Employment & Training Spec III - Anticipated Vacancy

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Department of Labor - Bureau of Employment Services

Employment & Training Specialist III

Class Code:   0703 (Professional/Technical)

Closing Date: 09/25/2026

Location: Portland, Lewiston, Augusta, Bangor, or Rockland

Position Type: Full Time

Grade/Salary:  22 - $47,174.40 to $65,832.00/Annually

Currently, this position is not eligible for visa sponsorship or STEM OPT extensions.

VACANCY INFORMATION:  The Department of Labor has one full-time position, to be located in Portland, Lewiston, Augusta, Bangor or Rockland. Travel may be necessary, overnight statewide travel may be required occasionally.

DESCRIPTION:   This is professional services work in developing, administering and coordinating a specialized employment, training, or employer services. Work is performed under limited supervision.

REPRESENTATIVE TASKS:  

• Directs and coordinates, work activities including testing, counseling, recruitment, and referral services in order to ensure program goals and objectives are met.
• Prepares, negotiates, and monitors program budget, contracts, and grants in order to ensure sufficient resources to meet established goals and objectives.
• Develops, designs, oversees, evaluates, and reports on employment and training programs, monitoring procedures, surveys, and program performance data in order to maximize program effectiveness and efficiency and recommend program changes.
• Writes reports and responds to inquiries in order to document services and program activities and provide information.
• Coordinates program services with other support services in order to provide for client needs.
• Confers with special interest groups in order to provide information on program goals and objectives.
• Makes presentations to small and large groups in order to convey information
• May be responsible for determining eligibility, conducting and interpreting assessments, case management, career counseling, and job placement.

ENTRY LEVEL KNOWLEDGES, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:  

• Knowledge of the agency goals, objectives, procedures, and policies.
• Knowledge of occupational groups, job families, and employers.
• Ability to understand and interpret applicable federal and state laws, rules, regulations, policies, and  guidelines.
• Ability to manage an employment and training program.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
• Ability to facilitate workshops and present information to large groups

FULL PERFORMANCE KNOWLEDGES, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED: (These may be acquired on the job and are needed to perform the work assigned).

Ability to identify and analyze problems, reach logical conclusions, and make sound recommendations.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Any combination of education and/or work experience that demonstrates competency in:

·    Interpersonal Skills: Shows understanding, friendliness, courtesy, tact, empathy, concern, and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relationships with others; may include effectively working with individuals who are difficult, hostile, or distressed; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations; is sensitive to cultural diversity, race, gender, disabilities, and other individual differences, effectively communicates and works with coworkers as team members.

·    Customer/Quality Skills: Anticipates, monitors, and meets the needs of customers and responds to them in an effective, appropriate manner. Demonstrates commitment to identifying customers’ apparent and underlying needs and continually seeks to provide the highest quality service and product to all customers.

·    Accountability Skills: Holds self accountable for measurable high-quality, timely, and cost-effective results. Determines objectives and sets priorities. Accepts responsibility for own actions and decisions. Accountable to own development including learning necessary job knowledge and associated laws, rules, and policies. Identifies and participates in learning opportunities. Complies with established control systems and rules.

·    Planning/Organization Skills: Organizes work, sets priorities, and determines resource requirements; determines short- or long-term goals for self and strategies to achieve them. Using flexibility and resiliency skills, appropriately and effectively adjusts work, plans and priorities to changing circumstances. Monitors own progress and evaluates outcomes.

·    Teaching Others: Helps others learn through formal or informal methods, identifies training needs, provides constructive feedback, coaches others on how to perform tasks, acts as a mentor.

Contact Information:

Questions about this position should be directed to: [email protected]

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