Part Time Transitional Coordinator/Job Coach

Spectrum 360 A NJ Non Profit Corp.; Piscataway Township (NJ); On-site; USD 24,000 - 32,000; Part time

Job summary

The Educational Services Commission of New Jersey, Pathways to Adult Living program, seeks a Part Time Transitional Coordinator/Job Coach for a 10-month period. The role focuses on travel training, work-based learning, and community placements for young adults with disabilities.

Responsibilities include coordination with teachers and districts, student evaluations, and frequent communication with parents/guardians.

Qualifications

• Holds valid NJ Driver's license.
• Holds or must obtain CDL within 3 months of employment.
• Teacher certification or certification/experience in related area.
• Knowledge of special education code, ADA, Section 504, and DOL Child Labor Laws.
• Familiar with agencies supporting transition (DVRS, DDD, SSI).
• Experience in job coaching for students with disabilities in community/vocational settings.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate with agencies, parents/guardians and districts.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement travel training for students with disabilities.
• Outreach to local business communities for work-based learning.
• Provide ongoing community-based vocational programs.
• Coordinate with school staff to assess vocational needs and student capabilities.
• Meet with assigned students regularly for job coaching.
• Establish contacts and work sites for vocational instruction.
• Monitor student progress and file progress reports.

Skills

Driver's license

CDL required

Communication skills

Collaboration

Task-orientation

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Job description

Position Type

Student Support Services/Job Coach

Date Posted

8/25/2026

Location

Pathways to Adult Living

Date Available

09/01/2026

Closing Date

10/30/2026

Pathways to Adult Living Program (PAL)

PAL is a comprehensive transition program for students 18-21 that have completed their high school graduation requirements but need additional support to prepare for independent adult living. The program focuses on daily living skills, community-based instruction, and work-based learning, all with the goal of facilitating independence.

Address

Pathways to Adult Living

95 Main Street

Sayreville, NJ 08872

Position

Part Time Transitional Coordinator/Job Coach

Ten (10) Month Position

School/Program

The Educational Services Commission of New Jersey: Pathways to Adult Living

Start Date

September 1, 2026 - Pending Criminal History Clearance

Hours

25 Hours Per Week, 5 Hours Per Day - .71 FTE

Requirements

• NJ CDL Driver's License
• Bachelor's Degree Preferred

Qualifications

1. Holds valid NJ Driver's license.
2. Holds or must obtain CDL within 3 months of employment.
3. Teacher certification or certification and/or experience in related area.
4. Knowledge of special education code as it relates to transition activities, knowledge of ADA, Knowledge of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and DOL Child Labor Laws.
5. Knowledge of existing local and state agencies that support the transition process, (e.g., DVRS, DDD, SSI, etc.)
6. Highly qualified in the area of job coaching special needs students in community and/or vocational settings.
7. Excellent oral and written communication skills. Ability to communicate effectively with school administrators, teachers, parents/guardians, students and employers.
8. Experience in collaborating with agencies, parents/guardians and districts.
9. Demonstrated attitude for successful completion of task assigned.
10. Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Commission may find appropriate and acceptable.

Scope

Reports To: Building level principal/administrator or Superintendent's designee.

Performance Responsibilities

Instruction

• Design and implement travel training for students with disabilities.
• Outreach to the local business communities to provide work-based learning including career tours, group or individual internship and employment for students with disabilities.
• To ensure that eligible students are provided with an on-going community-based vocational program.
• Works with the building principal/administrator, the student's teacher(s) and members of the school community to assess the vocational needs and the physical and learning capabilities of those students requiring community-based vocational placements.
• Meets with each assigned student on a regularly scheduled basis for the purpose or providing job coaching.
• Assumes responsibility for obtaining contacts and work sites in the community that are necessary for vocational instruction through the procedures established by the ESCNJ.
• Assesses, on an on-going basis, student strengths and weaknesses, and provides appropriate activities to assess student needs.
• Files written progress reports on each assigned student with the ESCNJ building level principal and/or administrator and the sending district.

Student Management

• Facilitates a positive and orderly environment for learning for the assigned student.
• Keeps, maintains, and files such reports and records as may be required, including attendance reports, case evaluation, and the like.

Instructional Planning

• Coordinates, with the advice of student's regular teacher or teachers, an instructional program for each assigned student receiving community-based program.
• Coordinates with the student's teacher (s) and with the appropriate district personnel the on-going evaluation of the student including providing grades when appropriate.

Professional Development

• Keeps informed in a systematic way of educational trends and new methods in vocational education, remaining always alert to possibilities inherent in such information for adaptation to the particular needs of the students.

School/Community Relations

• Works cooperatively with the parents/guardians of students to implement the appropriate instructional program.
• Works cooperatively with the classroom teacher of students having job coaching/vocational training.
• Properly completes all required materials from work sites.
• Other duties as may be deemed necessary by the ESCNJ building level principal/administrator or Superintendent's designee.

Benefits

No Benefits

Pay Rate

Prorated 71 FTE of $35,000

ESCNJ is an EOE/AA Employer