Job ID Number

R2646

Employment Type

Full time

Worksite Flexibility

Hybrid

Job Summary

As the Program Specialist, you will coordinate services that advance competitive, integrated employment for individuals with disabilities and streamline access to services across partner programs.

Job Description

We are looking for a Program Specialist that will coordinate services that advance competitive, integrated employment for individuals with disabilities and streamline access to services across partner programs. This position will be full-time, 12+ month contract opportunity and on-site .

What You'll Do

• Increase the number of individuals with disabilities served across partner programs and leveraging supports and resources to serve those individuals

• Streamline access to services across partner programs, reducing or eliminating gaps or barriers in accessing needed services, identifying a shared service delivery approach

• Implement successful practices to support participant navigation through Workforce services including transition from high school into post-secondary training with a clearly defined vocational goal; securing wraparound supports to promote successful completion of post-secondary training for youth and adults, especially with individuals experiencing barriers to successful completion

• Facilitate access to meaningful work-based learning activities; and coordinate other needed services to support quality employment outcomes

• Work at both partner sites, embedded in the culture of partner agencies, regularly attend staff meetings, and obtain and retain knowledge of partner program services

What You'll Need

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree plus at least two years of experience in training, social services, workforce services, vocational rehabilitation, education, or related field

• Knowledge of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, Rehabilitation Act, and Americans with Disabilities Act

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Demonstrated experience with building and retaining partner and stakeholder relationships

• Experience in working with individuals and job seekers with disabilities strongly preferred

• Proficient in Microsoft

• Self-starter who can work independently

• Ability to work in a variety of locations including Work One Centers and Vocational Rehabilitation offices in the assigned geographic area; Meetings and activities will be conducted in-person with some remote work as applicable

Physical Demands

• Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA and other federal, state, and local standards

• Sedentary work that involves sitting or remaining stationary most of the time with occasional need to move around the office to attend meetings, etc.

• Ability to conduct repetitive tasks on a computer, utilizing a mouse, keyboard, and monitor

Reasonable Accommodation Statement

If you require a reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employment selection process, please direct your inquiries to application.accommodations@cai.io or (888) 824 – 8111.

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement

It is the policy of CAI not to discriminate against any employee or applicant due to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or being a protected veteran. It is also the policy of CAI to take affirmative action to employ and to advance in employment, all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or being a protected veteran, and to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. This policy shall apply to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, recall, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation and selection for training, including apprenticeship, at all levels of employment. Employees and applicants of CAI will not be subject to harassment due to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or being a protected veteran. Additionally, retaliation, including intimidation, threats, or coercion, because an employee or applicant has objected to discrimination, engaged or may engage in filing a complaint, assisted in a review, investigation, or hearing or have otherwise sought to obtain their legal rights under any Federal, State, or local EEO law is prohibited.