Registered Apprenticeship Specialist - Bozeman

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Registered Apprenticeship Specialist – Bozeman )

Build Montana’s future—one apprentice at a time. 406

Jobs is launching a Registered Apprenticeship Specialist position to supercharge opportunity and growth in Bozeman and the surrounding area, connecting people, employers, and communities to high-impact, skills‑based careers. In this role, you’ll be on the front lines of the 406

Jobs Initiative, turning big ideas into real training programs that keep talent local, strengthen small‑town economies, and open doors for Montanans who have been left out of traditional pathways—including formerly incarcerated individuals and rural jobseekers.

Empowering all Montanans through work and opportunity.

• Respect
• Integrity

As a Registered Apprenticeship Specialist with 406

Jobs, you’ll use apprenticeship as a tool to solve real workforce problems, not just manage a program. You’ll work directly with employers, schools, workforce partners, and reentry organizations to design and support apprenticeship and pre‑apprenticeship pathways aligned with Montana’s workforce goals. One day you might help a small business stand up its first apprenticeship: the next, you’re coaching a school district through teacher apprenticeship registration or translating complex rules into plain language for a new employer sponsor.

Every week, you’ll see the impact of your work in new apprentices signed, new programs launched, and new careers started in and around the Bozeman community.

In this role, you’re not just maintaining programs—you’re building the future of work in Eastern Montana, while continuously building your own expertise in workforce strategy, partnership development, and program design.

• Design and expand apprenticeship programs by teaming up with employers, unions, and education and workforce partners to launch innovative registered apprenticeship models that unlock high quality, in‑demand careers across the region. As you do this, you’ll sharpen your program design, consulting, and stakeholder engagement skills with every new industry and community you support.
• Provide technical assistance on registration and compliance as the go‑to guide for sponsors, walking them through registration, standards, work processes, related instruction, and documentation so their ideas become approved, functioning programs that meet all requirements. In the process, you’ll deepen your knowledge of state and federal apprenticeship regulations and strengthen your ability to translate complex rules into actionable steps.
• Develop pre‑apprenticeship and youth pathways that give high school students, career changers, rural residents, and underrepresented Montanans a clear, structured on‑ramp into apprenticeship and long‑term, living‑wage careers. This work will grow your skills in pathway design, youth engagement, and equity‑minded program development.
• Use data to drive strategy by digging into labor market information, program outcomes, and local feedback to pinpoint talent gaps and pitch apprenticeship as the smart, results‑driven solution. You’ll advance your analytical skills and your ability to tell a compelling story with data that influences decision makers.
• Communicate program requirements clearly by turning dense regulations and technical language into practical, plain‑spoken guidance that employers, apprentices, and educators can actually use. Over time, you’ll become a stronger communicator and trainer, skilled at tailoring messages for different audiences.
• Monitor program quality and compliance by keeping a close eye on standards, records, and outcomes, making sure programs meet state and federal requirements while still working for real‑world employers and apprentices. This will build your expertise in quality assurance, documentation, and continuous improvement practices.
• Build and manage strategic partnerships by connecting workforce, education, community, tribal, and re‑entry partners so apprenticeship becomes a core strategy in regional workforce and economic development. You’ll grow your relationship building, negotiation, and coalition building skills…