Specialist, Pre-Apprenticeship, LAUNCH

We are seeking a Specialist, Pre-Apprenticeship to join FoundationCCC in its mission of benefiting, supporting, and enhancing the California Community Colleges—the largest and most diverse system of higher education in the nation. Together, we are building stronger communities by getting students and colleges the resources they need to succeed and expanding pathways to economic and social mobility across California. Join us as we continue this important work to uphold the value of community colleges in building a brighter future.

The LAUNCH Apprenticeship Network is a member of the Collaborative Impact team of the Foundation for California Community Colleges and supports meaningful connections between students and employers in California through work-based learning and support services. Our role is to support efforts to bring relevancy and real-world experience to students in California through growing the quantity and quality of work-based learning, with an emphasis on registered apprenticeship, but also includes job shadowing, classroom presentations, internships, and other job training opportunities.

The Foundation's Collaborative Impact Department, through the LAUNCH Apprenticeship Network, seeks a Specialist, Pre-Apprenticeship to play a critical role in the department's success by supporting the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of pre-apprenticeship and work-based learning initiatives. This position applies strong project management, coordination, and facilitation skills to ensure high-quality delivery of programs and technical assistance efforts.

This position represents an exciting opportunity to help shape and lead program development and technical assistance related activities for initiatives that focus on the expansion of new and innovative pre-apprenticeships and registered apprenticeships as pathways

• Project Coordination and Stakeholder Engagement:

  • Support and coordinate with the Chancellor’s Office, K-12 districts, county offices of education, community colleges, employers, workforce agencies, internal teams, and other relevant stakeholders.

• Program Development and Management:

  • Ensure all LAUNCH programs and affiliated partners align with state requirements for registered pre-apprenticeship projects and initiatives, and maintain agreements with training providers

• Project Tracking, Reporting, and Compliance:

  • Track deliverables, and assist with grant-funded project implementation

• Support data collection, outreach efforts, reporting, recruitment, development of marketing collateral, toolkits and resources

• Excellent project management, group facilitation, and technical skills, with an ability to prioritize tasks and deliver quality products within agreed upon timeframes, with limited supervision.

• Demonstrated ability to research, analyze, synthesize, and communicate complex topics to a variety of audiences, in a variety of formats (e.g. toolkits, reports, graphic displays, presentations).  

• Ability to work remotely and navigate various technology platforms (Zoom, MS Office Suite-Teams, Outlook, Salesforce Lightning and other database programs, Google Suite, etc.).

• Relevant BA/BS, equivalent work experience, or a combination of both.

• High proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and experience with Excel required.

• Minimum of three (3)+ years of related work experience in workforce development, or apprenticeship/pre-apprenticeship

• Minimum of two (2)+ years of education or non-profit environment

• Innovation, creativity, collaboration, and entrepreneurship are encouraged as employees work to achieve organizational goals

• FoundationCCC blends the impact of a non-profit, the culture of an entrepreneurial start-up, and the scale of a state agency

FoundationCCC is fully committed to a “remote-first” philosophy, and recruits and hires talent across the state in fully remote positions, where virtual work is possible. Our headquarters are located in Downtown Sacramento, just blocks from California’s State Capitol.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation, generous PTO, and paid holidays

• Medical, dental, and vision plans, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts (HSA), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and Wellness offerings

• CalPERS retirement program and optional 403(b) and 457 Retirement plans

• Carrot reproductive health and fertility support

• Tuition reimbursement

• Public Service Loan Forgiveness certified employer

To see the full job description, please email [email protected].