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CTE Career Support Coach

The CTE Career Support Coach works directly with CTE students in the Business & Technology division to develop strategies to enhance their career development goals and employability, and collaborates with faculty to identify and interact with CTE program-related employers. The CTE Career Coach is responsible for initiating and maintaining a system to gather and document employer-specific job readiness and student employment data, and process the data to provide program-specific information and supports to CTE students and programs.

Reporting to the Dean of Business & Technology, the CTE Career Support Coach guides students through job-readiness preparation and disseminates employer-specific job information to other areas of the College. This includes connecting students to industry-specific services and resources to develop a personalized plan for their path to employment, as well as providing reports and information sessions for employees working in student recruitment and career services.

This position is grant funded.

Responsibilities include:

• Initiating and maintaining a comprehensive system for gathering, processing, documenting, and disseminating CTE employer- and program-specific data to support Business & Technology CTE student professional development and job readiness, capture post-graduate employment data, as well as support information dissemination and collaboration with student recruitment and career services efforts.
• Providing CTE students with industry-specific professional development and job seeking expectations such as resume and cover letter content and formats, appropriate job search and networking strategies, type of interview questions, portfolio content, etc., in collaboration with Career Connections.
• Planning and implementing a variety of activities designed to encourage and support CTE student engagement in their own professional development and job readiness planning, decision-making, and actions, tailored as appropriate to specific CTE programs of study.
• Serving as a resource for CTE students for industry-specific professional development and job-readiness topics.
• Working with CTE students, in collaboration with faculty and Career Connections, on how to search for program-specific internships and employment resources and opportunities.
• Collaborating with faculty and staff to increase CTE student participation in academic pathways- and CTE program-specific co-curricular activities.
• Participating in collaborative CTE department and program meetings to assist faculty and staff in providing program-specific resources to CTE students.
• Providing support and information that connects CTE students with program-specific services that relate to job placement.
• Compiling and disseminating information on career options for assigned CTE programs and academic pathways.
• Providing direction for CTE students and faculty in CTE programs that do not currently have comprehensive placement processes as part of courses.
• Documenting CTE students' career/job placement status and progress.
• Delivering quality customer service to both internal and external constituents in a professional, helpful, and courteous manner.
• Maintaining sensitivity, understanding, and respect for a diverse academic environment, inclusive of students, faculty, and staff of varying social, economic, cultural, ideological, and ethnic backgrounds.
• Other CTE-related duties as assigned per Perkins guidelines.

Qualifications include:

• Bachelor's degree in career and technical education, vocational education, business education, technology education, human development, student personnel, higher education leadership, or related field. Any and all degrees must be from a regionally accredited institution of higher learning.
• A minimum of two (2) years of direct experience working in an education or career development environment along with experience working with culturally diverse populations required.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications including Word and Excel required.
• Demonstrated competency in organizing data, maintaining files, and preparing reports required.
• Previous experience in creating and…