Career Pathway Navigator

Vacancy Notice:
Thursday, February 5, 2026

Final date to receive applications:
Thursday, February 26, 2026 by 11:59 PM CST

Position Type:
Administrative

Hours:

Full Time

Reports To:

Associate Director Workforce Training & Community Development

Job Summary

Do you enjoy sharing your knowledge and expertise in the area of workforce development and career readiness? 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!

Our Workforce Training & Community Development team has an opening for a full-time Career Pathway Navigator who will be responsible for guiding applicants through the requirements of various program initiatives that provide tuition assistance, career navigation and other support services.

Specifically, as a Career Pathway Navigator, you will be assisting non-traditional students with achieving their education and employment goals by developing customized delivery service plans for each participant. Additionally, you will be evaluating and interpreting customer's vocational/educational potential through aptitude and/or psychological assessments measuring interest, abilities, and work values. Furthermore, you will be collaborating with instructors and staff from other programs, as needed to enroll applicants into classes and monitor participants through their course of study until completion.

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.

Essential Job Functions

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

* Assists individuals pursuing careers in high demand industries.

* Corresponds with potential participants face to face, over the phone, or via email regarding program information, eligibly process and requirements, while thoroughly documenting in a case management system.

* Schedules appointments with potential participants. Reviews and organizes applications and uploads them into a case management system.

* Reviews participants' files to ensure all documents are completed prior to being eligible for enrollment into programs and maintains file accuracy through program enrollment process.

* Serves as a support/coach/advisor through the eligibility process.

* Determines participants ability to be successful in class through assessments.

* Identifies academic, social and personal barriers that affect student's progress toward education and employment goals, and provides individualized guidance, connecting students with various resources and developing individualized action plans to address issues such as transportation, financial constraints, childcare, etc.

* Manages participants through the process of completing eligibility requirements to receive assistance.

* Facilitates various workshops, proctors required assessments and holds career navigation discussions with participants.

* Collaborate with internal and external partners including other college programs, departments, committees as well as industry partners on the development and implementation of existing and future initiative programs, with a focus on creation of career pathways and articulation of programs between credit and non-credit programming.

* Collaborates with participants, instructors and other program staff to ensure students are attending classes regularly and are making progress in their course of study; complete certification, and enter gainful employment upon completion.

* Serves as a liaison/advisor/coach between students, educators, and industry and community partners.

* Collaborates with other team members to examine and analyze current processes to determine if updates are needed to better serve participants.

* Provides professional employment and training related services and activities to participants such as job searching, updating resumes, mock interviews and providing leads for interviews and employment opportunities including registered apprenticeships.

* 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.

Minimum Qualifications

* Bachelor's degree in Human Services, Public Administration, Business, Social Work, Psychology, or related fields and one (1) year of work experience in human services, career counseling, education or related area OR a combination of education and experience to total five…