Title: PERT Program Support Technician - #WWRW0115

State Role Title: Admin and Office Spec III

Hiring Range: Anticipated starting salary: $39,514, commensurate with experience.

Pay Band: 3

Agency: Dept for Aging & Rehab Svcs

Location: Wilson Wkfc Rehab Ctn

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

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

About the Agency

Wilson Workforce and Rehabilitation Center provides people with disabilities comprehensive, individualized services to realize personal independence through employment.

About the Position 

Wilson Workforce and Rehabilitation Center (WWRC) is seeking a PERT Program Support Technician to provide administrative support to its Postsecondary Education Rehabilitation Transition Program. This position will assist the PERT Director and Field Services Supervisor with the PERT Advisory Council meetings. This position will also assist with Career Day and Career Seminar by coordinating communication, scheduling, creating packets, and assisting students when they are on campus. The role will also assist the PERT Team with trainings that PERT provides at the WWRC campus. Completes duties and/or projects as needed or directed by supervisor.

Minimum Qualifications

KSA’s and/or Competencies required to successfully perform the work:
This position requires the ability to perform diverse office assignments including but not limited to organizing and continually creating and updating the main incoming client document, organizing and gathering intake documents required for admission, processing the student packets and coordinating each admission with the WWRC Admissions Department. This position is also responsible for sending out all pre-arrival packets and materials, processing completed PERT reports. In addition, the knowledge of programs such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint are required to successfully perform the duties of this position. This position is responsible for providing coverage in the Career Lab and assisting with PERT Tours on an as needed basis. The position requires excellent communication, interpersonal, and team building skills. The position requires the ability to communicate effectively with PERT and WWRC Teams as well as the constituencies that PERT and WWRC serves (students, parents, schools, WWRC personnel and with the Department of Rehabilitative Services.

Additional Considerations

N/A

Special Instructions

This position 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.

Benefits:

WWRC offers a comprehensive benefits package to include your choice of health insurance plans, flexible spending accounts, VRS retirement, employer paid basic group life insurance, employee paid optional group life, 13 paid holidays, Sick Leave, Annual Leave, Family Personal Leave, employee discount programs, and much more!

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, AmeriCorps, 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 confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé are 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- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.