leadership to ensure all employees under their supervision are receiving their documented accommodations and that newly requested accommodations are using the ADA process for review and evaluation.

• Assists employees with FMLA paperwork, benefits enrollment and accessing their information within the Workday HRIS system.

• Assists direct reports with crisis intervention, suicide prevention, and safety planning to support employees who are struggling or in crisis.

• Gathers, promotes, and coordinates Veteran resources to ensure Tessera employees are supported.

• Performs administrative support duties including obtaining new disability documents, preparing for internal audit reviews, and participating in the report proofing process.

• Assists with surge writing that needs to occur on the CFT due to new start-ups, surge hiring for specific contracts and/or Vocational staff shortages.

• Assists with the vocational portion of new start up sites: sourcing and assessing disability documentation, providing appropriate accommodations, training, coaching new supervisors on disability related issues.

• Collaborates with Tessera’s…