Project Coordinator, Career Services

Insurance: Your choice of several medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans To learn more, visit: https://www.lacoe.edu

Online applications must be submitted by: 2/25/2025 5:00 P.M. (Pacific)

Retirement: PERS Defined Benefit Plan Paid Time Off: 24 vacation, 15 holidays, and 12 illness days.

Under general direction, manage overall operations of career service programs in grant writing and management, budget development and monitoring, policies and procedures, and staff supervision in support of students from juvenile court schools, specialized high schools, and alternative education sites.

The Well Qualified Candidate Will Possess the Following

Knowledge:

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• Principles of organization, administration and assessment of grant-funded programs
• Provisions of the Workforce development and workforce education, and other sources of funding from state, federal and private entities
• Applicable state and federal laws, regulations and LACOE policies 
• Processes and procedures in writing, developing and managing grants, and securing other funding sources
• Principles and practices in career development programs
• Methods, resources and strategies in youth career development, education, instruction, assessment and counseling
• Supervisory principles and practices
• Staff development and training methods
• Program budget preparation and monitoring
• Fundamental concepts of employment laws, codes, and regulations including EEO, FLSA, FMLA, and Cal/OSHA; principles of progressive discipline; and applicable provisions of collective bargaining agreements
  
  

Competencies:

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• Analyzing & Interpreting Data – Drawing meaning and conclusions from quantitative and/or qualitative data
• Legal & Regulatory Navigation – Understanding, interpreting, and ensuring compliance with laws and regulations
• Professional & Technical Expertise – Applying technical subject matter to the job
• Adaptability – Responding positively to change and modifying behavior as the situation requires
• Learning Agility – Seeking learning opportunities and applying the lessons to one's work
• Self-Management – Showing personal organization, self-discipline, and dependability
• Oral Communication – Engaging effectively in dialogue
• Writing – Communicating effectively in writing
• Customer Focus – Attending to the needs and expectation of customers
• Involving Others – Engaging others for input, contribution, and shared responsibility for outcomes
• Relationship Building – Establishing rapport and maintaining mutually productive relationships
• Group Facilitation – Enabling constructive and productive group interaction
• Managing Performance – Ensuring superior individual and group performance
• Business Process Analysis – Defining, assessing, and improving operational processes and workflow
• Organizational Systems Thinking – Comprehending the organization as a system of integrated and interdependent functions
• Project Management – Planning and tracking projects to ensure they are on-time, on-budget, and achieve their objectives
• Cultural Proficiency – Modeling communication and interaction that respect and include all individuals and their languages, abilities, religions, and cultures
  
  

Required Education and Experience

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Education: Bachelor’s degree in public or business administration, business management, psychology, sociology, political science, economics, human resources, communications or other fields closely related to the job requirements of this classification from an institution of higher learning recognized by the Council of Higher Education Accreditation. Foreign degrees and credit units require translation and equivalency established by an agency recognized by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing.

Experience: Three years of experience in personnel, employment placement, job development, training, including two years of management experience in transition or career placement, and two years of grant development, writing and monitoring.

Equivalency Provision: A master’s degree with a major in education, public administration, business administration or other fields closely related to the job requirements of this classification, from an institution of higher learning recognized by the Council for Higher education, may be substituted for one year of the required experience in personnel, employment placement, job development, and training, excluding the two years of management experience and two years of grant development, writing and monitoring experience.

Additional Requirements: A valid California driver’s license and the availability of private transportation or the ability to provide transportation between job sites is required.

Hybrid remote schedules may be available. To ensure the health and safety of its staff, LACOE may require employees to provide evidence of full vaccination against COVID-19. 

Selection Process

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Candidates who meet the minimum requirements above will be invited to participate in an examination that may consist of a training and experience evaluation, performance exam, and structured interview.

Contact

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Additional Information

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Minimum qualifications must be met by the close of filing date. For more information, please go to https://lacoe.edu/jobs/hr/classified.  For additional information on our testing procedures, please visit Applicant Resources on our website. Selection and promotion are based on a competitive examination process. Candidates who pass all exam parts are ranked according to overall exam score and placed on an eligibility (hiring) list. Vacant positions are filled from the top three ranks. Eligibility lasts for 12 months; however, additional recruitment may occur under a separate bulletin with additional candidates being merged onto the eligibility list. Some positions that involve public contact may require bilingual proficiency for which selective certification may apply (Education Code 45277.5). In addition, the eligibility list resulting from this examination may be used to fill vacancies in related job classifications for which no eligibility list exists (Education Code 45272). Veterans' Credit may be awarded for entry jobs.

Reasonable accommodations in completing an application, testing, and employment are available to individuals with disabilities. If you would like to request an accommodation, please call 562.803.8360 as early as possible.

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Salary : $106,176 - $131,532