Purpose or General Objective: Lead, direct, manage and facilitate community partner recruitment, retention, and engagement in support of the development and successful implementation of Battle Creek Central High School (BCCHS) Career Academies.

Essential Duties:

• Recruit and retain community business partner volunteers and coordinate the design, development, delivery evaluation and reporting for career pathway-aligned experiences for students. These experiences may include job and/or career fair(s), career panels, industry tours, job shadowing, guest speakers, mock interviews, project-based learning, internships, and
• Supervise and direct Workforce Development Specialist – Youth Development. Delegate work assignments as needed to accomplish goals and
• Serve as the communication liaison for the Battle Creek community and BCCHS Career
• Work collaboratively with the Convening Organization (Goodwill), the Battle Creek Central High School Career Coach, and others within Battle Creek Public Schools to ensure effective community engagement in BCCHS Career
• Collaborate with the BCCHS Career Coach as needed to implement BCCHS Career Academies student
• Manage and facilitate all meetings and events with BCCHS Career Academies community partners, referral sources, students, and parents/guardians as
• Support the BCCHS Career Academies Council; attend meetings, co-develop all agendas with the council co- chairs and vice chair; manage meeting facilitation, logistics and activities identified by the council; disseminate notes and action items to council members, and support council member
• Support the BCCHS Career Academies Advisory Boards; serve as a member of each board, recruit and secure community partners to serve as advisory board members from the community- at- large, and support BCCHS Career Coach in managing logistics and activities identified by the advisory
• Manage and facilitate the work of Tactical teams composed of representatives of Battle Creek Public Schools, employers, government agencies, colleges and universities, and non-profit community-based
• Assist BCCHS Career Academies partners in identifying and removing barriers to education and
• Use coaching and motivational interviewing techniques to ensure BCCHS Career Academies participants are creating and setting their own
• Collect, maintain, synthesize, and report BCCHS Career Academies partner engagement and program
• Conduct annual partnership reviews with BCCHS Career Academies community partners and provide BCPS with resulting data and
• Represent Goodwill and Battle Creek Central High School Career Academies in a professional and dignified manner.
• Develop and maintain a collaborative relationship with the Ford Next Generation Leadership Community Coach assigned to the Battle Creek Central High School Career Academies. 
• Attend position-aligned conferences and workshops. 
• Recruit community partners and students to for participation in Goodwill youth programs.

Expected Results:

• Develop a growing network of partners that support through volunteering the efforts of the BCCHS Career Academies.
• Manage Council and Advisory Boards outreach and engagement.
• Maintain a positive and effective partnership with BCCHS’ administrators, staff, teachers and students.