Job description
Security Clearance required:
Public Trust
Cognosante is on a mission to transform our country’s healthcare and safety systems. With our health and security-focused solutions, we help the Veterans Administration (VA) government organization achieve the important task of providing the best possible services to American veterans. From Enterprise IT, Data Science, and Security Services, to full-scale Consumer Engagement and Interoperability solutions, we are moving government services forward with transformation and innovation. Learn how we are making a difference in people’s lives today!
Job Description
VBA Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E) is responsible for providing eligible program participants with compensable service-connected disabilities, all services and assistance necessary to enable them, to the maximum extent possible, to become employable, to obtain and maintain suitable employment, and achieve maximum independence in daily living.
The Vocational Rehabilitation Program Subject Matter Expert will be a problem solver, collaborator, and excellent communicator. He or she will be responsible for vocational rehabilitation, vocational educational & career or rehabilitation counseling design and consulting for the direct delivery of vocational rehabilitation services to adults with disabilities in rehabilitation programs is required, including experience in performing, managing, and leading all phases of vocational rehabilitation program tasks including application processing, eligibility determination, entitlement determination, evaluation and planning, development & implementation of plans, and finally case closure.
Key Responsibilities:
- The Vocational Rehabilitation Program (VRP) Subject Matter Expert will have experience providing extensive subject matter expertise:
- Vocational Rehabilitation
- Vocational Educational & Career or Rehabilitation Counseling.
- Direct delivery of vocational rehabilitation services to adults with disabilities in rehabilitation programs is required, including experience in performing, managing, and leading all phases of vocational rehabilitation program tasks including application processing, eligibility determination, entitlement determination, evaluation and planning, development & implementation of plans, and finally case closure.
- The VRP SME will have experience at the field level having performed tasks such as vocational evaluations, pre-employment assessment and workforce re-entry planning services, develop templates for concise individualized program participant assessments, monitor performance and progress through review of cases, and serve as an advocate on behalf of program participants of employment collaboratives.
- At a minimum, the VRP SME shall have background in federal, state, or local government vocational rehabilitation programs, or non-profit, or private industry experience. Experience must be from a program with at least 500 concurrent program participants.
Required Qualifications :
- 8 years relevant experience across many of the key responsibilities
- Bachelor’s or more Advanced Degree in Vocational Rehabilitation, Vocational, Educational career or Rehabilitation Counseling or related scientific /technical discipline (10 years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for education)
- Background supporting Vocational functions, personnel, and contract deliverables of a major initiative for at least three years
Candidates that do not meet the required qualifications will not be considered.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience working with the Federal Government, Department of Veterans Affairs a plus
- Strong customer relationship capabilities
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Ability to foster collaborative work in dynamic team environment
- Ability to interact with partners and clients
- Ability to communicate clearly with all levels in an organization, with both verbal and written communication skills
- Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Power Point, Project, Visio, One Note, Outlook)
- Able to pass a background check to obtain a VA Public Trust (High-Risk) clearance
Compensation
$86,005.00 - $141,913.00
The pay range for this job is determined by various factors, including but not necessarily limited to location, responsibilities of the job, and alignment with market data. When determining a salary for this role, the following factors may will be taken into consideration - contract-specific affordability, education, knowledge, skills, competencies and experience. The estimate displayed represents the salary range for this position and is just one component of Cognosante’s total compensation package for employees and is not necessarily reflective of actual compensation that may be earned, nor a promise of any specific pay for any specific employee.
Cognosante will not provide sponsorship for employment-based immigration benefits for this position.
Like many other growing companies, Cognosante has been targeted by scammers attempting to make fraudulent job offers to potential candidates. Communication from Cognosante recruiting will only be sent with an official corporate domain email (e.g., @cognosante.com or @accurate.com) and not a commercial domain e-mail (e.g., @gmail.com or @yahoo.com). We will never request payment from you, nor will we send payment to you, prior to your start date. If you have been asked to send or receive any payment, or if you have any doubt about whether you have been contacted by a Cognosante employee, please contact us at
jobs@cognosante.com
. Thank you.
Cognosante is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.
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