Director of Career Pathways & Community Partnerships

The WOW Center Miami; Miami (FL); Sur place; USD 70 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

The WOW Center Miami seeks a strategic Manager of Career & Community Pathways to lead its workforce training, job coaching, and culinary programs. You’ll build partnerships with employers and community organizations to create meaningful employment pathways for adults with developmental disabilities.

You will collaborate with staff and families to align programs with participant goals, measure outcomes, and drive continuous improvement across education, culinary, and community initiatives.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in Postsecondary or transition programs for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities
• Curriculum design or instructional leadership
• Workforce readiness or inclusive employment programming
• Experience building or redesigning curriculum or educational programs (from concept to implementation)
• Strong understanding of person-centered planning, individualized goal development, and outcome-based education
• Experience collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, including educators, employment staff, families, and community partners

Responsabilités

• Lead WOW’s workforce development, culinary, entrepreneurship, and career pathway programs.
• Establish program goals, performance measures, learning pathways, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure programs work together to build participants’ skills, independence, employment readiness, and community involvement.
• Develop and strengthen pre-employment curriculum, assessments, and workforce readiness tools.
• Establish participant competencies, benchmarks, and measurable outcomes.
• Track participant progress and employment outcomes and use data to improve programming.
• Provide oversight and support for the Culinary Program and align training with workforce competencies and employment opportunities.
• Explore culinary, entrepreneurial, fee-for-service, and other social enterprise opportunities.
• Evaluate opportunities based on participant impact, community demand, feasibility, and sustainability.
• Build partnerships with employers, colleges, vocational rehabilitation providers, workforce agencies, and community organizations.
• Expand internship, apprenticeship, volunteer, and competitive integrated employment opportunities.
• Develop employer resources, feedback systems, and retention supports that promote long-term employment success.
• Support participant admissions, assessments, onboarding, and transitions into workforce and Independent Studies programming.
• Partner with families and internal teams to communicate goals, expectations, and pathways for participant growth.
• Provide leadership and oversight for WOW’s Special Olympics program.
• Ensure safety, compliance, outcome tracking, and continued growth of athletic and leadership opportunities.
• Track State Appropriation and workforce-related grant outcomes, deliverables, and reporting requirements.
• Partner with Advancement and Finance to measure and communicate program impact.
• Lead, coach, and develop staff through clear expectations, feedback, training, and professional development.
• Manage staffing needs, schedules, hiring, and onboarding.
• Foster a positive, inclusive, accountable culture aligned with WOW’s core values

Formation

Bachelor’s degree in Special Education, Adult Education, Curriculum & Instruction, Rehabilitation Counseling, Educational Leadership, Social Work, or related field (Master’s degree strongly preferred)

Description du poste

The WOW Center Miami seeks a strategic Manager of Career & Community Pathways to lead its workforce training, job coaching, and culinary programs. You’ll build partnerships with employers and community organizations to create meaningful employment pathways for adults with developmental disabilities.

You will collaborate with staff and families to align programs with participant goals, measure outcomes, and drive continuous improvement across education, culinary, and community initiatives.