Pathways Coordinator

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Full Time Professional Waianae, HI, US

Salary Range: $49,400.00 To $55,300.00 Annually

Develop and coordinate culturally grounded education, training, and workforce pathways that help ʻōpio prepare, progress, and course correct toward their chosen destinations. Build opportunities with schools, colleges, employers, training providers, and community partners while collaborating with the Kīʻapu land-preparation team, Navigators, and other youth programs across ʻUpena Pili.

• Develop, organize, and maintain education, training, credential, career exploration, internship, paid work experience, employment, and postsecondary pathways for ʻōpio across ʻUpena Pili youth programs;
• Build and maintain relationships with schools, alternative education programs, community colleges, training providers, employers, workforce organizations, and other partners that can expand opportunities for ʻōpio;
• Coordinate Career and Technical Education (CTE), work-readiness, high school completion, postsecondary, and industry-recognized training opportunities aligned with ʻōpio interests and regional needs;
• Stay informed about education requirements, labor-market trends, employment practices, and emerging opportunities to keep pathways relevant and accessible;
• Curate pathway resources and opportunity options that Navigators can use when supporting individualized journeys with ʻōpio.

• Plan and facilitate career exploration, work-readiness, college and training information, resume development, interview preparation, workplace expectations, and related skill-building sessions;
• Coordinate job fairs, career events, employer visits, campus experiences, pop-up opportunities, resource fairs, and other activities that provide exposure, experience, and expertise;
• Work with partners to establish clear participation requirements, schedules, supports, and follow-up processes for internships, training, education, and employment opportunities;
• Help identify and address program-level barriers that prevent ʻōpio from accessing or completing education, training, and workforce opportunities.

• Work closely with Navigators across ʻUpena Pili to understand ʻōpio interests, strengths, goals, and readiness and provide pathway-specific options and resources without replacing the Navigator's primary mentoring relationship;
• Collaborate with the Wellness, Cultural, and Data & Events Coordinators as an integrated Kīʻapu land-preparation team so opportunities are culturally nourishing, healing-centered, and well-supported;
• Coordinate with other youth programs under ʻUpena Pili to share resources and opportunities, strengthen referrals, reduce duplication, and expand pathways available to ʻōpio;
• Participate in Kīʻapu and cross-program planning, case conferencing, and coordinated problem-solving when pathway expertise is needed.

• Use active listening, relationship-building, advocacy, and professional communication to cultivate dependable, mutually beneficial partnerships;
• Maintain regular communication with education and workforce partners and support agreements, expectations, documentation, and coordination for assigned opportunities;
• Represent Kīʻapu and ʻUpena Pili at education, workforce, employer, and community meetings and events as assigned.

• Track pathway offerings, referrals, enrollment, participation, completion, credentials, placements, retention, and other assigned outcomes in PIDF systems;
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