Top 50 Employment specialist Jobs in Iowa

Career Planner
State of Iowa —Cedar Rapids, IA
- Full-time
- Sales
- Office
- Bachelor's degree
- Paid holidays
- Disability insurance
2d
Rehabilitation Counselor - Cedar Rapids
State of Iowa —Cedar Rapids, IA
- $27.40 an hour
- Full-time
- Experience working with individuals with disabilities
- Mid-level
- Office
- Paid holidays
- Disability insurance
8d
Rehabilitation Counselor - Des Moines
State of Iowa —Des Moines, IA
- $27.40 an hour
- Full-time
- Experience working with individuals with disabilities
- Mid-level
- Office
- Paid holidays
- Disability insurance
2d
Rehabilitation Counselor - Ottumwa
State of Iowa —Ottumwa, IA
- Full-time
- Experience working with individuals with disabilities
- Mid-level
- Office
- Paid holidays
- Disability insurance
9d
Rehabilitation Counselor - Fort Dodge
State of Iowa —Fort Dodge, IA
- Full-time
- Experience working with individuals with disabilities
- Mid-level
- Office
- Paid holidays
- Disability insurance
8d
Rehabilitation Counselor - Burlington
State of Iowa —Burlington, IA
- Full-time
- Experience working with individuals with disabilities
- Mid-level
- Office
- Paid holidays
- Disability insurance
2d
Career Planner
Dynamic Workforce Solutions —Waterloo, IA
- Overtime
- Mid-level
- Driver's License
- Bachelor's degree
- Paid holidays
- Health insurance
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8d
Rehabilitation Assistant - Atlantic
State of Iowa —Atlantic, IA
- $18.32 an hour
- Full-time
- Experience working with individuals with disabilities
- No experience needed
- Office
- Paid holidays
- Disability insurance
9d
Rehabilitation Assistant - Davenport
State of Iowa —Davenport, IA
- $18.32 an hour
- Full-time
- Experience working with individuals with disabilities
- No experience needed
- Office
- Paid holidays
- Disability insurance
8d
TAP Transition and Employment Support Specialist (2 Positions)
Cedar Rapids Community School District —Cedar Rapids, IA
- $47,116 a year
- Multiple hires
- Experience working with individuals with disabilities
- Mid-level
- Driver's License
Work-Based Learning Coordinator
Career Systems Development Corporation —Ottumwa, IA
- $31.25 an hour
- Full-time
- Sales
- Mid-level
- Driver's License
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
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Coaching DSP
The Arc of East Central Iowa —Cedar Rapids, IA
- Part-time
- Customer service
- Mentoring
- Military encouraged
Job Mentor (Nights and Weekends)
Children & Families of Iowa —West Des Moines, IA
- Part-time
- Computer literacy
- High school diploma or GED
- Ability to lift 50 pounds
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Retention Specialist
NATIONAL ABLE NETWORK INC —Des Moines, IA
- $50,000 - $54,500 a year
- Full-time
- Mid-level
- Bachelor's degree
- Conflict management
- AD&D insurance
- Paid holidays
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Rehabilitation Assistant - Cedar Rapids
State of Iowa —Cedar Rapids, IA
- $18.32 an hour
- Full-time
- Experience working with individuals with disabilities
- Office
- Administrative experience
- Paid holidays
- Disability insurance
8d
Marion Transition Alliance Program (TAP) /Job Coach
Marion Independent School District —Marion, IA
- 8 hour shift
- School experience
- Classroom
- High school
Employment Specialist
Goodwill of Central Iowa —Ames, IA
- $17.50 - $21.00 an hour
- Background check
- Clean driving record
- Experience working with individuals with disabilities
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
11d
Career Preparation Period Specialist
Career Systems Development Corporation —Ottumwa, IA
- $23.19 an hour
- Full-time
- Sales
- Word processing
- Computer literacy
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
Quick Apply
Momentum Classroom Coordinator
One City United —Waterloo, IA
- $42,000 a year
- Full-time
- Classroom
- High school
- Writing skills
- Paid time off
Quick Apply
11d
Career Pathway Navigator
Hawkeye Community College —Waterloo, IA
- From $22.06 an hour
- Online Application
- Classroom
- Microsoft Excel
- Writing skills
- Disability insurance
- Health insurance
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Career Planner

State of Iowa -
Cedar Rapids, IA

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Job Details

Full-time
2 days ago

Benefits

Paid holidays
Disability insurance
Health insurance
Dental insurance
Flexible spending account
Vision insurance
Life insurance

Qualifications

Employee relationship building

Full Job Description

Job Description

Iowa Workforce Development (IWD) is seeking a Career Planner to join our team at the IowaWORKS office in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Position Details

Location: 1025 Kirkwood Pkwy SW, Cedar Rapids, IA
Schedule: Full-time | Monday – Friday | 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Work Flexibility: Hybrid telework and alternate schedules available after six months of employment and training have been completed.

