Continuing Education Specialist; OCET

Continuing Education Specialist (OCET)

Position Number: 0097121 Hiring Unit:
Office of Continuing Education and Training (OCET)

Location:

Kaua'i Community College Date Posted:
September 4, 2026 Closing Date:
September 28, 2026 Band: B Salary: salary schedules and placement information Monthly Type: 11 Month Full Time/Part Time:
Full Time Temporary/Permanent:
Permanent

Other Conditions:
Full time, 11-month, general funds, to begin approximately November 2026, pending position clearance, availability of funds, and actual staffing requirements. Renewal of appointment contingent on satisfactory performance and availability of funds. Position may be converted from 9 to 11 months or 11 to 9 months based on operational needs.

Duties and Responsibilities

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* denotes essential functions)

• * Under the direction of the Dean of the Office of Continuing Education and Training (OCET), the Educational Specialist is responsible to design, plan, establish, coordinate, and oversee the integrated logistical and support needs of classes, programs, and customized training programs related to the enhancement of workforce skills and workforce development, and events offered by the department while working as a team member to implement departmental and college goals and objectives.
• * Serve as a liaison with local businesses, community-based organizations, and government agencies to identify educational and training needs and promote the services of OCET.
• * Develops OCET curriculum and manages curriculum design and titles. Responsible for planning, promoting, coordinating, and overseeing OCET classes in workforce development, professional development, personal enrichment, youth programs, senior programs, credit to non-credit programs.
• * Coordinate OCET courses. Manages course locations, security, parking lot lights, AV, equipment, teaching materials, etc.
• * Responsible for finances and budgeting for courses/events, financial analysis, and meeting financial goals. Responsible for managing the profitability of class offerings and oversees decision-making regarding the running or canceling of courses/events and contacting participants.
• * Serve the programming needs of population or market segments by using assessments to effectively administer the delivery of courses/events. Responsible for monitoring key benchmarks such as cancellation rates, repeat rates, new program percentages, operating margins, promotion: participant ratio, and average participants.
• * Collaborates with the Grants office to develop grant proposals.
• * Recruits, directs, supervises, and reviews the work of all instructors and class or lab assistants and supervises OCET lecturers and other educational support staff.
• * Markets and promotes OCET offerings and initiatives in the community. With assistance from KCC Marketing Department, develops marketing materials to promote OCET courses and program offerings.
• Collaborates in the coordination of the apprenticeship programs with the union apprenticeship coordinator. Collaborates in the coordination of combined OCET and academic courses and guided pathways.
• Assists in OCET programs, which may include (but is not limited to) Innovation Center, international education, Apiary, Performing Arts Center, and non-credit and short-term programs.
• Assist with report writing, including monitoring due dates for specific projects to ensure project reporting in a timely manner.
• Negotiate sheltered contracts agreements for customized training
• Identifies software and/or other educational support tool needs and makes recommendations to the OCET team and Dean.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

Possession of a baccalaureate degree in Business, Education, Arts, Sciences, Math, or Technology/Workforce development fields and 3 years of progressively responsible professional experience with responsibilities in workforce development, educational program support, community outreach, or any equivalent combination of education and/or professional work experience which provides the required education, knowledge, skills and abilities as indicated.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Considerable working knowledge of principles, practices and techniques in the area of workforce development, educational programming, or related field as demonstrated by the broad knowledge of the full range of pertinent standard and evolving concepts, principles and methodologies.
• Considerable working knowledge and understanding of applicable federal and state laws, rules, regulations and theories and systems associated with workforce development, or related field.
• Demonstrated ability to resolve wide ranging complex problems through the use of creative reasoning and logic to accurately determine the cause of the problems and the resolution of the problems in an effective, innovative and timely manner.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret and present information and ideas clearly and accurately in writing, verbally and by preparation of reports and other materials.
• Demonstrated ability to…