Benefit Program Associate (BPA)- Workforce Development

Program Description

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.

• Promote Job Center services opportunities, and benefits and features of such, to customers and prospective customers based on customer needs, goals, and services eligibility requirements.
• Conduct regional outreach activities to locate job seekers and employers through contacts with local resource providers, as needed.
• Proactively coordinate with partners to provide comprehensive services to job seekers and employers.
• Provide programmatically specific services such as: Trade Act, Unemployment Insurance, Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment (RESEA) and other re-employment programs, as needed.
• Accept and record job orders from employers.
• Pre-screen applicants meeting the employer order specifications and make appropriate referrals to employers.
• May facilitate workshops, WorkKeys, Talify, etc. for job seekers.
• Assist job seekers in automated job searches.
• Classify all job orders and applicant’s qualifications using skill codes.
• Contact employers, identify their labor needs and problems, develop a plan of service, promote State initiatives, etc. as needed.
• Inform employers and community organizations of Job Center services; attend and conduct Job Fairs
• Develop job opportunities with employers for qualified job seekers.
• Provide basic vocational and career guidance to job seekers regarding job choice, job change, or job adjustment and retention, as well as, resume writing and interviewing techniques
• Assist applicants in evaluating their vocational needs and formulate a vocational plan to achieve desired outcomes.
• Complete apprenticeship program
• Perform other related work as assigned.
• Demonstrate regular and reliable attendance.

To view and apply click link: https://mocareers.mo.gov/hiretrue/ce3/job-board/5effe9b2-4b89-494b-ac76-c45e25190768