Accommodation (LOAA) team HR Services organization
Amazon’s Leave of Absence and Accommodation (LOAA) team in the HR Services organization is building a best-in-class Advocacy program to deliver vocational, leave of absence, and accommodation services to Amazon employees across the U.S. The Vocational Specialist is a key member of our LOAA team, providing professional job coaching services to Amazon’s corporate employees with disabilities or related barriers to employment. Job Coaching is a type of highly individualized reasonable accommodation, tailored to the employee, the business, and their specific need that may be required under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Job coaching provides an employee with a short-term disability accommodation, which is customized, consistent with the individual's needs, unique strengths, and abilities. A successful Vocational Specialist will work with both the employee and the employee’s manager to identify targeted outcomes and will tailor the coaching to achieve such results. The Vocational
· Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in Psychology, Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling, Social work or related field · 5+ years disability/vocational job coaching in a professional environment · Knowledge of federal and state disability laws and resources · Intermediate to advanced proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint · Experience working with Vocational Rehabilitation and government programs· Job coaching experience working in technology-relevant environments (with computer programmers, technology workers, software designers, etc.) · Excellent customer service and communication