YA/Inspire Coordinator - Vacancy ID: 129429

The College and Career Readiness Team is a high performing team supporting the largest Youth Apprenticeship and Carl Perkins/CTE consortium in the state of Wisconsin. Through collaboration and partnerships, our team empowers students to explore a range of options providing relevant experiences to start them on their individualized career path. Our team is comprised of education, information technology and school counseling professionals all working collaboratively to efficiently and effectively drive improved outcomes for schools and employers. Our customers have rated our services as World Class based on Net Promoter Scores. If you are a creative and independent risk-taker with an entrepreneurial mindset you will be a great fit for our team. We set high expectations and seek team members who are focused on the success of our teams and the people we serve. CESA 6 is seeking a YA/Inspire Coordinator to join our team beginning January, 2022 to support the Washington County and surrounding areas, temporarily on a limited term basis to support a leave of absence. The coordinator will support connecting local students to career readiness activities and work-based learning opportunities with business and organizations aligned to career pathway programs of choice. This position will provide leadership to assist consortium schools with the development of effective, contemporary, professional, and responsive programs to meet area economic and workforce needs. The position will work in a collaborative team environment. The essential functions of this position, include, but is not limited to the following: • Recruit and gain commitment from business leaders to support career readiness efforts with an emphasis placed on targeting high need industry sectors that are representative of various career clusters • Perform direct project work related to Youth Apprenticeship grant requirements including; student recruitment, student interviews, employer recruitment, and ongoing student evaluations. • Perform direct project work related to Inspire programming aligned to district Academic and Career Planning targets including; creating and engaging students and educators in virtual and in-person experiential learning opportunities requested by partner organizations. • Create and facilitate a regional advisory council to assist in the strategic planning process for program implementation. • Gather data and monitor progress tied to specific targets of engagement for students, educators and employers. • Maintain client relationships and generate new service contracts to meet district/employer needs and sustain the College and Career Readiness Center department financial goals. • Develop and deliver relevant forms of training opportunities to stakeholders. • Professionally represent the agency and public, private and parochial school districts in interactions with staff, customers, and community. • Collaborate with local/regional/state advisory groups, economic development boards, Chambers of Commerce, community based organizations and higher education partners to promote Career and Technical Education programs. • Provide support for plan improvements, implementations or eliminations to College and Career Readiness Department (i.e. Career Pathway Development, Youth Apprenticeship, Dual Credit, ACP/Education for Employment, Carl Perkins and Professional Development Opportunities). • Ensure records, state reports and evaluation requirements are maintained for department programs. • Provide monthly program updates to Director, College and Career Readiness Center to ensure strong communication regarding department initiatives. • Attend appropriate conferences, workshops and in-services. • Perform other duties as assigned. Qualified candidates for this position will possess the following educational background and experience: • Bachelor’s degree in Education, School Counseling, Business Management or Marketing is preferred. • Prior experience working in Career and Technical Education and/or School Counseling Services at the middle school or high school level is preferred. • Previous experience with Youth Apprenticeship programming preferred. • Experience with building and sustaining partnerships among businesses, community agencies, K-12 schools, and higher education is preferred. The Coordinator must be able to work independently as well as professionally lead and collaborate with diverse work teams, as well as communicate effectively.