Workforce Instructor- GUADALUPE, AZ

Pascua Yaqui Tribe•Guadalupe, AZ

About The Position

The Workforce Instructor serves TANF participants and other low-income or hard-to-serve members of the public. The role provides classroom instruction, job coaching and placement support, career development, job-search assistance, and other workforce-development skills training. Instruction includes college readiness and sector-based and career-path workforce training. The instructor plans and delivers lessons and assessments for students with differing educational needs, coordinates workshops and activities that build employment skills and decision-making abilities, and supports participants with career planning, job readiness, job searches, and employment skills. The role tracks progress and student achievement, provides interventions when competency is not achieved, and supports participants in completing appropriate course levels, obtaining new or advanced employment, or pursuing further education or training. The instructor maintains curricular materials, classroom arrangements, equipment, and supplies; collaborates with Social Services staff and community organizations; and attends training, courses, and conferences as needed to maintain teacher certification. The position also performs similar duties as requested by a supervisor or director.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Education.
Two years of teaching or work-readiness experience.
Must possess and maintain a valid Arizona Driver’s License.
Must obtain an Arizona Adult Education Teaching Certificate or Arizona Adult Technical Training Certification within one year of employment.
Must have a current Level 1 Arizona Clearance Card or be able to obtain one within 90 days of hire; failure to maintain a current card will result in termination.
Knowledge of adult career-development processes and models, education methods and principles, and job-coaching and job-search training methodology.
Knowledge of local and PYT community job-market needs, welfare-reform goals and objectives, and employment-related federal, state, and local rules and regulations.
Knowledge of issues affecting Native American low-income, underserved, and hard-to-employ populations, as well as assigned department operations and functions and report-preparation techniques.
Knowledge of Yaqui culture, customs, resources, and traditions, or willingness to learn.
Ability to assist with job searches and employment opportunities, manage multiple tasks, exercise judgment and discretion, develop and present educational topics, instruct adult learners, and maintain confidentiality.
Ability to operate office equipment, including a computer and related software applications.
Good communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to exchange information and receive verbal and written work instructions.
Must work non-traditional hours, including nights and weekends.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Education.
Two years of teaching or work-readiness experience (listed as preferred alongside the Master’s degree).

Responsibilities

Plan and coordinate lesson plans and develop and implement instructional materials, including cultural-competency materials.
Implement lessons and assessments to meet students’ differing educational needs.
Coordinate curricular workshops and activities that build employment skills and decision-making abilities.
Assist TANF participants with career planning and development, job searches, job readiness, and employment skills.
Promote self-reliance and facilitate a healthy and viable tribal workforce.
Prepare progress reports, track student achievement, and provide intervention programs for students who have not achieved competency.
Ensure participants complete appropriate class levels, achieve new or advanced employment, and/or pursue further education or training.
Maintain curricular materials, handouts, classroom arrangements, equipment, and related supplies.
Work with Social Services staff and community organizations to implement services on a teamwork basis.
Attend trainings, courses, and conferences as needed to maintain teacher certification.
Perform other similar duties as requested by a supervisor or director.