Career Advisor Trainee

If you are looking for an opportunity in professional employment services, this may be the job for you! A Career Advisor Trainee develops proficiency in providing customer-centered services designed to enhance workforce development activities and service strategies for jobseekers and employers. If you have excellent communications skills and want to make a positive impact with your work, join our team today.

As a Career Advisor Trainee, you will develop, enhance, and learn to apply knowledge of workforce development programs, services, policies, regulations, legislation, and procedures. You will learn to provide group and individual intake services, assist in developing and conducting workshops, acquire experience in planning and conducting group and individual career counseling and coaching on résumé-writing, interviewing, job searching, networking, and other topics.

Within this position, you will gain proficiency in coordinating and providing services using a case management approach, assisting the jobseeker to develop employment goals; create and modify an Individual Employment Plan (IEP); coordinate support with other providers; track progress toward goals; and provide follow-up activities.

Additional duties include developing skills to provide services to employers, including making contacts, coordinating recruitment services, referring qualified jobseekers, and assisting employers with posting vacancies. You will gain knowledge of the procedure to approve or reject new employers in compliance with requirements.

Upon successful completion of the Career Advisor Trainee training program, Trainees will be promoted to Career Advisor.

Work Schedule and Additional Information:

• Full-time employment.

• Work hours are 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, Monday - Friday, with 30-minute lunch.

• Telework: You may have the opportunity to work from home (telework) part-time. In order to telework, you must have a securely configured high-speed internet connection. If you are unable to telework, you will have the option to report to the headquarters office in New Kensington.

• Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.

• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:

• Four years of public contact work that involved interviewing the public to obtain, provide, and evaluate information concerning employment or employability; or

• A bachelor's degree.

• Applicants will be considered to have met the educational requirements once they are within 3 months of graduating with a qualifying degree.

Other Requirements:

• You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency.

• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

How to Apply:

• Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).

• If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.

• Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.

• Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.

Veterans:

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. §7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to www.employment.pa.gov/Additional%20Info/Pages/default.aspx and click the Veterans' Preference tab or contact us at ra-cs-vetpreference@pa.gov.

Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS): 

• 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).

If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.

The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law. All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.

• Completing the application, including all supplemental questions, serves as your exam for this position. No additional exam is required at a test center (also referred to as a written exam).

• Your score is based on the detailed information you provide on your application and in response to the supplemental questions.

• Your score is valid for this specific posting only.

• You must provide complete and accurate information or:

• your score may be lower than deserved.

• you may be disqualified.

• You may only apply/test once for this posting.

• Your results will be provided via email.