Prior Learning & Apprenticeship Manager

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Texas Township Campus

Full Time

$47,878 per year minimum. Salary will be based on education and relevant years of experience beyond the minimum qualifications listed.

Staff

Workforce & Community Innovation

Do you enjoy helping students navigate pathways that connect education with real-world career opportunities? Are you skilled at building relationships, coordinating programs and supporting students toward successful completion? If so, Kalamazoo Valley may have the perfect full-time position for you.

Kalamazoo Valley Community College is a comprehensive, fully accredited, public, two-year college in Kalamazoo, MI. We offer associate degrees in more than 60 areas of study and 50 certificate programs. Kalamazoo Valley Community College creates innovative and equitable opportunities that empower all to learn, grow and thrive.

Kalamazoo Valley is seeking a Prior Learning & Apprenticeship Manager to provide support, manage projects and provide services to students in the apprenticeship and prior learning area.

• Provides frontline customer service and serves as a liaison between students, faculty, community and staff, providing information, parameters and guidelines for apprenticeships and prior learning.
• Provides mentorship and support services to students including pre-registration, intake assessments and individualized student success plans on a case management basis.
• Schedules appointments, monitors student progress, attendance and academic performance and addresses barriers to completion.
• Works with general populations and adult learners for prior learning assessments and processes qualifying prior learning credit.
• Follows guidelines for processing registration authorizations, prior learning payments, book
• vouchers and account holds as established by internal and external processes and regulations.
• Maintains student files in compliance with program requirements, as assigned
• Teaches sessions within the pre-apprenticeship curriculum in alignment with the course objectives, as assigned.
• Works collaboratively with faculty to design, develop and refine pre-apprenticeship curricula, ensure curriculum aligns with industry standards and apprenticeship requirements, participates in curriculum review meetings and contributes to continuous improvement initiatives.
• Develops and maintains course shells for pre-apprenticeship programs.
• Coordinates special projects and college and community events for the prior learning and apprenticeship office.
• Identifies, recruits and cultivates relationships with employers across targeted industries to create transitions from pre-apprenticeship to registered apprenticeship opportunities.
• Manages a database of employer partners, tracking engagement levels and placement outcomes.
• Attends industry events to expand employer networks.
• Collaborates with other departments to support recruitment and outreach activities such as facilitating presentations, campus tours and company site visits.
• Supervises the work of student workers and interns, as assigned.
• Prepares reports of program metrics, outcomes and effectiveness.
• Assists with compliance reporting for apprenticeship funding sources and contributes to department strategic planning and program expansion initiatives.
• Works with marketing to create materials and promotional content for distribution.
• Orders, processes and maintains office materials and equipment.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• Knowledge of effective customer service principles.
• Skill in managing multiple projects.
• Skill in the use of computers and software applications related to the essential functions…