Title: PERT Transition Specialist-Central - #WWRW0478 - Repost-previous applicants need not apply.

State Role Title: Prog Admin Specialist I

Hiring Range: Minimum Starting Salary of $54,730 commensurate with experience

Pay Band: 4

Agency: Dept for Aging & Rehab Svcs

Location: Wilson Wkfc Rehab Ctn

Agency Website: https://www.wwrc.virginia.gov/

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

If you enjoy working with a team that focuses on working to serve others, then this job may be for you.

Job Duties:

Wilson Workforce and Rehabilitation Center (WWRC) provides people with disabilities with comprehensive, individualized services to realize optimal personal independence and employment. We strive to be the preferred provider of comprehensive vocational rehabilitation for Virginians with disabilities. We apply our shared values of ethics, engagement, and effectiveness to everything we do.

In partnership with people with disabilities and their families, the Virginia Department of Rehabilitative Services assists individuals with disabilities to make informed choices that will maximize their employment through coordinated service delivery.

PERT is an interagency school-to-work transition program jointly administered, managed, and directed by the Virginia Departments of Education and Rehabilitative Services. It currently serves all local school divisions across the Commonwealth of Virginia.

WWRC's Postsecondary Education Rehabilitation Transition (PERT) Program is recruiting a PERT Transition Specialist-Central. The position is located in the greater Richmond area, enabling it to serve both Richmond and its surrounding areas.

The incumbent will be a member of the WWRC PERT program, serving as a lead facilitator for assigned local school divisions and local Department of Rehabilitation Service Office PERT teams.

Job duties and responsibilities

The incumbent is responsible for the coordination and delivery of comprehensive Postsecondary Education Rehabilitation Transition (PERT) transition services and programs within Central Virginia, consistent with PERT goals and objectives and agency priorities.

The incumbent is responsible for gathering and documenting qualitative and quantitative data regarding service effectiveness and sponsor/client satisfaction with services provided within the assigned region, as well as participating in ongoing PERT quality assurance and program evaluation meetings and other business processes.

Through consultation and resource identification based on "best practices" in transition, the program offers PERT training and technical assistance in the designated region, guaranteeing collaborative education, rehabilitation, and other interagency and intercommunity services for youth with disabilities and their families.

This position serves the following school districts: Amelia County, Appomattox County, Buckingham County, Charles City County, Charlotte County, Chesterfield County, Cumberland County, Goochland County, Henrico County, Hanover County, Louisa County, Lunenburg County, New Kent County, Nottoway County, Powhatan County, Prince Edward County, and Richmond City.

To meet the expectations of the job, the incumbent must have access to personally identifiable and confidential information about agency consumers and/or agency staff.

Minimum Qualifications:

The ideal candidate will have:

The individual possesses knowledge and experience in areas such as school-to-work transition processes, related programs, and services, the educational and rehabilitation needs of youth and young adults with disabilities and their families during the transition process, and group dynamics.

Skills/Abilities:
 
The incumbent will demonstrate skills in the following areas: facilitation of meetings and team processes; team building and collaborative problem-solving skills and abilities; negotiation of diverse community organizations, agencies, and other resources; client-focused advocacy skills; and effective oral and written communication, including articulation of student assessment results in clear behavioral terms.

The incumbent will have skills in conducting and evaluating community-based needs assessments, as well as facilitating community-based and other resources to meet identified needs. Organizational skills are essential.

Additional Considerations:

Experience in the local transition process.

Special Instructions:

This has been designated a sensitive position under Va. Code § 2.2-1201.1.
A fingerprint-based criminal history check will be required of the finalist candidate.

Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during the application and/or interview processes per the Americans with Disabilities Act. Contact recruitment@dars.virginia.gov for assistance.

Minorities, Individuals with disabilities, Veterans, Americorp, Peace Corps, and other National Service Alumni are encouraged to apply.

To Apply:

Equal Opportunity Employer State applications will only be accepted as submitted online by 11:55 p.m. on the closing date through the Commonwealth of Virginia’s New Recruitment Management System. Mailed, emailed, faxed, or hand-delivered applications and/or résumés will not be accepted. PageUp will provide you with a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position

Contact Information:

Name: Human Resources

Email: Recruitment@dars.virginia.gov

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-connected veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- and February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.