857934 - COMM - DVOP GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS CONSULTANT II - 40045046

Requisition No: 857934 

Agency: Commerce

Working Title: 857934 - COMM - DVOP GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS CONSULTANT II - 40045046

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 40045046 

Salary:  $44,000.00 

Posting Closing Date: 08/03/2025 

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JOB TYPE:    FULL TIME /  CS     

POSITION LOCATION:      FT. PIERCE, FL  (relocation benefits are not available for this position) 

 

DVOP - GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS CONSULTANT II
OPEN COMPETITIVE   

 

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Your Specific Responsibilities:

Performs duties set forth in Title 38 of the United States Code (U.S.C.), Veterans Program Letter (VPL) 05-24 through a case management process. The following duties are included in this code:

 

• Consults with federal, state, and local officials on matters applicable to serving eligible persons as a DVOP.
• Conducts comprehensive and specialized assessments to eligible persons and develops an individual employment plan to identify the employment goals, appropriate objectives, and services for participants that will lead to sustained careers and lasting self-sufficiency.
• Provides individualized case management to eligible veterans and eligible spouses  with Significant Barriers to Employment (SBEs), including: supervising group career counseling to promulgate knowledge of veteran resources and local initiatives created to address barriers limiting employment opportunities and to promote peer support; conducting individual counseling and career planning with a goal of long term employment and self-sufficiency; providing short-term pre-vocational services that may include development of learning skills, communication skills, interviewing skills, punctuality, personal maintenance skills, and professional conduct to prepare individuals for unsubsidized employment or training.
• Evaluates community organizations to assess and leverage assets that can be utilized to mitigate individual barriers of eligible persons within case management.
• Coordinates with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Intensive Service Coordinator (ISC) to provide case management assistance to Vocational Readiness and Employment (VR&E), (Chapter 31) special disabled Veterans and other Veterans with SBEs.
• Assures compliance inside the Department of Commerce management information system by recording accurate and complete case management activities and case notes.
• Reviews programs, services, forms, reports, analyzes data for compliance with state and federal statutes, policy and regulations and confers with management and users to identify problems and improvements.
• Mentors new DVOP specialists, VA Work Study students (internship students), and SkillBridge interns on procedures, forms, and reports according to organizational policy.
• Provides outreach to local organizations, such as, but not limited to local colleges, technical training centers, apprenticeship programs, and community based (non-profit - including faith-based) to educate the organizations serving Veterans on how to identify veterans with SBEs’ and to refer veterans to the Disabled Veterans Outreach Program Specialist located at the Career Center for services.

 

Performs other veteran duties IAW the Jobs for Veterans State Grants as required.

 

CFDA – 100% – 17.801 (Disabled Veterans’ Outreach Program)

 

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

 

• Knowledge of applicable regulations, Veteran Program Letters, state and local guidance, and programs/opportunities for veterans and covered persons (i.e. Federal Bonding program, Federal Work Opportunity Tax Credit Eligibility, etc.).
• Knowledge of the laws governing veterans’ preference in employment and workforce services.
• Knowledge of veterans’ re-employment rights.
• Knowledge of entitlement and priorities of veterans for medical and surgical services in veteran hospitals.
• Working knowledge using Microsoft Office applications, including W