Coordinator, Navigator Career & College Success

DPS•Denver, CO

About The Position

Support Career and College Success (CCS) initiatives and provide career exploration and development for high school students. The role focuses on work-based learning, workforce trends, job readiness, and essential skills, while providing hands-on navigation assistance to students with risk factors for graduation. The coordinator develops relationships with students and faculty, supports equitable career and college outcomes, and follows a designated group of students through graduation. The coordinator launches and supports internship and youth apprenticeship programs, serves as a liaison to business partners, and collaborates with the CCS Leadership Team, central staff, school staff, students, families, and district departments. The role also coordinates career exploration activities and events, provides career coaching and program support, maintains program documentation, and helps analyze CCS data and prepare reports.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or relevant work experience required.
At least 1 year of relevant experience.
Ability, with or without accommodations, to meet the physical demands of the position.
Permanent home address in Colorado while working for Denver Public Schools.
Commitment to racial and educational excellence, dismantling systems of oppression and inequity, and supporting students’ access to high-quality education.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree preferred.

Responsibilities

Execute career exploration opportunities for students through a variety of program engagement.
Launch the Internship Program and Youth Apprenticeship Program.
Provide special supports to students with one or more risk factors for graduation, build staff capacity to host meaningful career conversations, and follow the designated group of students through graduation.
Serve as a liaison for business partners to support program continuity and intended outcomes.
Provide feedback and maintain open communication with the CCS Leadership Team and other central staff to support program effectiveness and improvement.
Participate in regular meetings with CCS central team members to ensure strong communication.
Identify and recruit students for program participation, with a focus on equitable engagement and students at high risk.
Provide interview and resume preparation, application progress support, student onboarding, performance issue management, ongoing job support, site visits, and business partner meetings; maintain documentation for Launch and Apprenticeship programs.
Coordinate career exploration logistics, including food, technology, equipment and supply expenditures, bus scheduling, master calendar scheduling, room assignments, work-site and college visits, and business partner and student surveys.
Provide career coaching, including navigation of Advanced Pathways at students’ home schools and other schools, internship placement, family outreach, and monitoring student progress in Infinite Campus.
Complete initial small activity bus training within 90 days of hire and scheduled recertification training in collaboration with the district Transportation Department; operate the small activity bus for Career Connect events as needed and assist with bus exchanges with other Career Connect schools.
Coordinate distribution and collection of evaluation materials, permission packets, and other pertinent documents for students, business partners, and school-based staff.
Help execute program events, including coordinating food, technology, expenditures for equipment and supplies, bus scheduling, master calendar scheduling, room assignments, and business partner and student surveys.
Gather and support school analysis of CCS data and create and/or use bi-annual reports based on information from the online event management system and/or other online tools.
Lead for racial and educational excellence and work to dismantle systems of oppression and inequity in the community; support all students so they feel seen and heard and have access to high-quality education.
Maintain a permanent home address in Colorado while working for Denver Public Schools.