Career and Life Skills Coordinator

Title: Career and Life Skills Coordinator

Salary Range: $40,000 - $42,000

Contract Term Length: 12 Months

Standard Hours: 37.5

Work Location: On-Site

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

College: Owensboro Community & Technical College

Campus Location: Owensboro Community College

Department: Student Affairs

Total Rewards

Owensboro Community & Technical College offers a competitive benefits package and an attractive work environment that supports excellence, innovation, and creativity, including:

• Exceptional health care, vision, and dental coverage for you and your family
• Tuition reimbursement/waiver for you, your spouse, and dependents
• 403(b) retirement plan: a 5% employee contribution receives a 10% employer match
• Vacation/Sick Time
• Work-Life Balance
• 9.5 Paid Holidays
• 2 Weeks Institutional Closing Pay (Last 2 weeks of December) for qualifying positions
• Employee Assistance Program

Job Summary

The Career and Life Skills program Coordinator will lead and direct Owensboro Community and Technical College’s Career and Life Skills program, a Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary (CTP) program for students with intellectual disabilities. This position reports to the Associate Dean of Student Affairs. This position is grant funded through June 2026 with the possibility of a fund extension.

Job Duties:

• Recruit students for the program and assist students with application, financial aid, advising, and registration processes.
• Recruit, train, support, and supervise peer mentors (approximately 5-7 peer mentors).
• Teach GEN 102 Foundations of Learning, GEN 175 Career and Life Skills Development, and GEN 276 Employment and Professional Skills.
• Assist students in developing work-based training opportunities on and off-campus and foster inclusive excellence by connecting students with campus organizations, groups, and activities.
• Monitor student progress, collect and report on student outcome data.
• All other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Special Education, Education, Human Services, Counseling, or related field is required.
• Three (3) years of relevant work experience is required.
 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree and five (5) years of relevant work experience is preferred.

Additional Skills Requested:

Employee Rights - Employee Polygraph Protection Act

Equal Opportunity Employer - The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is an equal educational and employment opportunity institution.