Only applicants who meet the Minimum Qualification Requirements and meet all selective requirements (listed below) will be placed on the eligible list.IowaWORKS has an opening for a bilingual (English/Spanish) dynamic, customer focused, Migrant Seasonal Farm Worker (MSFW) Outreach Specialist to provide critical services to agricultural workers and employers in Iowa located in our IowaWorks Des Moines, IA office. In this important role, you will provide outreach to MSFWs where they live, work and gather to ensure they receive equitable access to important workforce related services and referrals.
Position Details
- Location: 200 Army Post Rd., Des Moines, IA
- Schedule: Full-time | Monday – Friday | 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM
- Hybrid telework and alternate work schedule opportunities after 6-months of employment has been completed
What You’ll Do
As an Outreach Specialist, you will have the opportunity to:
- Communicate in both English and Spanish to promote agency and partner programs and services to farm workers and agriculture employers.
- Provide the full range of individualized and career services to IowaWORKScustomers in both English and Spanish including but not limited to identifying farm worker employment and/or training goals and providing a basic summary of farmworker rights.
- Provide career and/or employment guidance and training information; refer customers to job search, training providers and/or support service resources.
- Network and build strong relationships with other service providers and entities that also serve migrant and seasonal farmworkers.
- Assist agricultural employers in meeting their hiring needs.
- Provide information to farm workers and employers about complaint/concern processes.
- Travel throughout a designated area to conduct outreach activities.
A successful candidate with have a passion for people and advocating on behalf of the farm works in Iowa.
About Us:
Iowa Workforce Development (IWD) is a state agency committed to providing employment services for individual job seekers and to connecting employers to available workers through our IowaWORKSpartnership.IWD continually strives to improve processes and align the organization to provide effective, demand-driven products and services.
IWD consists of administrative services, disability determination services, information technology, labor market information, unemployment insurance services, vocational rehabilitation services, and workforce services. The agency also maintains a statewide delivery system of IowaWORKS Centers and satellite offices where both employers and job seeking Iowans can receive workforce assistance.
Benefits:
Joining the IWD team and becoming a State of Iowa employee comes with a range of valuable benefits, including:
- Excellent health, dental, and vision insurance.
- Generous paid time off, including nine paid holidays, vacation, and sick leave with no cap on the sick leave accrual.
- Prepare for the future with the IPERS retirement package, as well as an additional optional deferred compensation retirement plan.
- Flexible Spending Accounts for medical and dependent care.
- Free Life and Long-term Disability Insurance with the option to purchase additional coverage.
- Employee Assistance Programs and Discount Programs for support.
Clickhere to learn more about all of the amazing benefits the State of Iowa offers.
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customers, you’ve come to the right place!
The State of Iowa participates in E-Verify;a federal program that helps employers confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. Within the required timeframe, new hires will be verified through the E-Verify system to ensure authorization to work in the United States. The State of Iowa also complies with the federal Right to Work laws, which protect employees’ rights to work without being required to join a labor organization. For more information, please visitwww.e-verify.gov.
No applicant for employment with the Iowa Department of Workforce Development can have a current, ongoing overpayment balance with Iowa Workforce Development without a payment plan in place. Select positions will be subject to a criminal background check.
863 Spanish Language (Customer Service)The ability to understand, speak, read, and write Spanish to provide service to Spanish speaking customersGraduation from an accredited four-year college or university;ORan equivalent combination of education and experience substituting one year of full-time public contact work obtaining, analyzing and evaluating data such as job/claims interviewing, testing, referral and/or placement, sales representative, credit investigation, or related public contact work dealing with job applicants and employers in a variety of supportive clerical and outreach functions for one year of the required education with a maximum substitution of four years;ORemployees with current continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes experience equal to twelve months of full-time work as a Workforce Associate.
For additional information, please click on this
link to view the job description.Travel may be required for positions in this class. Employees must arrange transportation to and from assigned work areas.
