Health Professions Work-Based Learning Coordinator -Career Services Counselor II

Title: Health Professions Work-Based Learning Coordinator -Career Services Counselor II

Salary Range: $39,837.00 - $41,730.00

Contract Term Length: 12 Months

Standard Hours: 37.5

Work Location: Discretionary Hybrid

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

College: Gateway Community & Technical College

Campus Location: Gateway Boone

Department: Career Services

Total Rewards

Gateway 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 Health Professions Work-Based Learning (WBL) Coordinator supports Gateway’s Health Professions programs through centralized coordination of clinical and work-based learning placement processes aligned with students’ academic pathways. The position coordinates student participation in healthcare experiential learning opportunities through onboarding support, academic advising support, academic and career pathway navigation, compliance coordination, workforce partnership engagement, placement support, operational systems management, and workforce readiness development activities.

Job Duties:

Health Professions WBL Coordination & Participation Support:

• Coordinates clinical and work-based learning placement processes for Health Professions students across assigned programs.
  
• Collaborates with faculty, program coordinators, and community partners to support placement assignments, onboarding activities, scheduling processes, experiential learning participation, and workforce partnership activities.
  
• Monitors placement timelines, onboarding requirements, agency capacity, and participation processes related to Health Professions WBL pathways.
  
  Career Coaching & Student Support:
  
• Supports students with onboarding, workforce readiness preparation, work-based learning participation requirements, and academic advising support activities related to Health Professions pathways.
  
• Assists students with professional expectations, communication standards, workplace readiness, transition-to-employment preparation, and onboarding requirements including background checks, drug screens, immunizations, titers, CastleBranch, and agency-specific compliance expectations.
  
• Supports student engagement, participation follow-up, and workforce readiness development related to Health Professions WBL experiences.
  
• Assists students with academic and career pathway navigation, educational planning support, resource connection, and workforce readiness activities related to Health Professions participation and career-connected learning opportunities.
  
  Employer, Classroom, & Event Engagement:
  
• Serves as a liaison between Gateway and healthcare/community partners supporting Health Professions WBL pathways.
  
• Maintains communication regarding placement availability, onboarding requirements, scheduling processes, agency expectations, and partnership activities.
  
• Coordinates workshops, informational sessions, onboarding support activities, workforce readiness programming, recruitment events, and student engagement initiatives related to Health Professions experiential learning participation.
  
• Collaborates with faculty, employers, Career Services, and institutional partners to support operational consistency, career-connected learning, academic pathway support, workforce readiness development, and student placement success.
  
  Operational Systems, Communication, & Outcomes Tracking:
  
• Coordinates Memoranda of Agreement (MOA) initiation, tracking, renewal timelines, and related documentation processes.
  
• Supports operational platforms, compliance systems, and departmental technologies related to Health Professions WBL participation.
  
• Maintains records related to placements, onboarding activities, agency partnerships, compliance processes, participation outcomes, and workforce engagement activities. Assists with institutional reporting, outreach initiatives, workforce partnership engagement, academic advising and pathway support activities, and operational effectiveness activities related to Health Professions experiential learning participation.
• Other duties as assigned.
  

This position may be considered for a discretionary hybrid work arrangement following the successful completion of the probationary period. Approval of any hybrid schedule is contingent upon supervisory authorization, alignment with institutional operational needs, and adherence to a maximum of two (2) remote workdays per week.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent and 3-4 years of relevant experience
  
• Detail-oriented, self-motivated, ability to work independently and adapt seamlessly to fast-paced, dynamic environments.
  
• Skilled in engaging and supporting students from different cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds.
  
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities effectively and meet tight deadlines.
  
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Forms, Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, Word)
   

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree or equivalent and 4-6 years of relevant experience
  
• Previous experience in a community college setting

Additional Skills Requested:

This position serves as a primary coordination role for Health Professions Work-Based Learning and healthcare experiential learning participation activities. The role requires independent coordination of student onboarding processes, healthcare partnership engagement, placement activities, academic and career pathway support activities, operational systems, compliance support activities, and institutional collaboration supporting workforce readiness and experiential learning participation across Health Professions programs.

Employee Rights - Employee Polygraph Protection Act

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