Employment Specialist (Program Planner 2)

Under supervision of the Principal, works with oversight from a Work Experience Coordinator to coordinate the work experience program for high school and 4Plus (transition program) students.

Duties:

• Provide job training for students and work collaboratively with the ISD staff to ensure that students receive appropriate services

• Assess students for work readiness skills. Match student needs, skills, and interested with available job opportunities

• Work with students 1:1 or in small groups to develop skills needed to obtain/maintain employment such as job searches, applications, resume construction, interview skills, etc.

• Develop and maintain positive partnerships with community businesses and agencies, and assist with accommodation guidelines outlined in the Americans with Disabilities Act and other laws/policies.

• Contact employers and develop community-based opportunities for students to job shadow, have exploratory job placements and long-term work experiences

• Connect regularly with job site supervisors to ensure successful work experience placements, resolve problems that may arise, and to monitor students in the field.

• Be available as first point of contact for and provide input to students, staff, and parents for report cards and at IEP meetings (outside of normal working hours if necessary).

• Work cooperatively with ISD staff to develop appropriate learning targets, coordinate scheduling/transportation.

• Maintain a database of work experience sites with relevant details of employment positions.

Hours: Full-time. Contract-191 days/first year, 189 days/subsequent years; due to the nature of the position, some summer, early morning, evening, and weekend hours may be necessary.

Pay:  Salary Range -  $41,709 - $63,358 for 189 working days a year

Benefits: health and dental insurance, retirement, flex spending account, and more

Questions?   Email human.resources@iaedb.org, or call 712-366-0571(v)/712-796-1203(vp)

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The Iowa School for the Deaf is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. A State of Iowa, Board of Regents School.

Applicants must meet at least one of the following minimum requirements to qualify for positions in this job classification:

1. Six years of full-time work experience in the administration or operation/execution (i.e., providing consultation and/or technical assistance to stakeholders, research and analysis, or enforcement of program guidelines/policies/procedures) of a program (i.e., the provision of a service or an administrative oversight/enforcement responsibility).

2. All of the following (a and b):

a. A total of four years of education and full-time experience (as described in number one), where thirty semester hours of accredited college or university course work in any field equals one year of full-time experience; and

b. A total of two years of graduate-level education and full-time experience (as described in part a), where twenty-four semester hours of accredited graduate college or university course work in any field equals one year of full-time experience.

3. Current, continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes eighteen months of full-time work as a Program Planner 1.

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• Ability to meet the level of sign language proficiency designated for the position as outlined in the School's Sign Language Policy.

• Willing to work odd hours and during the summer, weekends, etc.

• Ability to travel within the community regularly; throughout the state occasionally including some overnights

• Strong networking skills to build relationships with business community members.

• Must have understanding of the needs of the Deaf and hard of hearing.

• Prefer experience working with students/young adults in the workplace.