Pathway Navigator - Strengthening Our Community Colleges Grant

Overview

Have you ever thought about helping others achieve their goals and potential? Are you passionate about making an impact and empowering others with life changing opportunities? If so, Hawkeye Community College has a great opportunity for you.

The School of Applied Technologies is seeking a Pathway Navigator to join their team. This position is specially funded through a Strengthening Community Colleges grant through 2/28/2027.

As our Pathway Navigator, you work individually with students to successful completion of competency-based education (CBE) programs/courses. This is done by being a positive role model, maintaining regular contact with prospective students, current student and graduates in order to provide guidance to our students. Additionally, you assist student to overcome barriers to success in their chosen program and courses. The CBE model allows students flexibility in when they demonstrate their proficiency of specific student learning outcomes.

Programs transitioning to CBE include Industrial Automation, HVAC and Welding.

Hawkeye Community College is a comprehensive community college focused on meeting the needs of the community by providing quality, affordable learning experiences for a wide array of students through our Adult Learning Center, Business and Community Education Department as well as through more than 50 career and technical programs and liberal arts transfer programs. Hawkeye Community College’s mission is about empowering students, strengthening businesses and enriching communities with a vision to improve the quality of life in the communities we serve.

Important responsibilities and duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Leads recruitment efforts and the development and implementation of existing and future initiatives, with a focus on enrolling students in Career and Technical Education programs that utilize Competency Based Education (CBE).
• Works with college and program student advisors to assist students in all aspects of academic and career planning, including program and course information, scheduling, registration, transferring, articulation and graduation requirements.
• Collaborates with other department in the college to assist in success of all students.
• Maintains regular contact with prospective students, students and graduates to provide, advice, guidance, and determine appropriate services to assist the individual in achieving their goals toward future education/training and/or employment.
• Assists assigned students to overcome barriers to success in their chosen program and courses.
• Maintains cooperative relationships with the Dean, supervisors, other faculty, the Advisory Committee, all divisions of the College, prospective employers, and the community.
• Participates in campus committees as assigned.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Unless otherwise approved under Hawkeye’s remote work policy, regular on campus and/or onsite attendance is considered an essential function of the position.

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Two years of advising, recruitment, promotions, admissions or related experience in an educational setting (Master’s degree in Student Affairs, Higher Education, Counseling, Academic Advising, or a related field can substitute for one year of experience).
• Demonstrated strong organizational, time management and planning skills.
• Demonstrated excellent written and verbal communication skills to positively interact with students, faculty, and staff and to compile data and write reports as required by grant activities.
• Demonstrated leadership skills and administrative skills.
• Demonstrated ability to establish priorities and maintain focus through completion of projects.
• Demonstrated ability to manage grant activities in support of grant objectives with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrated ability to work with a wide array of students, faculty, staff, and the general public.
• Skilled in Microsoft Office Suite, Google applications, and video conferencing technology.
• Ability to demonstrate strong interpersonal communication.
• Demonstrated ability to execute organization and department…