Title: RESEA Program Manager

State Role Title: Program Admin. Specialist II

Hiring Range: $65,000 - $85,000

Pay Band: 5

Agency: Department of Workforce Development and Advancement

Location: DWDA Central Office

Agency Website: jobs.virginia.gov

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

Effectively manages the RESEA program, which provides reemployment services to UI claimants and incorporates proven interventions or service delivery strategies to reduce the average number of weeks participants receive benefits in accordance with DOL and agency requirements; ensures customers receive appropriate case management, training, and intensive career services to support reemployment; coordinates program evaluations related to services to UI claimants; provides supervision, oversight and technical assistance to staff who provide workforce services to employers and job seekers related to the
RESEA program and WOIA; manages and monitors RESEA funds, ensuring timely preparation of funding requests, appropriate management of expenditures, and adequate monitoring; ensures an adequate training program is established to meet staffing and client needs; serves as a strategic partner, conduct quality assurance reviews; makes recommendations to streamline and enhance program operations; develops and oversees implementation of policies and procedures; and offers effective strategies to enhance program performance.

Minimum Qualifications

• Comprehensive knowledge of related service delivery models; research and statistical methodologies; social and vocational case management principles; and available community resources.
• Strong interpersonal, decision making, financial and grants management, oral and written communication, and computer skills (including use of Microsoft Office Professional).
• Ability to effectively manage staff, administrative requirements, and complex programs; develop and implement policies and procedures; maintain strong relationships with various parties; collect, analyze and report data; evaluate performance, recommend strategies to enhance performance, and initiate change; prepare plans and reports; make presentations; and serve as a technical resource.
• Must have and maintain a valid driver's license; some statewide travel, occasionally overnight, may be required.

Additional Considerations

• Knowledge of UI eligibility requirements.
• Comprehensive knowledge of Employment Security, to include the Virginia Unemployment Compensation Act, Wagner-Peyser Act, and WIOA;
• Progressively responsible experience managing job service programs and supervising technical staff.
• Credentials in workforce development (CWDP, WPDP, etc.).

Special Instructions

You will be provided 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.

Diversity and inclusivity are at the heart of what we do in Virginia, and the Virginia Works is committed to upholding these values in our employment opportunities across the Commonwealth to people from all backgrounds, including all races, ethnicities, genders, and abilities.

Virginia Works is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Program, and a Virginia Values Veterans certified employer. AmeriCorps, Peace Corps, and other national service alumni are encouraged to apply. The selected candidate must successfully pass a comprehensive background check including an FBI fingerprint background investigation.

Applications for this position must be submitted electronically through this website. Mailed, emailed, faxed, or hand delivered applications and résumés will not be accepted.

Applications are not accepted after the recruitment closing date.

Please carefully review the details of this recruitment including the location of the position and the posted salary before applying. Virginia Works does not provide relocation assistance, and no salary will be offered outside of the posted salary range / flat rate.

Consideration for an interview is based solely on the information within the application (and/or resume). You must ensure your application/resume includes the scope of your experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities as it relates to the position you are applying for. Information not stated will not be assumed.

This website will provide a confirmation of receipt when the application is submitted for consideration. For the status of your application and this position, please refer to your Jobs.Virginia.Gov account. We do not provide application status updates via email or telephone.

Auxiliary Aids and Services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities.
Applicants needing accommodations should contact the Human Resource office for additional information.

The Virginia Works does not provide sponsorship; therefore, applicants must be a citizen or national of the U.S., a Lawful Permanent Resident, or an alien authorized to work in the US.

NOTICE: Virginia Works will record information from each new employee’s Form I-9 (Employment Eligibility Verification) into the Federal E-Verify system to confirm identity and work authorization.

Contact Information

Name: Come join our team at the Department of Workforce Development and Advancement (DWDA)! In 2023, bipartisan legislation consolidated a dozen workforce development programs and data systems from various existing Commonwealth of Virginia agencies to

Phone: For the most up-to-date status of your application, please refer to your Jobs.Virginia.Gov account. We do not provide application status updates via phone.

Email: Careers@vaworks.virginia.gov for recruitment related questions. Emailed applications, resumes, or cover letters will not be accepted. For the most up-to-date status of your application, please refer to your Jobs.Virginia.Gov account.

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- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.