(CASUAL HIRE) Educational Specialist (Navigator, Oahu)

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Title: (Casual Hire) Educational Specialist (Navigator Oahu)

Position Number: *****Casual Hire

Hiring Unit: Office of the VP for Community Colleges Academic Affairs

Location: Manoa

Date Posted: June 19 2025

Closing Date: June 21 2025

Hourly Rate: $30.29 per hour

Other Conditions: Position is expected to start June 24 2025 and not to exceed August 31 2025.

Duties and Responsibilities

(**Denotes Essential Functions)

• **Serve as liaison between the UHCC grant project team and community college campus(es) to coordinate outreach recruitment and case management activities for participants in workforce training on the specific island of hire.
• **Serve as the primary point of contact for the grant project with training applicants enrolled students industry and community partners and the general public on the island of hire.
• **Cultivate effective partnerships with community and industry partners for collaborative activities including advisory and sector groups work-based learning experiences such as apprenticeships and internships career advising employment assistance and workforce employment outcomes.
• **Develop and implement marketing and public relations strategies for outreach and recruitment of a multicultural and diverse population of adult learners including multimedia digital and print tactics with a statewide team.
• **Develop processes for referrals to campus and community-based support services with representatives from the UH Community Colleges (UHCC) and community partners.
• **Support students access to hybrid and online courses for workforce training and provide technical support for students.
• Support development of employer engagement processes with UHCC grant project team and community college campus(es) to facilitate effective communication participant referrals for job opportunities and attainment of employment outcomes.
• Monitor and assist in evaluation of the demand enrollment and completion rates for program courses on the specific island of hire.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education and Professional Work Experience:

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Considerable working knowledge of principles practices and techniques in project coordination in education social work case management or workforce-related programming as demonstrated by the broad knowledge of the full range of pertinent standard and evolving concepts principles and methodologies.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating projects in an effective innovative and timely mannerthat involved partners from different sectors and achieved measurable outcomes.
• Demonstrated experience developing and coordinating effective partnerships with diverse groups of stakeholders such as higher education administrators faculty and students employers industry associations and community-based organizations.
• Demonstrated experience with recruitment marketing case management and/or college and career advising in a complex team-oriented project.
• Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external organizations groups team leaders and members and individuals.
• Demonstrated ability to resolve wide ranging complex problemsthrough the use of creative reasoning and logic to accurately determine the cause of the problems and the resolution of the problems in an effective innovative and timely manner.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret and present information and ideas clearly and accurately in writing verbally and by preparation of reports and other materials.
• Demonstrated ability to understand and follow complex oral and written instructions.
• Functional knowledge and understanding of applicable federal and state laws rules regulations and theories and systems associated with project management or curriculum development at the post secondary level.
• Demonstrated ability to operate a personal computer and apply word processing software.

• Experience with the University of Hawaii systems policies and procedures.
• Experience working with University of Hawaiis academic and/or continuing education programs.
• Experience working with higher education faculty staff and administrators.
• Experience teaching supporting or coordinating continuing education courses or programs in online hybrid and face-to-face formats.
• Experience with online learning management systems.
• Experience developing and coordinating effective partnerships with Hawaii employers industry associations labor unions and/or government agencies.
• Knowledge of higher education student success college and career pathways and/or college and career advising.
• Knowledge of undergraduate student and academic support services including admissions/enrollment financial aid student advising processes and tutoring.
• Commitment to knowledge of and/or experience working with diverse student populations.
• Possession of masters degree or equivalent education and/or professional work experience.

To Apply

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1. Cover letter indicating how you meet the minimum and desirable qualifications of the position;

2. Resume; and

3. Name and contact information (telephone number and email address) of at least three (3) professional references.

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Inquiries

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