[Hiring] Specialist, Pre-Apprenticeship @Foundation for California Community Colleges

Role Description

We are seeking a Specialist, Pre-Apprenticeship to join FoundationCCC in its mission of benefiting, supporting, and enhancing the California Community Colleges—the largest and most diverse system of higher education in the nation. Together, we are building stronger communities by getting students and colleges the resources they need to succeed and expanding pathways to economic and social mobility across California.

The LAUNCH Apprenticeship Network is a member of the Collaborative Impact team of the Foundation for California Community Colleges and supports meaningful connections between students and employers in California through work-based learning and support services. Our role is to support efforts to bring relevancy and real-world experience to students in California through:

• Growing the quantity and quality of work-based learning
• Emphasis on registered apprenticeship
• Job shadowing
• Classroom presentations
• Internships
• Other job training opportunities

This position applies strong project management, coordination, and facilitation skills to ensure high-quality delivery of programs and technical assistance efforts. It represents an exciting opportunity to help shape and lead program development and technical assistance related activities for initiatives that focus on the expansion of new and innovative pre-apprenticeships and registered apprenticeships as pathways.

Qualifications

• Relevant BA/BS, equivalent work experience, or a combination of both.
• High proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and experience with Excel required.
• Minimum of three (3)+ years of related work experience in workforce development, or apprenticeship/pre-apprenticeship.
• Minimum of two (2)+ years of education or non-profit environment.

Requirements

• Excellent project management, group facilitation, and technical skills.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and deliver quality products within agreed upon timeframes, with limited supervision.
• Demonstrated ability to research, analyze, synthesize, and communicate complex topics to a variety of audiences.
• Ability to work remotely and navigate various technology platforms (Zoom, MS Office Suite-Teams, Outlook, Salesforce Lightning, Google Suite, etc.).
• Innovation, creativity, collaboration, and entrepreneurship are encouraged as employees work to achieve organizational goals.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation, generous PTO, and paid holidays.
• Medical, dental, and vision plans, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts (HSA), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and Wellness offerings.
• CalPERS retirement program and optional 403(b) and 457 Retirement plans.
• Carrot reproductive health and fertility support.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness certified employer.