Job Posting Title

Career Coordinator

Agency

290 EMPLOYMENT SECURITY COMMISSION

Supervisory Organization

Employment Security Commission–Will Rodgers Memorial Office Building

Job Posting End Date (Continuous if Blank)

March 19, 2025

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the posting end date above.

Estimated Appointment End Date (Continuous if Blank)

Full/Part-Time

Full time

Job Type

Regular

Compensation

Annual Salary - $40,948.00; Hourly - $19.69 ($19.686538)

Job Description

Job Type/Salary/Location

• Full-time

• Vacancies: Two

• Salary: $40,948.00 annual; $19.69 hourly ($19.686538)

• Primary Working Hours: M-F; 8:00am - 5:00pm

• FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

• Location: Pryor, OK

• Supervisory: Not Applicable

• Travel: Minimal – mainly for training only

Benefits

• The State of Oklahoma offers a comprehensive Benefits Packet, including a generous benefit allowance to offset the cost of insurance premiums for employees and their eligible dependents.

Position Essential Functions

• Manage & promotes career assessment/vocational counseling via applicant interview & qualification evaluation to determine needs for employment, job skills, placement, training, referral, etc. under a case management system ensuring the optimal delivery of the multiple employment services provided at the center within the business hours of operation focused on priority services to special-needs clients and ensuring required information is obtained and recorded into EmployOklahoma. 

• Utilize EmployOklahoma for registering customers for employment, unemployment services and additional education and training services.

• Establishes claims for Unemployment Insurance benefits, which may include providing an interpretation of & conformity to the benefit provisions of multi-state unemployment insurance laws to claimants and employers, analyzing claims for accurate and complete information, fact-finding, and maintaining Unemployment Insurance files focused on priority service to all categories of special-needs clients.

• Communicates with management, employers, applicants, claimants, and coworkers, concerning job orders, referrals, job developments, and unemployment insurance benefits in a timely fashion; prepares clear, concise oral or written reports as needed.

• Professionally manage career assessment, vocational counseling, job placement, employment services and other social services offered at the local American Job Center in conformity to the Department of Labor’s state and federal applicable laws and regulations with priority service to veterans and other special-needs applicants.

• Utilize excellent customer-service skills to ensure optimal results for the many activities required of the workforce center staff keeping the office appearance and atmosphere conducive to friendly customer service.

• Provide resource room assistance with unemployment insurance (UI) eligibility, filing UI claims, training on UI functions and UI compensation services in a professional and friendly manner under a case management system.

• Assist with the workforce center’s receptionist duties as assigned.

• Participate in team meetings in the workforce center.

• Participate in staff-required training and cross training in order to provide professional, timely and additional assistance with the workforce center duty requirements. 

• Utilize office machinery in accordance with safety / security protocols.

These job functions, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Valued Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Competencies

• Knowledge of - spelling, punctuation, and business English; business mathematics; modern office methods and procedures; employment practices and problems; current economic and social trends, programs and problems; commun