TAP & Employment Readiness Specialist

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Summary

This position is assigned to Commander Navy Installation Command (CNIC), Fleet and Family Readiness Department (N9), Family Readiness Division (N91), Work and Family Life Branch (N911). The incumbent serves as the TAP & Employment Readiness Specialist, facilitating TAP and employment supportive programs, including the Family Employment Readiness Program (FERP) and services at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans.

Major Duties and Responsibilities

• TAP & Employment Services (80%)
• Transition Assistance
• Facilitate and provide the full scope of operational management and oversight of TAP services for transitioning military members and / or family members, retirees, reservists, and Department of Defense (DOD) civilian members.
• Coordinate with counterparts from the Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Labor (DOL), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Small Business Administration (SBA) to plan and schedule various training events.
• Coordinate with counterparts on providing separating service members and their families access to an array of workshops, programs, services and support to meet their needs on various topics.
• Assist clients with creating and maintaining their Individual Transition Plan (IDP) and identifying personal and vocational needs to help them outline milestones to achieve their goals. Provide Pre-Separation Counseling to service members.
• Work with separating service and family members, individually and in groups, on their career, occupational, volunteer, and educational goals to equip customers with career / job search skills, resume development, and interview techniques to assist in obtaining employment.
• Advise clients on how to navigate employment resources to include federal job vacancies, application processes, and on qualification standards.
• Develop and maintain local networks of veteran and military service organizations, military friendly employers, and other vetted organization contacts to refer service members to these organizations for enhanced program delivery, when available.
• Facilitate classes for customers on applying professional analytical skills and negotiation techniques to identify job opportunities and develop an automated inventory to list such job opportunities.
• Oversee the recruitment, screening, placement, orientation, support, recognition, and evaluation of FFSC volunteers.
• Train and inform volunteers on policies / procedures relevant to their role. Maintain a current roster of all FFSC volunteers and update monthly. Track volunteer hours, achievements, and performance review due dates.
• Develop a volunteer recognition system to acknowledge volunteer milestones during the All-Hands meetings, installation volunteer recognition event, upon completion of short-term projects, etc.
• Provide staff training on volunteer-related topics such as : utilizing, motivating, and recognizing volunteers, procedures for recruiting, interviewing, and placing volunteers; making accommodations, when necessary; and providing diverse volunteer opportunities to assist individuals with disabilities to become involved.
• Collect and process volunteer data for reports and disseminate quarterly reports reflecting pertinent statistical information such as number of new volunteers and current volunteers, volunteer hours worked, accounting of expenditures, etc. to organizations and other partners.
• Coordinate all aspects of community outreach to installation, command, and community partners, encourage participation in FFSC volunteer opportunities, develop and implement annual community outreach plan. Manage the overall implementation of group volunteer events.
• Maintain and update TAP and FERP records and statistics, and complete required reports timely and accurately, utilizing the Fleet and Family Support Management Information System (FFSMIS), Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) and applicable databases.
• Maintain a library or resource center of current TAP and FERP information, curriculum, and resources and provide service members with authorized physical or digital materials.
• Maintain certification standards for the local TAP and FERP per CNIC FFSP certification standards.
• Participate in DoD and CNIC TAP / FERP working groups and transition / employment seminars, updating curricula, facilitating aspects of programs, and coordinating hiring fairs.
• Develop, maintain, and update marketing materials and maintain up-to-date inventories on available transition and employment services and providers. Research and write articles and prepare and deliver briefings to market TAP and FERP and inform target population of programs and services.

Requirements

Qualifications

Additional Information

Salary is dependent on experience and / or education. Some positions may require a one (1) year probationary period. Participation in Direct Deposit / Electronic Fund Transfer within the first 30 days of employment is required. We utilize E-Verify to confirm eligibility to work in the United States.

Executive Order 12564 requires a Federal workplace free of illegal drugs. This federal facility is a Drug-Free Federal Workplace. The use of illegal drugs will not be tolerated, and use of or intoxication by illegal drugs will result in penalties up to and including removal from Federal Service.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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