The Vocational Rehabilitation division is seeking a Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Career Placement Specialist to serve communities in multiple locations across North Dakota. (Williston, Minot, Devils Lake, Grand Forks, Fargo, Jamestown, Bismarck, and Dickinson)
As a VR Career Placement Specialist, you will empower individuals to achieve meaningful employment that aligns with their skills, interests, and career goals. Your work will help people build confidence, gain independence, and create a path toward long term career success.
In this role, you will partner with individuals receiving Vocational Rehabilitation services to identify employment opportunities that match their strengths and aspirations. You will spend time throughout your assigned service area building relationships with local employers, learning about workforce needs, and connecting qualified candidates with meaningful employment opportunities.
You will educate employers on the benefits of building an inclusive workforce and hiring individuals with diverse backgrounds and abilities. You will also collaborate with employers to identify and implement reasonable workplace accommodations that support employee success.
In addition, you will provide individualized job search assistance by helping participants prepare resumes, complete employment applications, and develop the skills needed to secure and maintain employment.
To thrive in this position, you should:
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be comfortable building relationships and initiating conversations with employers, community partners, and individuals from a variety of backgrounds. You will enjoy serving as the connection between job seekers and local workforce opportunities.
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be willing to travel throughout your assigned area to meet with employers and participants in their communities.
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demonstrate patience, encouragement, and empathy while supporting individuals through the challenges that can come with finding meaningful employment.
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be familiar with local workforce resources or have the ability to quickly learn and connect individuals with available employment and community services.
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be organized, self-motivated, and able to manage multiple priorities while maintaining strong communication and follow-through.
To be considered for this position:
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You must have a high school diploma or equivalent and at least one (1) year of professional experience working with individuals with disabilities.
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You must possess a valid driver's license and be able to travel throughout your assigned service area and other locations as needed.
Location
ND HHS utilizes a blended workplace model. This position will be remote in North Dakota with the ability to travel will be required within your assigned region. (Williston, Minot, Devils Lake, Grand Forks, Fargo, Jamestown, Bismarck, and Dickinson)
About HHS
ND HHS strives to make North Dakota the healthiest state in the nation by reinforcing the foundations of well-being: physical, economic, and behavioral. The keys to success are the 2800 committed, team members who are guided by a simple but powerful belief: when we lead with light, we create systems and services rooted in hope, clarity, and possibility. Their work is supported with more than $6 billion in funding from nearly 400 different federal, state, and special sources.
To succeed in this role, you must lead with LIGHT - Leading with hope, instilling purpose and meaning, galvanizing gratitude, honoring health, and talking, walking and teaching civility, kindness and love for all.
About Team ND
"Far and away the best prize life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." - Theodore Roosevelt
More than 7,500 talented, hard-working people across sixty-three agencies have come together as Team North Dakota. At Team ND, we are driven to succeed through gratitude, humility, curiosity and courage. Our purpose is to empower people, improve lives, and inspire success. Join us in being legendary.
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Application Procedures
Your resume must clearly show the months and years of employment for each position listed. This information is required to accurately calculate your qualifying experience and determine whether you meet the minimum qualifications of the position. Resumes that do not include sufficient employment date may not be able to be fully evaluated.
Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The Department of Health & Human Services does not offer or provide sponsorships.
This employer participates in E-Verify. Please visit the following website for additional information HHS ND Careers E-Verify
A copy of your qualifying degrees transcript and any applicable certifications or licensures must be provided at the time of an interview.
For more information about the position or if you need an accommodation, please contact Darrel Hannum at [email protected] or at (701) 328-7471.
Employing Unit ND HHS - Vocational Rehabilitation
TTY Number ND Relay Service 1 (800) 366-6888 (text) or 1 (800) 366-6889 (voice)
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Equal Employment Opportunity
The State of North Dakota and this hiring agency do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), genetics, religion, age or disability in employment or the provisions of services and complies with the provisions of the North Dakota Human Rights Act.
As an employer, the State of North Dakota prohibits smoking in all places of state employment in accordance with N.D.C.C. Sect. 23-12-10.
