Director of Apprenticeship Pathways

Director of Apprenticeship Pathways


Department: Corporate Education


Location: Framingham

MassBay fosters educational excellence and academic success to prepare students for local and global citizenship, to meet critical workforce demands of communities, and to contribute to the region’s economic development.

Massachusetts Bay Community College values diversity, inclusion, and collaboration. We strongly encourage members of underrepresented communities to apply to join our community.

Located in Greater Boston, MassBay is a comprehensive, open-access community college offering associate degrees and certificate programs on three campuses in Wellesley Hills, Framingham, and Ashland, Massachusetts.

Position Summary:

The ideal candidate will join a vibrant and inclusive educational community and have a desire and ability to work with a diverse population. The Director of Apprenticeship Pathways is a new grant-funded position that will support and facilitate the build and management of three new apprenticeship pathways over the next 2-3 years: Behavioral Health, Hospitality, and Surgical Tech. The Director of Apprenticeship Pathways will play an important role in leveraging success for the program, workplace, faculty, and students who are working together to advance student degree completion while also meeting the high demand of our employer partners.

The Director will balance the relationship between program design implementation, faculty and curriculum support, student support, and employer partnership success. This work will focus on all marketing, administration, recruiting, data, budget, grant management, grant reporting, and apprenticeship faculty collaboration. The Director is also responsible for coordinating, developing, and implementing outreach, marketing, and recruitment activities to promote and expand apprenticeship degree pathways and make MassBay Apprenticeship Pathways as competitive and successful as possible. This position supervises a full-time apprenticeship student navigator. The Director reports directly to the Executive Director of Corporate Partnerships, Workforce Development, and Community Education and works in close partnership with Accelerate the Future, The Smith Family Foundation, and the National Center for Apprenticeship Degree.


Key Responsibilities and Duties:

• Facilitate the successful implementation of the Apprenticeship Pathways program at MassBay;
• Work with leaders in enrollment management, academic affairs, and student services to build communication, structure, and seamless integration into the apprenticeship program;
• Develop apprenticeship degrees for incumbent workers within our industry partner sites;
• Work alongside with Accelerate the Future, Smith Family Foundation, National Center for Apprenticeship Degrees and fellow grantees on launching three new apprenticeships over the next 18 months;
• Develop trusting relationships with employer partners to support their needs and work while building successful apprenticeship pathways with their incumbent workers at their sites;
• Work alongside the Data admin and develop metrics to create data reports in Salesforce;
• Manage all budget, grant, and report obligations that are associated with the project;
• Recruit, manage, and develop a full-time apprenticeship navigator position to assist student success;
• Learn about the national apprenticeship model and direct work toward getting MassBay’s apprenticeships to get certification so the apprenticeships are sustainable;
• Scale programming to meet the needs of industry partners;
• Work across departments, faculty, career, student support, and community and industry partnerships to build successful pathways;
• Monitor all student compliance and attendance and provide referrals to support services as appropriate;
• Attend all statewide and regional meetings;
• Collect and analyze data to monitor and evaluate student outcomes;
• Work Schedule:Must be onsite in Framingham two days a week. Some evenings and occasional Sundays for a community event.
  

Commitment to Equity:

• Support MassBay’s commitment to the Equity Agenda; collaborating with faculty, staff, and students on the College’s strategic initiatives dedicated to closing the equity gap related to student outcomes;
• Support MassBay’s commitment to being anti-racist; embracing a community free of bias and inequality;
• Contribute to discussion and review of applicable College policies with a critical lens toward diversity, equity, and inclusion;
• Further the examination of pertinent practices that are culturally responsive and reflective of inclusive perspectives; and
• Engage in conversations with colleagues and students regarding best practices within the discipline or programmatic related to equity and inclusion.
  

This list is not to be considered all-inclusive. A supervisor may assign other duties as required to meet the needs and foster the mission of the College.

All employees of MassBay are expected to work collegially and collaboratively within a community that values and celebrates diversity.

Required Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree required;
• Extensive experience in programming and working with student learning programs, enrollment, faculty, and industry partners;
• Understanding of the workings and structure of credit and transfer programming in higher education;
• Significant and detailed experience in enrollment and processes within enrollment and financial aid;
• Superior skills in fundraising and proposals;
• Ability to engage with external constituents from many diverse backgrounds, prioritizing varying agendas;
• Able to work evenings and weekends occasionally and travel regionally;
• Ability to direct, promote, and manage innovative statewide initiatives;
• Ability to research and solve problems as barriers present themselves;
• Skills in prioritizing multiple tasks, organizing and working with technology LMS and CRM;
• Experience building successful programming workspaces;
• Commitment to collaborating and creating space for participation.
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Sensitivity and commitment to the goals of Affirmative Action and workforce diversity;
• Experience working in a diverse environment;
• Demonstrated commitment to working with underserved students;
• Bilingual in Spanish or Portuguese;
• Experience in fundraising and Grant Development;
• Previous leadership role in enrollment and/or academic programs;
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with high-level managers in corporate spaces.
  

Additional Information:


Salary Range: $105,000 - $108,000

As a Massachusetts State Employee, you are offered an outstanding suite of benefits adding value to your salary.

• Array of choices for health insurance plans to meet individual/ family needs
• Affordable Dental Insurance and vision discount program
• 12 paid State/ Federal holidays
• Generous sick, vacation, and personal time
• Telework option depending on the role/department
• Flexible Spending Plans to reduce your taxable income
• Low-cost basic and optional life insurance
• Defined Benefit Pension Plan, providing a fixed, pre-established benefit for employees at retirement
• Thinking to save more money towards retirement: consider Deferred Compensation plans i.e., 457(b) or 403(b).
• Tuition Benefits for employees and dependents at state colleges and universities
• Free Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Eligibility towards Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)
• Free gym and parking on campus
  

Need more info: https://www.massbay.edu/employment/benefits


Position Type: Non Unit Professional


Application Deadline: July 20, 2024, or thereafter until filled.


To Apply: Please include a letter of interest and resume with your online application.

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This is a grant funded position, and position is contingent on funding.

Final candidates are required to provide sealed transcripts and/or certifications.

Hiring is contingent upon a successful CORI clearance.

Massachusetts Bay Community College is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnicity, sex, disability, religion, age, veteran status, genetic information, pregnancy or related conditions, gender identity, sex characteristics, sex stereotypes or sexual orientation in its programs and activities as required by Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and other applicable statutes and college policies. The College prohibits Sex-Based Harassment. Inquiries or complaints concerning discrimination, harassment, or retaliation shall be referred to the College’s Affirmative Action Officer and/or Title IX Coordinator, the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission or the United States Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights.