Coordinator, Workforce Projects

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Austin Community College is a public two-year institution that serves a diverse population of approximately 41,000 credit students each Fall and Spring semester.  We embrace our identity as a community college as reflected in our mission statement.  We promote student success and community development by providing affordable access, through traditional and distance learning modes, to higher education and workforce training, including appropriate applied baccalaureate degrees, in our service area.
 
As a community college committed to our mission, we seek to recruit and retain a workforce that:

• Reflects the diversity of our community
• Values intellectual curiosity and innovative teaching
• Is attracted by the college mission to promote equitable access to educational opportunities
• Cares about student success and collaborates on strategies to facilitate success for under-represented populations
• Welcomes difference and models respectful interaction with others
• Engages with the community both within and outside of ACC

Commitment to Equity and Inclusion

ACC is committed to the ongoing systemic changes needed to ensure the increased recruitment, inclusion, retention, and completion of historically underserved and under represented populations. Through continual strategic community engagement and professional development of administrators, faculty, staff, and students, the college demonstrates its dedication to fostering a culture and climate for equitable outcomes.
As an open access and low-cost institution, ACC is proud to serve a diverse student body. Dedicated faculty members are excellent professors who help students achieve their educational goals and are sensitive to the diverse cultures and socio-economic backgrounds of our students. In 2017 our faculty adopted a Statement of ACC Faculty Values. This Statement affirms that ACC’s faculty members value collaboration, service, agency, scholarship, inclusion, and teaching, all of which attest to our commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our mission.

Job Posting Title:

Coordinator, Workforce Projects

Job Description Summary:

Manages all stages of workforce training program development, implementation and delivery, data management, documentation, and reporting of program deliverables, as well as researching and writing grants to support grant-funded programs facilitated by the department. Support Impact lab operations as needed.

Job Description:

Description of Duties and Tasks

1) Oversees, coordinates, implements, and facilitates various workforce training projects, including activities around curriculum development; instructional staff, calendars, and timelines; plans and implements all project activities; schedules stakeholder meetings; develops agendas; gathers and maintains the integrity of data; and writes monthly progress and closeout reports as necessary.
2) Organizes and facilitates all aspects of instructional development including generating a curriculum plan based on the unique needs of industry partners; researching and securing curriculum solutions; hiring and coordinating qualified instructional staff; ordering supplies/books; arranging for classroom space and equipment; documenting class results and evaluations; and managing instructional payroll.
3) Coordinates college and outside personnel (including industry partners) involved in training project development and implementation projects; coordinates schedules, instructors, materials, participant documentation, and other project-related requirements.
4) Performs technical, analytical, and related tasks for the collection, interpretation, aggregation, and evaluation of data; incorporates data for training project reporting and management purposes.
5) Leads in the development and writing of monthly and final project reports, including grant-related reporting as necessary.
6) Coordinates with the director for all training project management activities.
7) As necessary, assists Austin Community College Grant Writing Department to develop, write, revise, edit, and submit grant proposals to funding agencies (with a focus on Texas Workforce Commission grants) at a quality level that supports the likelihood of award; ensures grant submission criteria are met in grant proposals.
8) As necessary, participates in technical training provided by funding agencies and stays informed of changing grant standards and guidelines.
9) Recruits, hires, and manages instructors and staff for all contract and grant-funded training programs.

10) Supports Impact Lab operation and recruitment as needed.

Knowledge

* Training program, implementation and delivery processes.
* Data documentation, manipulation, and reporting processes.
* Program funds management and allocation.
* Standards and proposal guidelines for contract and grant writing and documentation.
* Contract and grant terminology.
* Federal, state, business, and other agency contract and grant processes.
* Accountable for inventory/property management.

Skills

* Maintaining an established work schedule.
* Effectively using interpersonal and communication skills, including tact and diplomacy.
* Effectively using organizational and planning skills with attention to detail and follow-through.
* Data collection, analysis, and report writing.
* Maintaining confidentiality of work-related information and materials.
* Coordinating all phases of contract and grant management processes including budgets.
* Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships.
* Researching grant and resource opportunities. Assists grant writing department with proposal development.
* Working and interacting with diverse groups of people.
* Effectively handling details of multiple projects with varying timelines.
* Ability to work well in a team environment.

Technology Skills

* Use a variety of spreadsheet, word processing, database, and presentation software.

Required Work Experience

* Two years related work experience.

Required Education

* Bachelor’s degree.

Preferred Education

* Master’s degree.

Other Preferred Qualifications

* Experience working with justice-involved populations in a correctional setting preferred.

* Experience coordinating skilled-trades programs in a public or higher education setting preferred.

* Bilingual Spanish/English preferred.

Physical Requirements

* Work is performed in a standard office or similar environment.
* Subject to standing, walking, sitting, bending, reaching, pushing, and pulling.
* Occasional lifting of objects up to 10 pounds.

Salary Range

$49,205 – $61,506

Number of Openings:

1

Job Posting Close Date:

September 23, 2022
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Disclaimer

The above description is an overview of the job. It is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the job, nor is it an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Duties and responsibilities may change with business needs. ACC reserves the right to add, change, amend, or delete portions of this job description at any time, with or without notice. Employees may be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made by ACC at its discretion to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of the job.