Post Secondary Youth Success Coordinator

Position:
Post Secondary Youth Success Coordinator
Status:
Non Exempt
Last Revised:
November 2026

Definition:
The Post Secondary Youth Success Coordinator helps students and young adults move from career interest to enrollment, certification, apprenticeship, and employment in skilled-trades careers. The position provides individualized guidance with career exploration, applications, enrollment steps, financial-aid and scholarship referrals, certification requirements, testing, work-readiness preparation, and connections to employers and training providers. The Coordinator builds strong relationships with school district staff, Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs, Adult Basic Education (ABE) providers, apprenticeship programs, labor and industry partners, and community organizations.

The position serves as a consistent point of contact, helps participants overcome barriers, and tracks progress and outcomes.
Supervision:
This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities at this time.

Duties:

• Develop a thorough understanding of the agency's mission, strategic focus areas, programs, policies, and overall objectives, and actively contribute to their success.
• Recruit and engage eligible students and young adults from schools, community partners, outreach events, referrals, and other Cabinet services.
• Meet individually with participants to assess interests, strengths, educational status, readiness, barriers, and career goals and develop a practical pathway plan with clear next steps.
• Explain entry requirements, timelines, costs, required documents, industry credentials, and career options in clear, student-friendly language.
• Help participants complete applications for training programs, apprenticeships, certifications, scholarships, financial aid, testing, internships, and employment opportunities.
• Provide ongoing navigation and follow-up from initial engagement through enrollment, credential completion, placement, and early employment retention.
• Develop and facilitate youth leadership activities that foster and promote leadership skills.
• Coordinate warm handoffs to academic support, transportation, tools and work clothing, identification documents, childcare, financial assistance, and other supports that remove barriers.
• Develop trusted relationships with Nevada Department of Education ABE office, school district administrators, counselors, teachers, graduation advocates, work-based learning staff, and CTE leaders.
• Crosswalk coursework to WCSD CTE requirements and work with WCSD to obtain CTE curriculum and internship approval.
• Work with program director to develop ABE pathway at The Children's Cabinet.
• Collaborate with trade schools, union and nonunion apprenticeship programs, employers, workforce agencies, and industry associations to maintain current pathway and eligibility information.
• Support work-based learning opportunities, including job shadows, internships, pre-apprenticeships, apprenticeships, and employer connections.
• Maintain accurate, timely, and confidential participant records, consent forms, service notes, referrals, enrollment milestones, credentials, placements, and follow-up outcomes in required data systems.
• Track outcome data to monitor participation, identify individuals at risk of disengaging, and coordinate timely re-engagement and problem solving.
• Work with program leadership and partners to improve referral processes, align services with school calendars, identify service gaps, and strengthen pathways into high-demand, living-wage careers.
• Create and facilitate presentations, information sessions, application workshops, career-exploration activities, employer visits, and family engagement opportunities.
• Represent The Children's…