WBL/Apprenticeship Coordinator

MTC Corrections•Joliet, IL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The WBL/Apprenticeship Coordinator directly supervises work-based learning students, determining their qualifications for placement, conducting placement activities, and placement follow-up. This role involves coordinating business community placement linkages and the school-to-work program, ensuring compliance with government and management directives. The coordinator is responsible for planning and coordinating placement and work-based learning activities, evaluating staff performance, providing staff training, establishing staff work assignments, and recommending functional and personnel changes to the center director. Additional responsibilities include developing and monitoring departmental budgets, controlling expenditures, assisting in the development and implementation of new policies and procedures, and regularly auditing assigned areas for contractual compliance and service effectiveness. The role also requires maintaining program linkages with national, state, and local agencies, identifying potential placements for terminating students, preparing trainees' resumes and placement documents, and compiling placement reports. The coordinator will coordinate communication with other departments regarding student placement, arrange on and off-center work-based learning assignments, supervise the leisure time employment program, participate in industry advisory councils, and coordinate graduation ceremonies. Furthermore, the position involves conducting formal interviews with students, processing readjustment funds, auditing OMS reports, implementing safety awards programs, participating in student employability programs, enforcing the Job Corps' Zero Tolerance Policy, and promoting Career Success Standards.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in education, human services or associated field
One year related experience
Experience with youth
Excellent written and verbal communications skills
Computer proficiency
Valid State of Illinois driver’s license with an acceptable driving record

Responsibilities

Directly supervises the work-based learning students.
Responsible for determining student qualifications for placement, conducting placement activities and placement follow-up and coordinating the business community placement linkages and school-to-work program, in compliance with government and management directives.
Plan and coordinate the placement and work-based learning activities.
Evaluate staff performance; provide staff training, establish staff work assignments and recommend functional and personnel changes to the center director.
Develop and monitor departmental budget, control expenditures, and review and recommend changes to budget authorizations.
Assist in the development and implementation of new and revised policies and procedures affecting employability function.
Review and audit all assigned areas regularly for contractual compliance and effectiveness of delivery of service to students.
Prepare related reports.
Maintain program linkages with national, state and local agencies to provide placement services and work-based learning and business community linkages.
Identify potential jobs, schools, military or other training program placements for terminating students; maintain placement follow-up on terminated students.
Compile required data from respective areas in order to prepare trainees’ resume and placement documents for submission for regional office, placement agencies and/or other training programs.
Prepare placement reports and assist in the development of the center’s placement plan.
Coordinate and maintain communication with other departments pertaining to the student placement; arrange on and off-center work-based learning assignments and maintain an updated job ready list of all trainees nearing vocational completion.
Supervise the leisure time employment program; monitor accountability; coordinate program transfers in/out; assist with exit program activities and exit phase of world of work program and coordinate a comprehensive follow-up program.
Participate in industry advisory council.
Coordinate graduation ceremonies for work-based learning students.
Conduct formal interviews with all students assigned to WBL.
Process readjustment funds for job placement and graduation to ensure no overpayment occurs.
Audit the OMS 10 and OMS 20 reports to ensure all placements are properly credited.
Implement a safety awards program to encourage student and staff awareness and participation.
Participate in student employability programs and activities.
Support, promote, and enforce the Job Corps’ Zero Tolerance Policy.
Promote the development of Career Success Standards by modeling appropriate behaviors, mentoring students where necessary and monitoring both positive and negative behaviors through interventions.
Maintain accountability of staff, students and property; adhere to safety practices.