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Manhattan Area Technical College Outreach Coordinator for Human Environmental Sciences in Manhattan, Kansas
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Job Classification: Exempt, Full-Time Staff\ Work Schedule: Monday Friday, 8am 5pm.\ Additional evenings and weekend hours may be required for outreach activities, meetings, and events.\ Compensation: \$50,000 Salary.\ *Please Note: This position is partially funded through KSUs NSF Engines Grant, as well as MATC Institutional Funds.\ Reporting Relationship: Dean of Academic Partnerships & Outreach (the Dean APO)\ Position Overview:\ The Outreach Coordinator (through partnership with K-States NSF Engines Grant) compiles and provides knowledge and engagement opportunities for enhancing career education programs and student skills relevant to regional employer needs, workforce trends, and contemporary changes in technology. The Coordinator fosters relationships between regional employers and relevant program faculty to promote and establish new student opportunities for learning and interaction. The Coordinator develops and implements outreach strategies and monitors their effectiveness, reporting outcomes and determining best practices with the Dean APO and Outreach Team.\ Primary Responsibilities:\ Garner expertise on relevant MATC programs and student skills in the following program areas:
- - Biotechnology/biomanufacturing* - Automated engineering technology* - Critical environment technology* - HVAC* - Construction technology* - Plumbing technology* - Electrician technology* - Information Network Technology* - Welding technology - Automotive technology - Electric power and distribution - Business (office assistant and accounting) - Health care\ *Program areas specifically related to the NSF Engines Grant Project
Establish contact with regional employers to assist in developing a workforce associated with the programs identified, and harbor productive relationships with those employers concerning area workforce needs and projections.
Accumulate specific information on employers current workforce utilizations and potential of artificial intelligence (AI) and/or other technologies impacting workforce tasks and experiences to meet employer expectations.
Assist the Dean APO with strategic outreach and organizing efforts to advance Human Environmental Sciences campaign goals and outcomes, ensuring that equity and relevance are fundamentally integrated.
Collaborate with MATC faculty to foster engagement between regional employers and MATC programs, informing faculty of the desired skills, expectations, and anticipated changes in workforce technology that employers face, and develop mutual opportunities for employer-program engagements through classroom presentations, potential internships, apprenticeships,\ or other prospective interactions.
Attend recruitment events with Student Services personnel and the Dean APO to learn about community needs and resources.
With the Outreach team, conceive, develop, and implement outreach strategies that engage public constituencies and influence opinion leaders, decision makers, and elected officials, including strong promotion of the NSF Engines Project
Track the effectiveness of outreach activities/projects and maintain and update campaignrelated databases, documents, and other resources.
Provide appropriate documentation to the Dean APO, and to the President of the College regarding meeting project reports and related requirements of the NSF Engines project.
Maintain and update working knowledge of NSF Engines Project and the development of the NSF Bioscience Projects in the US.
Maintain current knowledge on iss es related to Human Environmental Sciences.
Regularly monitor developments in the Bioscience and Career Technical Fields to assess their viability for MATC outreach efforts; Report to the Dean APO with findings on employers connected to the biotechnology and/or advanced manufacturing sectors.
Attend other appropriate meetings as needed for the NSF Engines project or related events.
Perform other duties as assigned.
NOTICE OF SPECIAL POSITION OF EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS
This position description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of all duties and results to be performed in this position. Duties and Performance standards may be added, subtracted, and/or changed by your supervisor at any time due to changes in department or institutional requirements.
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