Good Jobs Program Director

Good Jobs Program Director

Salary

$45,525.00 - $68,288.00 Annually

Location

Flat Rock, NC

Job Type

Full-time Staff

Job Number

26-253

Division

Economic Workforce Development & Continuing Education

Department

NC Works & HRD

Opening Date

10/12/2026

FLSA

Exempt

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Description

The Good Jobs Program Director is responsible for the day-to-day coordination and implementation of Blue Ridge Community Colleges Good Jobs WNC initiative. The Director serves as the primary point of coordination for participating students, employer partners, faculty, and College departments. The position provides academic and career support, develops and maintains employer partnerships, coordinates project activities and events, tracks grant outcomes, and helps students complete short-term academies in civil engineering and advanced manufacturing and transition into quality employment.

The Director reports to the Vice President of Economic & Workforce Development/Continuing Education and is fully allocated to the Good Jobs WNC project. Faculty retain primary responsibility for academy curriculum and instruction, while the Director coordinates the student, employer, operational, and grant-management components that connect the work.

Examples of Duties

• Provide academic and career advising to Good Jobs participants from recruitment through completion and employment, including pathway selection, enrollment guidance, career planning, and transition support.
• Identify participant barriers and connect students with appropriate College and community resources, including financial assistance, transportation, childcare, academic support, emergency assistance, and NCWorks services.
• Recruit participants for Good Jobs academies and activities through outreach to high schools, adult learners, unemployed and underemployed adults, and current Blue Ridge students.
• Build and maintain relationships with employers in civil engineering, advanced manufacturing, and related sectors to identify workforce needs, career pathways, and opportunities for work-based learning and employment.
• Coordinate employer involvement in academy development, site visits, classroom activities, career events, interviews, and job-placement efforts.
• Plan and coordinate Good Jobs events, including employer convenings, career-exploration activities, interest sessions, Manufacturing Day activities, graduations, and summer camps.
• Coordinate implementation of the Good Jobs WNC work plan, including schedules, timelines, meetings, communications, partner activities, and project milestones.
• Maintain accurate participant, employer, and grant tracking records, including enrollment, completion, credentials, employment, wages, work-based learning, and other required outcomes.
• Collaborate with faculty, Institutional Research, Student Services, Marketing, NCWorks, school systems, workforce partners, and other stakeholders to support program implementation, outreach, data collection, and continuous improvement.
• Assist with grant budget monitoring, purchasing, documentation, reporting, and compliance with College and funder requirements.
• Prepare reports, presentations, meeting materials, advising resources, career maps, and other project materials as needed.
• Represent the Good Jobs initiative at College, community, school, workforce, and industry events.

Additionally

• Serve on College committees and project teams as assigned.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

Education: Bachelors degree from a regionally accredited institution in education, counseling, workforce development, business administration, human resources, public administration, project management, or a closely related field.

Experience: Relevant professional experience in student services, academic or career advising, workforce development, employer engagement, grant or project coordination, education, or a closely related area. All persons must provide verifiable and relevant professional experience in a workplace setting.

Preferred Qualifications

Education: Masters degree from a regionally accredited institution in education, counseling, workforce development, business administration, human resources, public administration, project management, or a closely related field.

Experience in a community college, higher education, K-12, NCWorks, economic development, apprenticeship, or other workforce-development setting. Experience providing career coaching or case management to adult learners, first-generation students, or individuals facing barriers to education and employment. Experience building employer partnerships, coordinating work-based learning, or supporting job placement. Experience with grant implementation, budget monitoring, performance reporting, data tracking, or program evaluation. Knowledge of advanced manufacturing, skilled trades, engineering technology, or regional workforce and economic-development systems.

Additional Information

Grant-Funded Position

This position is funded through Good Jobs WNC and is contingent upon continued grant funding, satisfactory performance, and College needs.

Physical Demands

The ability to perform all duties associated with the position, including, but not limited to, lifting, prolonged standing, sitting, bending, stooping, and operating or performing work with associated tools and machines.

General Benefits

State Health Plan

We offer a complete benefits package to full-time employees including health care, dental, vision, retirement, deferred compensation plans, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, long-term disability, holidays, vacation, and sick leave.

To learn more details, visit our benefits page.

Supplemental Benefits

Cancer Benefits: Colonial Life Accident Benefits: Colonial Life

Medical Bridge Benefits: Colonial Life Dental Insurance: Sun Life

Vision Insurance: Superior Disability Benefits: Colonial Life Critical Illness Benefits: Colonial Life

Telemedicine (Direct Billing Only): Call A Doctor Plus

Identity Theft Shield & Life Events Legal Plan (Direct Billing Only): Legal Shield

Pet Insurance (Direct Billing Only): Nationwide

Life Insurance

• Term Life Insurance: Colonial Life
• Whole Life Insurance: Colonial Life
• Group Term Life Insurance: Colonial Life

Sustainable Campus

We Recycle!

The College recycles aluminum, glass, paper, cardboard, and plastics. (#1-5)

As a certified Bee Campus we are committed to raising awareness of the important role pollinator's play in our communities and to creating pollinator friendly habitats on our campus.

You will find water bottle filling stations in every building!

"Adopt a Highway" events take place each year for employees to volunteer.

Employee Wellness Program

The purpose of the Wellness Committee is to coordinate the College's wellness program and plan wellness activities for College employees.

All employees are encouraged to participate in the monthly Wellness events put on by our Wellness Committee. Full-Time employees will be awarded wellness points as well as prizes for Wellness activities they participate in throughout the year. The employee with the most points earned at the end of the year will win the Wellness Award along with a monetary prize.

Enjoy your Holidays Off

Labor Day

Veterans Day

Thanksgiving Holiday: 2 days-Thursday and Friday

Christmas Holidays: December 24th-December 31st

New Year's: January 1st

Martin Luther King

Easter Holiday- Good Friday

Memorial Day

Independence Day

Summer Time Schedule

Enjoy a 3 Day weekend during the Summer! The summer 4 - day work week will begin in May and will end in July. The hours of operation will be 7:30 am - 5:30 pm Monday - Thursday. Off on Friday!

• Scheduled days off may differ depending on position*

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Do you have a Bachelors degree from a regionally accredited institution in education, counseling, workforce development, business administration, human resources, public administration, project management, or a closely related field?

• Yes
• No

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Do you have relevant professional experience in student services, academic or career advising, workforce development, employer engagement, grant or project coordination, education, or a closely related area?

• Yes
• No

Required Question

Employer Blue Ridge Community College

Address Blue Ridge Community College, 180 W Campus Dr

180 W Campus Dr

Flat Rock, North Carolina, 28731

Phone 8286941725

Website https://www.blueridge.edu/