Workforce Instructional Career Coach

Virginia Community Colleges; Charlottesville (VA); On-site; USD 48,000 - 49,000; Part time

Job summary

Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC) is seeking a part-time, non-benefitted Workforce Instructional Career Coach to support RSVP participants enrolled in healthcare FastForward programs. The role embeds workplace readiness, employability skills and digital literacy into credential training, collaborating with the TJACE instructors and program managers.

The coach provides in-class and online learner support, helps with assessment and curriculum integration, and contributes to continuous

Qualifications

• Experience in teaching, training, facilitation, career coaching, workforce development, instructional design, curriculum development, or a related field.
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate engaging, learner-centered, and applied learning experiences for adult learners.
• Knowledge of digital literacy, workplace readiness, employability skills, and career development competencies, with the ability to contextualize and integrate those skills within occupational training programs.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with instructors, subject matter experts, career coaches, program managers, and other workforce development staff.
• Strong written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide in-class and parallel learner support aligned with healthcare credential content and training timelines to help participants develop and apply skills that contribute to successful training and credential attainment.
• Collaborate with the TJACE Career Coach, Healthcare Workforce Development instructor, FastForward Career Coach, and other Workforce Development staff to assess participant workplace-readiness and employability skills and digital literacy needs and identify strategies for addressing needs that may affect credential completion.
• Work with healthcare subject matter expert ( SME ) instructors to embed relevant workplace-readiness and employability skills and employability competencies into technical curricula and develop or adapt contextualized lesson plans, activities, scenarios, and instructional resources.
• Support SME instructors in teaching, reinforcing, and assessing workplace-readiness skills within technical instruction and in identifying opportunities for participants to demonstrate those skills through authentic learning activities.
• Develop and implement assessment strategies and tools that measure participant development of workplace-readiness and employability skills, digital literacy, and workplace-readiness competencies and provide evidence of skill development and instructional effectiveness.
• Develop, organize, and maintain integrated instructional materials, learning activities, and assessments within Canvas and support instructors in effectively using those resources.
• Coordinate with the FastForward Career Coach to align embedded instruction with individualized career coaching and employment preparation and connect participants who need additional career coaching or supportive services with appropriate resources, as well as develop activities for students that provide opportunities for students to demonstrate workplace readiness.
• Use participant needs, performance, assessment results, and instructor feedback to strengthen curriculum and instructional practices and contribute to continuous improvement of workplace-readiness and employability skills integration within FastForward programs.
• Maintain required documentation and participate in program planning, professional development, evaluation, and other activities supporting RSVP and healthcare FastForward program outcomes.

Skills

Teaching experience

Career coaching

Workforce development

Instructional design

Digital literacy

Education

Virginia Career Coach Certification

Tools

Canvas

Job description

Please see Special Instructions for more details.

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth's Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly called a Certificate of Disability) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans may also apply via the AHP if they also provide an AHP Letter. To request an AHP Letter, use this link: https://www.dars.virginia.gov/drs/cpid/PWContact.aspx or call DARS at 800-552-5019, or DBVI at 800-622-2155

Posting Summary

Working Title

Working Title Workforce Instructional Career Coach

Role Title

Role Title Education Support Specialist III

Role Code

Role Code 29144-SW

FLSA

FLSA Nonexempt

Pay Band

Position Number

Position Number 282W0097

Agency

Agency Piedmont Virginia Community College

Division

Division Piedmont Virginia Community College (Div)

Work Location

Hiring Range

Hiring Range $31.56/hour

Emergency/Essential Personnel No

EEO Category

Full Time or Part Time

Full Time or Part Time Part Time

Does this position have telework options? -Telework options are subject to change based on business needs-

Does this position have a bilingual or multilingual skill requirement or preference?

Work Schedule

29 hours or less per week. Schedule may vary based on program and training schedules and may include occasional evening hours. This is a part-time (non-exempt) position providing services in-person at college and community locations.

Sensitive Position

Sensitive Position No

Job Description

Position Description – Workforce Instructional Career Coach
Piedmont Virginia Community College ( PVCC ) is a public, open access institution of higher education in the Virginia Community College System whose main campus is located in Charlottesville, Virginia. This is home to the Charlottesville Historic Downtown Mall, The Jefferson School African American Heritage Center, and the John Paul Jones Arena ( JPJ ). As a comprehensive community college, the College provides quality, accessible, and affordable educational opportunities for the residents of the City of Charlottesville and the counties of Albemarle, Buckingham, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, and Nelson. For more information, please visit: pvcc.edu
PVCC is known throughout the community and the Virginia Community College System for its exceptional faculty and staff, the quality of its programs and services, and the success of its students. PVCC seeks to attract, welcome, and retain individuals who reflect the communities we serve.
Position Title: Workforce Instructional Career Coach

Department: Workforce Development

Employment Type: Part-time, non-benefitted, grant-funded and contingent upon continued funding.
Purpose

The Workforce Instructional Career Coach supports participants in the Road to Success in Virginia Program ( RSVP ) who are enrolled in healthcare FastForward programs by strengthening the integration of workplace readiness, employability skills, and digital literacy into credential training. Operating within Thomas Jefferson Adult Career Education’s ( TJACE ) Integrated Education and Training ( IET ) model, the position collaborates with the TJACE Career Coach, Healthcare Workforce Development Instructor, FastForward Career Coach, program managers, instructors, and other Workforce Development staff to support participant persistence, training completion, credential attainment, and successful transition to employment.

