Senior Program Coordinator

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Full Time

Remote in CA

Limited Service Role Through December 2026*

The Senior Program Coordinator of CA Pre-Apprenticeship will lead program implementation of the CA Healthy School Food Pathway Pre-Apprenticeship to ensure a high-quality participant experience.

This position resides on our Programs team and reports to the Senior Director of CA Workforce Programs. The Senior Program Coordinator of CA Pre-Apprenticeship will oversee the operations of the Pre-Apprenticeship program to ensure a smooth application process and a high-quality participant experience. The role includes supervising a team focused on the Pre-Apprenticeship, with the possibility of team growth based on the number of program participants and team capacity.

HSFP is a work-based learning experience that aims to prepare individuals for job opportunities in healthy, scratch-cooked school food programs. The HSFP program focuses on supporting workforce readiness and professional growth for new and incumbent school food operators. The pipeline from entry-level positions through management and school food leadership (Pre-Apprenticeship, Apprenticeship, Fellowship) offers professionals the resources, hands-on training, and network to become confident leaders with in-depth knowledge and experience in creating and running successful scratch-cooked meal programs.

This includes an emphasis on CAF’s five key areas: food, finance, facilities, human resources, and marketing.

• Ensures the CA HSFP Pre-Apprenticeship is implemented at the highest level and represents the organization’s commitment to quality, result-driven programming;
• Manages team members who are responsible for the day-to-day execution of program processes and participant support, including participant issues as they arise, to ensure the program operates smoothly, and all necessary components are completed at the appropriate times;
• Leads the planning and implementation of the Pre-Apprenticeship program, including participant selection, onboarding, orientation, learning schedule, evaluation components, and funder, state, and federal reporting;
• Coordinates and leads educational program components, including live virtual learning sessions, to ensure program participants achieve desired learning competencies;
• Leads participant selection (including interviews) and onboarding processes of the Pre-Apprenticeship to ensure they have the information needed to participate in the program and all necessary documentation is submitted;
• Support program participants during the course of the program to ensure timely completion of all required learning for the Pre-Apprenticeship program and an overall positive experience in the program that leads to participation in the Apprenticeship program;
• Work with the Senior Coordinator of Apprenticeship to ensure the proper promotion of the Apprenticeship program;
• Collaborate with the Director of District Support to ensure alignment between district and participant needs;
• Oversee the maintenance of the Pre-Apprenticeship program registration and ongoing tracking and reporting as required by state and federal partners;
• Manage the Pre-Apprenticeship program timeline, such as key deliverables, to ensure adequate planning and implementation of the Pre-Apprenticeship program;
• Lead the exploration and implementation of additional supportive services for participants, including partnership development and participant enrollment in programs with partner agencies;
• Work closely with the CA Workforce Programs team to leverage work and knowledge, share resources, track program statistics, and report on workforce development initiatives;
• Work with the CA Workforce Programs team to identify and implement program improvements to enhance the participant experience.

• Update and create key program documents, instructions, slide decks, timelines, etc., as needed for each Pre-Apprenticeship cohort;
• Work with the Director of Recruitment to launch new…