What You’ll Do

Provide customer-focused services, assessing needs, and delivering career guidance. Coach job seekers, assisting with resumes and interviews, connecting customers to workshops and employment opportunities, performing job matching, and documenting services in the database system. Support employers with recruitment and job orders while maintaining employer relationships. Assist unemployment claimants with re-employment activities and follow unemployment administration rules and Iowa law when addressing unemployment insurance claims and appeals.

Core Responsibilities

Customer Service and Team Collaboration

Provide courtesy, respect, and politeness during all interactions with customers, both internal and external.
Work with and ask customers appropriate questions to determine services they are seeking and/or needing.
Interact effectively and build respectful relationships among coworkers and partners.
Collaborate with team members within the American Job Center (AJC), resulting in a better experience for customers.
Provide feedback as well as potential solutions to team and/or leadership and provide first day service to Veterans.
Promptly greet customers upon entry into the IowaWORKS Center in a friendly and professional manner.

Career Coaching and Customer Support

Coach, motivate, and encourage job seekers on all aspects of the job search and assist customers to build their personal and job skills for the primary goal of successful employment.
Provide customers with assistance with preparing and tailoring resumes and cover letters and facilitate mock interviews for customers, identifying ways to improve their interview responses.
Process paperwork for partners and team programs and services.
Refer, direct, and result customers to appropriate workshops and employment events.
Facilitate workshops or one-on-one appointments in-person or through virtual conferencing platform for customers/participants of system programs and services, update workshops and presentations as new information is available.
Accurately document all services, appointments, or other pertinent information in the database system and send/receive work-related documents for customers.

Employment Services and Labor Market Guidance

Assist customers by answering questions about employment and training opportunities.
Perform “job matching” referring career opportunities to candidates in the IowaWORKS System.
Provide appropriate partner referrals and relay current labor market information to job candidates.

Business Services and Employer Engagement

Participate in development and implementation of hiring events in offices and out in the community.
Work with Business Engagement Consultant (BEC) in reaching out to employers for labor exchange services.
Assist with employer IowaWORKS account access.
Attend in partnership with BEC, employer outreach events to market IowaWORKS center services.

Unemployment Insurance and Re-employment Support

Connect unemployment claimants with re-employment activities at the AJC.
Adhere and refer to unemployment administration rules and Iowa law when working with customers regarding filing unemployment insurance (UI) claims, answering questions and concerns.
Use database systems to review salary histories, cross reference database systems to ensure personal identification information matches and adjudicate issues within the claim in accordance with all UI laws.
Provide information to customers for UI appeals when necessary and prepare and participate in all UI appeal hearings relating to issued adjudications decisions.

About Iowa Workforce Development
IWD is a state agency committed to providing employment services for individual job seekers and to connecting employers to available workers through our IowaWORKS partnership.

IWD continually strives to improve processes and align the organization to provide effective, demand-driven products and services. IWD staff in Des Moines consists of administrative services, disability determination services, information technology, labor market information, unemployment insurance services, vocational rehabilitation services, and workforce services. The agency also maintains a statewide delivery system for IowaWORKS Offices where both employers and job seekers can receive workforce assistance.

Employer Highlights

IWD is focused on serving Iowans and providing outstanding customer service. Our strength is driven by the skills and talents of our people. IWD offers a rewarding team atmosphere, a flexible working environment, and a great total compensation package for our full-time employees, including:

Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System (IPERS)
Retirement Investors Club (RIC)
Hybrid telework opportunities for eligible classifications
Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
Vacation Leave
Sick Leave
Paid Holidays (9 days/year)
Flexible Spending Accounts
Life Insurance
Long-Term Disability Insurance

If you’re looking for a career with a well-respected organization that values its employees and customers, you’ve come to the right place!

The State of Iowa participates in E-Verify; a federal program that helps employers confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. Within the required timeframe, new hires will be verified through the E-Verify system to ensure authorization to work in the United States. The State of Iowa also complies with the federal Right to Work laws, which protect employees’ rights to work without being required to join a labor organization. For more information, please visit www.e-verify.gov.

No applicant for employment with the Iowa Department of Workforce Development can have a current, ongoing overpayment balance with Iowa Workforce Development without a payment plan in place. Selected positions will be subject to a criminal background check.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

Applicants must meet at least one of the following minimum requirements to qualify for positions in this job classification:
1) Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a degree in any field.
2) Four years of full-time work experience in career services, teaching or training to improve skills, job coaching, providing human services to individuals in need, sales, customer service, call center operations, or human-resources-related services involving interviewing, reviewing job applications, conducting employment-related assessments, or job placement.
3) A total of four years of education and/or full-time experience (as described in number two), where thirty semester hours of accredited college or university coursework in any field equals one year of full-time experience.
4) Current, continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes twelve months of full-time work as a Workforce Associate.

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