Program Coordinator, Adult Education – Workforce Development

Role Overview

• Support local and statewide technical assistance and professional development activities for community college, adult education and workforce development agencies.
• Help develop technical assistance modules and curriculum designed to improve practice and adult learner outcomes for participants in adult education and workforce development programs.
• Development and presentation of webinars, conference presentations and longer form multi-event professional development series.
• Independently lead professional development activities and tasks for community college, adult education, and workforce agencies and practitioners.
• Lead overall project management coordination and tasks on project teams, including agenda development, tracking, and following up on task completion using project management tools.
• Work as a part of project teams on projects with multiple partners, in a context of rapidly evolving priorities, while ensuring deliverables are on time and on budget.
• Leading logistics and planning for field engagement events including provision of space, food, and communications with participants.
• Participate in planning for development or revision of projects and support the expanding portfolio of work with the postsecondary and workforce team.
• Development and management of communication plans for large and small projects involving multiple stakeholders and systems.
• Lead and support communication with practitioners, clients and partners to ensure transparency in project management and project implementation in multiple channels including in-person, remote technologies, and social media.
• Support qualitative research strategies including development of protocols for and implementation of structured interviews, focus groups, and surveys.
• Support for quantitative data collection and analysis and development of infographics.
• Support competitive and sole source proposal and grant development.
• Support for marketing efforts to build business for the Postsecondary and Workforce Group and Center for Economic Mobility.
• Support the cultivation of innovative new lines of work to support the forward-thinking emphasis of the group and support our focus on leading rather than following the field.

Requirements

• Bachelors Degree (Masters Preferred) in education, planning, social and behavioral sciences, public policy or related field.
• 5 years related experience in adult education, workforce development, postsecondary, or career education.
• Experience and understanding of WIOA and AEFLA legislation and programs including the National Reporting System for adult education.
• Familiarity with state systems for the implementation of adult education and workforce development programs.
• Communication Skills & Accuracy: Demonstrated ability to communicate in a collaborative manner with colleagues and partners at all levels, from frontline employees to executives and external representatives.
• Ability to communicate complex information to diverse audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to ensure that one's own and others’ work and information are complete and accurate, especially under tight timelines.
• Alignment : An abiding commitment to excellence and equity, and helping people attain living wages.
• Ability to travel – requires 25% travel time. For staff working remotely or from a home office travel time may be as much as 50% depending on the demands of the project.
• Preference for California or PST time zone

Benefits

• 15% contribution toward retirement effective day 1 of employment and immediately 100% vested
• Pre-tax Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Savings Account option
• All health/welfare benefits are effective the first of the month following the hire date
• PTO: 19 days (increases to 21 days beginning the third year of employment), 12 paid holidays
• Life Insurance: value of 3x gross salary, max of 500k
• Opportunities for annual merit-based performance increases + annual incentives
• Professional development opportunities & mentorship program