Pima Community College Looking for Program Coordinator, Pima for Youth Full Time

Pima Community College

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Position Title: Program Coordinator (30 hours per week)

Department: Pima for Youth

Rate of Pay: C41/4 – $24.67/hour

Closed Date: May 25, 2022, 5:00 PM Arizona Time

Please note, this role will be in person. To ensure the health and safety of our colleagues and their families, as well as our students, potential candidates, and the communities we serve, it is the College’s expectation that everyone will follow the CDC and NIH guidelines on limiting face-to-face interactions and consistently practicing preventative hygiene.

Position Summary:

Under the Workforce Development Division, and under the supervision of the Pima for Youth Program Manager, the Program Coordinator for the Young Adult Reentry Program will be responsible for case management of program participants enrolled in PCC, supporting employers, and participant recruitment, providing/scheduling student services, training, and tracking participant employment and wage data. Serving in a fast-paced team environment as a high-level specialist in the area of the Goodwill Young Adult Reentry Program serving young adults ages 18-24 who have current or past involvement in the juvenile or adult criminal justice system or who have not completed high school. This position will collaborate with the college faculty, staff, and external partners in the coordination and facilitation of operations that secure proper education and credentialing paths for participants actively enrolled in the program.

Continued employment in the position is contingent upon continued funding through designated external sources. This grant is set to expire in December 2024.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Case management of program participants
• Working with partners to ensure program success
• Collaborate with Goodwill staff to develop individualized comprehensive and personalized student support services and career guidance, including a learning plan
• Coordinate with Goodwill and the young adult to ensure the learning plan is aligned with the young adult’s individual career and financial plan
• Monitor participants learning plans and collaborate with Goodwill on participant progress reports
• Ensure student’s learning plan does not include any courses or career goals for occupations with state or local licensing regulations that restrict individuals with criminal records from obtaining licenses in that career
• Clearly define and communicate to Goodwill the eligibility criteria and entrance requirements for each occupational skills training or education program that will be offered to young adults ages 18-24.
• Provide high-level support to the Pima for Youth Program Manager by overseeing Goodwill Young Adult Reentry Program activities (planning, implementing)
• Serves as an ambassador for the Pima Community College’s Workforce Development Department in interaction with current and potential partners
• Develops and presents materials used for student recruitment or college programs to faculty, staff, students, businesses, agencies, local schools, and the community
• Researches, compiles, reviews data, and prepares related reports and correspondence
• Responds to requests for information in an assigned program area from faculty, staff,
• students, businesses, agencies, local schools, and the community
• Performs other duties as assigned

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field and
• One year of program experience related to the program assignment

Or

• An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job such as those listed above

The ideal candidate will have the following knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• Strong interpersonal, and communication skills
• Demonstrated competency and understanding working with justice-involved communities
• Passion for helping justice-involved communities and forging collaborative relationships with a variety of community audiences including (but not limited to): Pima County Juvenile Justice Courts, juvenile probation officers, community-based organizations, charter schools, business & industry
• Relate well with program participants, employers, students, faculty, staff, and administration
• Organizational skills ability to plan, prioritize, based on the needs of the program, and Case management experience
• Managing change and sensitive topics
• Communication, interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisors, and the general public
• Using computers and software application programs (Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Google Suite)
• Record keeping principles and experience preparing a variety of reports by compiling and analyzing data
• Working with multiple partners to ensure program success
• Enjoys working in a fast-paced environment, excellent time management skills, and the ability to multitask

Physical Requirements:

Positions in this class typically require: walking, pushing, lifting, and fingering, talking, hearing, and seeing.

Medium Work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Incumbents may be subjected to travel to other campuses and locations.