As a primarily instructional and curriculum-support role, the Workforce Instructional Career Coach works directly with program managers and instructors to embed workforce readiness throughout the curriculum and student experience. The position provides in-class and supplemental learner support; delivers contextualized workplace readiness, employability skills, and digital literacy instruction aligned with healthcare credential content and program timelines; assists in assessing participants’ workforce readiness and skill-development needs; and collaborates with instructors to integrate, reinforce, and evaluate workplace readiness competencies within technical coursework.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide in-class and parallel learner support aligned with healthcare credential content and training timelines to help participants develop and apply skills that contribute to successful training and credential attainment.
• Collaborate with the TJACE Career Coach, Healthcare Workforce Development instructor, FastForward Career Coach, and other Workforce Development staff to assess participant workplace-readiness and employability skills and digital literacy needs and identify strategies for addressing needs that may affect credential completion.
• Work with healthcare subject matter expert ( SME ) instructors to embed relevant workplace-readiness and employability skills and employability competencies into technical curricula and develop or adapt contextualized lesson plans, activities, scenarios, and instructional resources.
• Support SME instructors in teaching, reinforcing, and assessing workplace-readiness skills within technical instruction and in identifying opportunities for participants to demonstrate those skills through authentic learning activities.
• Develop and implement assessment strategies and tools that measure participant development of workplace-readiness and employability skills, digital literacy, and workplace-readiness competencies and provide evidence of skill development and instructional effectiveness.
• Develop, organize, and maintain integrated instructional materials, learning activities, and assessments within Canvas and support instructors in effectively using those resources.
• Coordinate with the FastForward Career Coach to align embedded instruction with individualized career coaching and employment preparation and connect participants who need additional career coaching or supportive services with appropriate resources, as well as develop activities for students that provide opportunities for students to demonstrate workplace readiness.
• Use participant needs, performance, assessment results, and instructor feedback to strengthen curriculum and instructional practices and contribute to continuous improvement of workplace-readiness and employability skills integration within FastForward programs.
• Maintain required documentation and participate in program planning, professional development, evaluation, and other activities supporting RSVP and healthcare FastForward program outcomes.

Special Assignments

May be required to perform other duties as assigned. May be required to assist the agency or state government generally in the event of an emergency declaration by the Governor.

KSA's/Required Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Experience in teaching, training, facilitation, career coaching, workforce development, instructional design, curriculum development, or a related field.
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate engaging, learner-centered, and applied learning experiences for adult learners.
• Knowledge of digital literacy, workplace readiness, employability skills, and career development competencies, with the ability to contextualize and integrate those skills within occupational training programs.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with instructors, subject matter experts, career coaches, program managers, and other workforce development staff.
• Strong written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Strong organizational, follow-up, record-keeping, and documentation skills.
• Proficiency with instructional technologies and digital tools, with the ability to learn and use the College’s learning management and workforce information systems.

Additional Considerations

• Experience in instructional design, curriculum development, and/or learner assessment.
• Experience using Canvas or another learning management system to develop, support, or deliver instruction.
• Experience teaching or facilitating digital literacy, workplace readiness, employability skills, career readiness, or related workforce preparation content.
• Experience in career coaching, career development, workforce advising, employment services, or job readiness programming.
• Experience developing competency-based, performance-based, or skills-based assessments, rubrics, and other measures of learner progress and skill attainment.
• Experience collaborating with subject matter experts and instructors to integrate workplace readiness and employability skills into occupational or technical curricula.
• Knowledge of Integrated Education and Training ( IET ) or similar models that integrate adult education, workforce preparation, and occupational skills instruction.
• Experience in healthcare education, healthcare workforce development, healthcare training, or healthcare employment settings.
• Experience supporting adult learners from under-resourced, underserved, or barriered populations.
• Familiarity with FastForward, RSVP , TANF , SNAP , or similar workforce development, education, and supportive-services programs.
• Virginia Career Coach Certification or comparable career development credential or training.

Operation of a State Vehicle

No

Supervises Employees

No

Required Travel

college service area

Posting Number

Posting Number WGE_3464P

Recruitment Type

Recruitment Type General Public - G

Number of Vacancies

Number of Vacancies 1

Position End Date (if temporary)

Job Open Date

Job Open Date 09/21/2026

Job Close Date

Job Close Date 10/26/2026

Agency Website

Agency Website pvcc.edu

Contact Name

Email

Phone Number

Special Instructions to Applicants

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth's Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly called a Certificate of Disability) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans may also apply via the AHP if they also provide an AHP Letter. To request an AHP Letter, use this link: https://www.dars.virginia.gov/drs/cpid/PWContact.aspx or call DARS at 800-552-5019, or DBVI at 800-622-2155

Additional Information

The selected candidate’s offer is contingent upon the successful completion of a criminal background investigation, which may include: fingerprint checks, local agency checks, employment verification, verification of education, credit checks (relevant to employment). Additionally, selected candidates may be required to complete the Commonwealth’s Statement of Economic Interest. For more information, please follow this link: http://ethics.dls.virginia.gov/

EEO Statement

The Virginia Community College System ( VCCS ) provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, political affiliation, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or other non-merit factors.

ADA Statement

The Virginia Community College System ( VCCS ) is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and complies with the Americans with Disabilities Acts ( ADA and ADAAA ), to provide, reasonable accommodation to applicants in need of access to the application, interviewing, and selection processes when requested.

E-Verify Statement

VCCSuses E-Verify to check employee eligibility to work in the United States. You will be required to complete an I-9 form and provide documentation of your identity for employment purposes.

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