Career Advisor - Choices/SNAP

About this role

<div class="content-intro"><p>Career Team is a leading workforce development organization on a mission to transform lives.  We blend cutting-edge technology with compassionate, high-touch services to drive real, measurable outcomes in the lives of job seekers across the country.  At Career Team, we’re solving today’s unemployment challenges with smart software, world-class trainers, dedicated case managers, dynamic job developers, and innovative partners. If you're passionate about making a difference and believe in the power of technology to transform lives, you’ll feel right at home here.</p></div><p>Career Team is looking to hire a Choices/SNAP Career Advisor who will perform professional work providing career counseling, intensive case management, and follow-up services for eligible participants in the Choices and SNAP programs. Work is performed under the supervision of the Choices/SNAP/NCP Program Manager.</p> <p><strong><u>Your Impact on Career Team’s Success</u></strong><strong>:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Provide Choices/SNAP case management services to eligible participants</li> <li>Complete intake and eligibility determination for the given workforce program</li> <li>Assess jobseekers’ employment and training needs and abilities through interviewing, testing, and other methods</li> <li>Enter data into Work In Texas and/or TIERS and any participant information system as required, and any other database as required by the One-Stop system</li> <li>Guide jobseekers through the preparation of individual employment plans (IEP) based on their specific occupational goals</li> <li>Counsel clients on available job opportunities, training programs, and other services</li> <li>Refer individuals to appropriate services, training programs, or job opportunities and follow-up on those activities</li> <li>Conduct orientation sessions, workshops, job clubs, and other group presentations for clients</li> <li>Follow all policies, procedures, and regulations related to eligibility documentation; ensure that case files have originals and/or copies of eligibility documentation</li> <li>Maintain accurate individual case files for each registered customer assuring that each file contains all required eligibility documents and meets compliance requirements</li> <li>Provide referral and tracking of eligible customers into contracted programs provided on-site at the One-Stop centers and/or located in the community in accordance with established contracts</li> <li>Meet and/or exceed program benchmarks</li> <li>Participate in all staff-related events as required, including but not limited to training, staff meetings, and individual supervision</li> <li>Complete all required reports</li> <li>Approach each day and task with a “ZAG” mindset</li> <li>Other duties and projects as needed</li> </ul> <p><strong><u>The Ideal Qualifications for this Position Include</u></strong><strong>:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 1-2 years of work experience or a satisfactory equivalent of education and experience</li> <li>Strong communication skills and knowledge about community resources</li> <li>Possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make well-thought-out decisions</li> <li>Able to work with and relate to participants and be culturally sensitive</li> <li>Must be computer literate and have MS Applications (Word, Excel, and Outlook) skills at minimum, and the ability to learn specialized databases and software systems</li> <li>Ability to work in a variety of settings with a culturally diverse customer base with the ability to be culturally sensitive</li> <li>Ability to serve as a role model to customers and motivate them towards achieving goals</li> <li>Ability to meet and/or exceed set goals and objectives</li> <li>Excellent interpersonal, time management, customer service, organizational skills, and communication skills, both oral and written, required</li> <li>A Valid Driver’s License</li> </ul> <p><strong><u>Additional Skills/Knowledge Career Team Would Love for This Role</u></strong><strong>:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Bilingual or Multilingual</li> <li>Strong multitasking abilities and proactive approach to tasks</li> <li>Training in Trauma Informed Care, evidence-based practice, and/or whole family services</li> </ul> <p><strong>Employment Type: </strong>Full-Time, Non-Exempt Employee</p> <p><strong>Salary: </strong>$45,000 - $55,000 based on experience</p> <p><strong>Job Site:</strong> Onsite </p> <p><strong>Travel</strong><strong>: </strong>15% travel within the region</p><div class="content-conclusion"><p><strong>About Career Team:</strong><br>Founded in 1996, Career Team, LLC is a private workforce development organization.</p> <p>Career Team’s outstanding record of <strong><em>accelerating the human condition </em></strong>has resulted in numerous honors:</p> <ul> <li>Named by Inc. Magazine as one of America's 500 fastest growing privately held companies</li> <li>Recipient of the US Chamber of Commerce Blue Chip Enterprise Award for innovation</li> <li>Featured by 60 Minutes, CNN, Money Magazine, Inc.…