Benefit Program Associate - Veteran Benefit Specialist - CODL

The State of Missouri is committed to a culture of teamwork and collaboration in delivering services. The Benefit Program Associate will coordinate services for veterans, provide case management, and conduct outreach to ensure veterans have access to employment and training opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Proactively coordinate with partners to provide comprehensive services to employers and facilitate employment, training and placement services for veterans
• Provide case management and intensive services to veterans who have significant barriers to employment
• Provide vocational guidance to eligible veterans with respect to selection of and changes in vocations and vocational adjustment
• Conduct outreach activities to locate veterans through contacts with local veterans and community organizations, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and other State Agencies such as Missouri Veteran’s Commission, Vocational Rehabilitation and other institutions that serve veterans (on-site visits required throughout the area of responsibility)
• Consult and coordinate with other appropriate representatives of Federal, State, and local programs for the purpose of developing maximum linkages to promote employment opportunities and assistance for veterans with significant barriers to employment
• Develop outreach programs in cooperation with appropriate Department of Veterans Affairs personnel engaged in providing counseling or rehabilitation services, with educational institutions, and with employers in order to maximum assistance to disabled veterans who have completed or are participating in a vocational rehabilitation program (on-site visits required throughout the area of responsibility)
• Ensure veterans are aware of other available programs, such as those through Missouri’s Department of Education
• Work with partners to maximize opportunities for veterans and ensure veterans are given priority access to Department of Labor programs
• Maintain regular contact with regional community leaders, employers, labor unions, training programs, and other employer organizations for the purpose of keeping them advised of eligible veterans and persons available for employment and training (on-site visits required throughout the area of responsibility)
• Encourage employers and labor unions to employ eligible veterans and eligible persons and conduct job development, on-the-job training and apprenticeship programs for veterans ( on-site visits required throughout the area of responsibility)
• Promote and monitor the participation of veterans in federally funded employment and training programs, monitor the listing of vacant positions with State employment agencies by Federal agencies, and report to the Director for Veterans’ Employment and Training for the State concerned evidence of failure to provide priority or other special consideration in the provision of services to veterans as it is required by law or regulation
• Complete and submit all required reports, including ‘Veterans Quarterly Report to the Manager,’ in accordance with established timelines
• Provide workshops and training to employers and Job Center staff
• Provide veteran related services to Job Center staff
• Document all services and activities in the Division’s case management system
• Enter employer job orders in case management system
• Complete apprenticeship program
• Perform other related work as assigned
• Demonstrate regular and reliable attendance

Skills

• Must have a valid Missouri Driver's license
• This position must be filled by a veteran who was discharged under other than dishonorable conditions
• Proactively coordinate with partners to provide comprehensive services to employers and facilitate employment, training and placement services for veterans
• Provide case management and intensive services to veterans who have significant barriers to employment
• Provide vocational guidance to eligible veterans with respect to selection of and changes in vocations and vocational adjustment
• Conduct outreach activities to locate veterans through contacts with local veterans and community organizations, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and other State Agencies such as Missouri Veteran's Commission, Vocational Rehabilitation and other institutions that serve veterans (on-site visits required throughout the area of responsibility)
• Consult and coordinate with other appropriate representatives of Federal, State, and local programs for the purpose of developing maximum linkages to promote employment opportunities and assistance for veterans with significant barriers to employment
• Develop outreach programs in cooperation with appropriate Department of Veterans Affairs personnel engaged in providing counseling or rehabilitation services, with educational institutions, and with employers in order to maximum assistance to disabled veterans who have completed or are participating in a vocational rehabilitation program (on-site visits required throughout the area of responsibility)
• Ensure veterans are aware of other available programs, such as those through Missouri's Department of Education
• Work with partners to maximize opportunities for veterans and ensure veterans are given priority access to Department of Labor programs
• Maintain regular contact with regional community leaders, employers, labor unions, training programs, and other employer organizations for the purpose of keeping them advised of eligible veterans and persons available for employment and training (on-site visits required throughout the area of responsibility)
• Encourage employers and labor unions to employ eligible veterans and eligible persons and conduct job development, on-the-job training and apprenticeship programs for veterans (on-site visits required throughout the area of responsibility)
• Promote and monitor the participation of veterans in federally funded employment and training programs, monitor the listing of vacant positions with State employment agencies by Federal agencies, and report to the Director for Veterans' Employment and Training for the State concerned evidence of failure to provide priority or other special consideration in the provision of services to veterans as it is required by law or regulation
• Complete and submit all required reports, including ‘Veterans Quarterly Report to the Manager,' in accordance with established timelines
• Provide workshops and training to employers and Job Center staff
• Provide veteran related services to Job Center staff
• Document all services and activities in the Division's case management system
• Enter employer job orders in case management system
• Complete apprenticeship program
• Perform other related work as assigned
• Demonstrate regular and reliable attendance
• Beneficial education and/or work-related experience includes technical or professional experience in business, personnel or public administration or closely related area, including military service

Benefits

• Defined pension plan
• Generous amounts of leave and holiday time
• Eligibility for health insurance coverage

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