Business Services Representative

Overview

About GCE:

Global Connections to Employment (GCE) is a nationwide team providing jobs for people with significant disabilities, including our war-wounded veterans. Since its establishment in 1986, GCE has helped match team members to fulfilling careers, from custodial services to facilities maintenance and food services, plus other business lines in between. Working with customers from the U.S. military, commercial business and community partners - as well as federal, state and local governments - GCE is one of the country's largest private employers of persons with disabilities. Learn more at GCE.org.

Overview

The business services representative (BSR) identifies and builds relationships with businesses willing to employ job seekers with disabilities, and acts as a liaison between the businesses and the job seekers, helping businesses find qualified candidates by understanding their staffing needs and connecting them with suitable individuals. The BSR meets with potential employers to explain GCE's mission and goals, and to obtain their agreement and commitment to hire job seekers with disabilities.

The BSR assists with the placement of job seekers into competitive employment consistent with their interests and goals. The BSR works closely with GCE's employment consultants to discuss vocational goals for job seekers, and to identify available positions in the community that fit those goals.

Other duties include providing written and verbal feedback regarding the progress of job seekers' efforts to obtain employment. The BSR will also participate in job fairs and other community events to promote GCE and its job seekers.

Role Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in human services or business field such as human resources, marketing, business administration, business management, healthcare management, or public administration from an appropriately accredited institution. May substitute equivalent combination of education and experience.

Travel Requirements:

Local travel: Daily or frequent local travel is required, to meet with employers in their own workplaces.
Face-to-face interaction: The role requires meeting in person with employers, supervisors, and other business leaders.

Business development: Travel is necessary to attend employer workshops, job fairs, and other networking events to connect with potential business partners.

Physical Requirements

May travel to and from various locations and buildings throughout the year and in various weather conditions. Most work will take place indoors. May work with cleaning chemicals. Will be required to follow Emergency Operations Work Assignment per customer requirements. Schedules are subject to change. May require working early morning, mid-morning, afternoon, and/or evening hours and weekends and holidays.

While performing this job's duties, the team member is regularly required to bend, crouch, walk, climb stairs and ladders, reach above head, sit (to drive) and lift up to 40 pounds. Will occasionally be required to lift or move up to 50 pounds.

The mental demands, physical demands, and environmental factors described here represent those that a team member must meet to perform the job's essential functions successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

To Apply

Interested applicants please visit https://gce.org/work-for-gce/careers/ and complete the on-line application. If you require additional assistance, please call Human Resources at 850-495-3512.

Global Connections to Employment, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity employer. Individuals with Disabilities and Veterans are encouraged to apply. Drug Free Workplace Employer, DRUG TESTING REQUIRED