Employer Engagement Specialist, Win@Work (Grant-Funded Position)

Passaic County Community College • Paterson, NJ

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About The Position

The Employer Engagement Specialist manages employer partnerships essential to Win@Work career-readiness activities, programming, employee-student mentoring, and program-facilitated events. Win@Work is a PCCC program funded by a U.S. Department of Labor grant running from October 2026 through September 2031. Its primary focus is to enhance PCCC students’ career readiness, professional and economic opportunities, persistence, and completion, particularly for students pursuing the trades. The position reports to the Program Coordinator.

The Specialist engages and supports employers and industry associations, expands employer participation in PCCC career-readiness activities, and helps secure and promote work-based learning opportunities, including pre-apprenticeships, micro-internships, and apprenticeships. The role also supports student worksite tours, industry-valued credentials and competency identification, employer participation in programming, student employment-outcome tracking, project reporting, and collaboration with PCCC offices and community and government partners. The position serves on the project management team and Win@Work Advisory Council and participates in team meetings and project evaluation.

Requirements

• At least three years of experience working with college students.
• Outstanding communication skills.
• Outstanding organizational skills.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Business, Trades, Education, or a related field.
• Completion of a background check is required for the selected candidate.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in workforce development and/or career-readiness programming.
• Experience working with grant-funded projects.

Responsibilities

• Identify, engage, and support employers and industry associations that deliver or participate in Win@Work work-based learning experiences and opportunities.
• Expand the number of employers engaged in PCCC career-readiness activities, particularly activities planned by Win@Work.
• Secure, co-develop, and promote pre-apprenticeship, micro-internship, and apprenticeship opportunities for PCCC students, especially those pursuing specified academic programs.
• Arrange, promote, and participate in tours of worksites and work environments for PCCC students.
• Assist in identifying industry-valued credentials, skills, and workforce competencies in consultation with PCCC faculty, employers, community partners, Department of Labor personnel, and consultants, as appropriate.
• Recruit, support, and facilitate partner employers’ participation in career-readiness programming.
• Assist with planning and delivering program-facilitated career- and work-readiness activities, workshops, events, and programming, as appropriate.
• Support sustainable collaboration between Win@Work and PCCC’s Office of Career, Professional Readiness & Experiential Learning.
• Track student employment outcomes, including job placement, retention, wage progression, and career advancement, consulting with the Win@Work Career Coach and Success Coach.
• Participate in pre-apprenticeship, micro-internship, and apprenticeship program activities, as appropriate.
• Serve on the project management team and Win@Work Advisory Council.
• Contribute to a shared repository of current project-specific electronic and video resources, data, and records, including materials needed for mandatory reporting.
• Draft and review reports and data sets as assigned or requested.
• Participate in Win@Work team meetings and project evaluation.

Benefits

• New Jersey State health insurance plans.
• Dental plan options covered 100% by the employer.
• Retirement systems through New Jersey State.
• Tuition waivers for PCCC courses for employees and eligible dependents, subject to the relevant labor contract; some fees may apply.
• Paid holidays.
• Vacation, sick, personal, and floating holiday hours, prorated based on hire date.
• Employee Assistance Program with free, confidential, limited counseling services, work-life assistance, and legal and financial guidance.
• Free on-site parking.
• Optional Transit Pre-Tax Plan for eligible transit expenses.
• Flexible Spending Account for eligible out-of-pocket medical and dependent care expenses.
• Supplemental insurance providing cash benefits to assist with out-of-pocket expenses when hurt or sick.
• Voluntary annuity programs for additional retirement-account contributions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time