What are the responsibilities and job description for the WIOA Medical Assistant Grant Advocate - Part Time Remote position at Central Arizona College?
Job Summary
Assist in recruiting students for the Medical Assistant Provide case management support to Medical Assistant students clients to ensure their successful completion of training and/or employment objectives. Provide follow-up services to all graduates who have left the Medical Assistant program to ensure job retention, wage gains, and career development. Document activities and complete required reports.
This position is part-time (19 hours per week) and fully remote with travel required to meet the recruiting responsibilities for the position. Applicant must be a resident of Arizona and have access to reliable transportation.
This position is dependent upon grant funding. At present, the specific grant has been allotted until September 30th, 2026.
Responsibilities
Case Management
EDUCATION/ EXPERIENCE: Two years of college (60 credits) and two (2) years related experience - or - four (4) years related experience in lieu of education.
All applicants must be at least 18 years of age or older to be considered for this position.
Background Verification: As a condition of employment, all candidates accepting an offer of employment for a full-time, part- time, temporary, student worker, or volunteer position, will be required to undergo a Background Verification. Employment with Central Arizona College is contingent upon the successful completion of the background verification. The level the background verification for this position is: Standard level.
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
Important Notice: As a condition of employment, all full time Central Arizona College employee's automatically become members of the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS). This is a pension system that requires mandatory contributions from the employee with a matching contribution from the employer. The 24-25 fiscal year contribution rate is 12.27%. Please note this rate is subject to change on a fiscal year basis. Membership to ASRS is a condition of employment and is not optional unless you are at least 65 years of age and meet the opt out eligibility requirements, or are a retiree from ASRS . Please consider this when applying for this position.
We acknowledge that our institution, Central Arizona College, occupies ancestral lands of the Huhugam (HU-hu-gum), who lived and farmed along the Gila River Basin centuries ago. We thank the Native communities and descendants of these Indigenous people whose stewardship of the land and waterways allows us to be here now: the San Carlos Apache Tribe, Tohono O'odham (THO'-oh-no OH'-oh-thum) Nation, Ak-Chin (AK-Chin) Indian Community,? and the Gila River Indian Community, which is comprised of the Akimel O'odham (A-kee-med/r OH-oh-thum) (Pima) and the PEE-Posh (Maricopa) tribes. Indigenous people from other Native nations also reside in Pinal County. Arizona is home to 22 federally recognized Tribes. All have made innumerable contributions to our region.?
Assist in recruiting students for the Medical Assistant Provide case management support to Medical Assistant students clients to ensure their successful completion of training and/or employment objectives. Provide follow-up services to all graduates who have left the Medical Assistant program to ensure job retention, wage gains, and career development. Document activities and complete required reports.
This position is part-time (19 hours per week) and fully remote with travel required to meet the recruiting responsibilities for the position. Applicant must be a resident of Arizona and have access to reliable transportation.
This position is dependent upon grant funding. At present, the specific grant has been allotted until September 30th, 2026.
Responsibilities
Case Management
- Meet with MA students initially to assess their strengths/needs and at least monthly thereafter to discuss progress and provide support to empower students to succeed.
- Monitor student progress with coursework to provide early intervention when academic support may be needed.
- Provide training and technical assistance for instructional staff in the Medical Assistant Program to ensure they are well informed of the grant program and the availability of student support.
- Provide intensive wrap-around services for students enrolled in the Medical Assistant grant project to increase participant accessibility and eliminate barriers to success. Wrap-around services include assistance to connect students with mentoring, trauma-informed care, personal employment counseling, childcare, transportation support, employment readiness, nutrition assistance, transitional housing, and other social services.
- Assist in facilitating student transitions throughout the program by maintaining active and ongoing contact as students progress from semester to semester and from year one to year two of the program.
- Provide post-graduation support for MA graduates by continuing the availability of wrap-around services, assisting graduates in registering for certification testing, providing certification study guides, creating student certification study groups, and employment counseling.
- Assist in the active promotion of the grant program and recruitment of MA students through outreach with area high schools, joint technical education districts, youth-oriented community organizations, college recruitment fairs, and by partnering with the general student recruiters for CAC.
- Responsible for maintaining all grant-related documentation of activities in support of the project.
- In conjunction with the MA Practicum Coordinator, complete and submit grant-related progress reporting.
EDUCATION/ EXPERIENCE: Two years of college (60 credits) and two (2) years related experience - or - four (4) years related experience in lieu of education.
All applicants must be at least 18 years of age or older to be considered for this position.
Background Verification: As a condition of employment, all candidates accepting an offer of employment for a full-time, part- time, temporary, student worker, or volunteer position, will be required to undergo a Background Verification. Employment with Central Arizona College is contingent upon the successful completion of the background verification. The level the background verification for this position is: Standard level.
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
- Knowledge of program development, planning, evaluation, and review with the ability to produce new, imaginative, or innovative solutions different from traditional approaches.
- Knowledge offederal and state laws, rules, and regulations regarding area of practice.
- Skill in gathering, compiling, and presenting information in oral and/or written form.
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with staff, community leaders, faculty, students, and the public. Skill working in a diverse multi-ethnic, multi-cultural population.
- Ability to work independently and as a member of a team in accomplishing tasks.
- Ability to analyze situations, develop solutions, and make independent decisions based on established guidelines.
- Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with College staff, faculty, administrators, and outside community.
- Understanding and knowledge in federal government grant processes.
Important Notice: As a condition of employment, all full time Central Arizona College employee's automatically become members of the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS). This is a pension system that requires mandatory contributions from the employee with a matching contribution from the employer. The 24-25 fiscal year contribution rate is 12.27%. Please note this rate is subject to change on a fiscal year basis. Membership to ASRS is a condition of employment and is not optional unless you are at least 65 years of age and meet the opt out eligibility requirements, or are a retiree from ASRS . Please consider this when applying for this position.
We acknowledge that our institution, Central Arizona College, occupies ancestral lands of the Huhugam (HU-hu-gum), who lived and farmed along the Gila River Basin centuries ago. We thank the Native communities and descendants of these Indigenous people whose stewardship of the land and waterways allows us to be here now: the San Carlos Apache Tribe, Tohono O'odham (THO'-oh-no OH'-oh-thum) Nation, Ak-Chin (AK-Chin) Indian Community,? and the Gila River Indian Community, which is comprised of the Akimel O'odham (A-kee-med/r OH-oh-thum) (Pima) and the PEE-Posh (Maricopa) tribes. Indigenous people from other Native nations also reside in Pinal County. Arizona is home to 22 federally recognized Tribes. All have made innumerable contributions to our region.?
