Educational Program Coordinator

The Educational Program Coordinator will help drive successful implementation of UAW-CMGE’s pre-employment and community training programs, beginning with initiatives in the Inland Empire and Northern California. This role is responsible for the deployment and ongoing improvement of CMGE’s core curriculum for workers in battery, solar, and other green energy transition programs, and will play a key role in classroom training delivery.

The Program Manager will also proactively identify and develop new opportunities for community education about cleantech manufacturing and a just transition for workers, and build relationships with community organizations, employers, and partners to expand CMGE’s reach and impact across the region.

• Lead refinement of CMGE’s core curriculum for each classroom training program, ensuring that it is responsive to the needs of employer partners and remains both worker-centered and grounded in best practices for adult learners.
• Lead development of curriculum for community education initiatives, ensuring content is strategically aligned with partner needs, relevant to community audiences, and reflective of CMGE’s broader mission and goals.
• Conduct employer needs assessments and sector-specific curriculum updates to ensure alignment with evolving industry requirements.
• Participate in joint curriculum development initiatives with the UAW Health & Safety Department and other partners, incorporating partner expertise and recommendations into CMGE’s training programs
• Working with the Workforce Development Director, assess which curriculum development projects can be carried out by CMGE staff, and which require external subject matter expertise.

• Working with the Workforce Development Director, carry out recruitment and selection of program trainees for each new training cohort, including presentations to community partners and trainee candidates, building relationships with new partners, and responding to questions and concerns from candidates, case managers, and community organizations’ staff.
• Identify and develop opportunities for community and political education, including building relationships with community partners, designing and delivering workshops, info sessions, political education sessions, and other educational programming for prospective trainees and community members.
• Anchor classroom training, including working with contracted instructors, directly carrying instruction for a portion of classroom trainings, documenting trainee participation, and maintaining partner relationships on-site.
• Establish and maintain internal data systems for tracking participant participation and outcomes, and provide data reporting to CMGE funders.

• Throughout classroom training and trainees’ probation period on the job, provide ongoing coaching to support their success in the program and on the job.
• Working with the Workforce Development Director, establish systems for distributing and tracking supportive services by CMGE and program partners.
• Work closely with employer partners to identify key areas for trainee development and coaching.

• Contribute to CMGE’s original research and recommendations related to job quality, health and safety, manufacturing standards, and other policy areas that are key to establishing a stable and just energy transition sector in California and the United States.
• Collaborate with CMGE staff to ensure that insights from classroom training and community education programs inform the organization’s broader research and policy agenda.
• Work with the Operations Director to support trainee-facing operational functions, including reporting, stipend payments, and other administrative…