Workforce & Industry Lead
Overview
This position is budgeted at $31.25 - $34.61 per hour depending on experience and is non-negotiable.
Function Of The Unit
San Diego State University Career Services is an award-winning, outcomes-focused career center known for innovation, strategic partnerships, and a forward-thinking approach to student success and workforce development. Likely the largest career center at a college or university in California, SDSU Career Services operates at a scale that reflects the size, complexity, and ambition of the university and the regions it serves. As a federally affiliated career services provider leading programs funded by the California Employment Development Department (EDD) through Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) resources authorized by the U.S. Department of Labor, SDSU Career Services operates at the intersection of higher education, workforce development, employer engagement, and economic mobility. SDSU Career Services is recognized for doing things differently by expanding the role of the modern career center beyond traditional models of career exploration and personal growth. The department places a stronger emphasis on industry-driven strategies, workforce alignment, accountability, employment outcomes, and career pathways that lead to livable-wage careers. Through data-informed practices, scalable programs, and strong partnerships with employers and regional workforce stakeholders, SDSU Career Services measures its impact and treats employment outcomes as a key priority while building a modern career center model focused on access, opportunity, and meaningful career advancement for students, alumni, and emerging talent.
Purpose Of The Position
The Workforce & Industry Lead supports the implementation and delivery of workforce development programs serving In-School Youth and other designated populations. These programs support both SDSU and non-SDSU students, including prospective students from feeder schools and partner organizations, as well as youth and students from K-12 school districts, community colleges, and community-based organizations throughout the Greater San Diego Metropolitan Region. Programs are designed to support individuals facing barriers to education and employment, including low-income individuals, students with disabilities, formerly incarcerated individuals, foster youth, pregnant or parenting youth, individuals experiencing homelessness, and other priority populations identified by funding partners.
Responsibilities
- Workforce Solutions (30%)
- Coordinate participant recruitment, engagement, retention, and follow-up activities.
- Deliver and coordinate career exploration, workforce readiness, employment preparation, and work-based learning activities.
- Facilitate workshops, trainings, orientations, and career development services.
- Provide resource navigation, referrals, and participant support throughout the program lifecycle.
- Maintain participant records, service documentation, case notes, and outcome tracking activities.
- Utilize AI and emerging technology to create workforce solutions to prepare candidates for employment.
- Industry Relations (30%)
- Lead employer and community outreach, engagement, and relationship-building activities.
- Develop work-based learning, job shadowing, internship, and employment opportunities.
- Cultivate and maintain relationships with employers, industry partners, chambers, educational institutions, SBDCs, Offices of Economic Development/EDCs, and community organizations.
- Oversee employer events, career fairs, hiring activities, presentations, and partnership initiatives.
- Initiate job development, opportunity matching, and participant placement activities.
- Utilize AI and emerging technology to create workforce solutions to assist employers with talent acquisition.
- Program Administration & Outreach (30%)
- Career Services
- Coordinate participant eligibility determination, enrollment, onboarding, and documentation activities.
- Maintain participant files, data systems, compliance records, and program documentation.
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