IET) - Integrated Education and Training Coordinator

Community Action, Inc. will position itself as the most effective and innovative human service organization in Central Texas.

Please note that all positions indicate a deadline by when all applications must be received.

Position: (IET) - Integrated Education and Training Coordinator

Location: Round Rock, TX

Job : 26-29

# of Openings: 1

COMMUNITY ACTION, INC. OF CENTRAL TEXAS

JOB VACANCY NOTICE # 26-29

Program:
Adult Education Program

Position: (IET) - Integrated Education and Training Coordinator

Location:

Williamson County

Status:
Regular Full Time

Schedule:

Mon-Fri; 30 Hrs./Wk.

Salary: $26.00/hour

Final date to receive applications:
Open Until Filled

Mission:

Community Action develops opportunities for people and communities to realize their potential by providing resources and comprehensive services to empower Central Texans of all ages to become self-sufficient.

To provide low-income families with the skills necessary to attain living wage jobs.

Reports to:

Adult Education Director

• A. Lifelong Learning:
  Seeks innovative opportunities to expand knowledge, skills, and experiences.
• B. Effective Communication:
  Provides well thought-out, concise, and timely oral and written information.
• C. Teamwork:
  Considers group effort more important than individual effort.
• D. High Personal Standards:
  Sets challenging goals and continuously seeks feedback and opportunities to improve performance.
• E. Flexibility:
  Accepts other viewpoints, shifts strategies if necessary, and adjusts to changing work priorities.
• F. Concern for Accuracy and Effectiveness:
  Considers how work impacts both short term and long-term operating efficiencies.
• G. Initiative:
  Is proactive rather than reactive.
• H. Courteous and Respectful:
  Ensures all business dealings and relationships are conducted fairly and honestly.

• Assist Adult Education management team in planning, and developing Integrated Education and Training programs designed to prepare students for in demand occupations for the Williamson County area by giving them the skills to pass industry recognized credentialing tests.
• Act as liaison between Community Action, Inc. and its career pathways partners including Austin Community College Continuing Ed, Rural Capital Workforce Solutions Board, Literacy Council of Williamson County, Georgetown Housing Authority, Texas State Technical College, and others in the Williamson County area for the purpose of determining employment needs and implementing IET programs based on those needs.
• Coordinate with community partners to conduct outreach activities to identify and recruit eligible individuals for career pathway services including IET programs, workplace readiness classes, employer-based classes, and other academies designed to assist students in obtaining or retaining employment.
• Promote the recruitment program among adult education staff to elicit their ideas, support, and participation in outreach efforts.
• Report outreach plan and/or progress in recruitment efforts and IET student successes at meetings when necessary.
• Determine student eligibility according to specific TWC program regulations and maintain completed participant files including evidence of eligibility, enrollment, and progress.
• Provide career counseling services to identify and accomplish long-term and short-term educational, employment, and other self-sufficiency goals. Assist students in determining strengths and supports needed to help them meet their goals.
• Serve as point of contact to give and receive referrals to and from Vocational Rehabilitation and Workforce Solutions.
• Follow up with students and collaborating partners to track progress made toward completion of set goals.
• Develop working knowledge and become a resource for financial aid systems and other supports for post-secondary transition.
• Monitor program compliance according to TWC regulations and intervene immediately if there are problems.
• Provide Adult Basic Education or ESL instruction for IET classes when appropriate. Instruction is contextualized to one of a variety of demand occupations depending on class.
• Submit all required and/or…