Job Summary: Georgia Northwestern Technical College is seeking qualified applicants for the grant-funded position of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Coordinator. Reporting to the Vice President of Student Affairs, the WIOA Coordinator oversees operations of the WIOA program, including coordinating job training and placement assistance for individual clients as well as supervising staff in the WIOA office. Occasional travel to other GNTC campuses and overnight travel for training may be required. This grant funded position will be located at the Floyd County Campus and is contingent on annual renewal.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Oversees the administration of the college's Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act grant.
• Designs and uses formal and informal benchmarking and ongoing monitoring to maintain grant compliance.
• Provides career counseling and job search assistance for program participants.
• Analyzes area labor market in light of employment/training needs to design appropriate and effective WIOA grant programs to enhance area economic development.
• Interprets WIOA laws, regulations and guidelines to design best practices within these mandates and to advocate for changes in mandates when necessary.
• Determines WIOA eligibility for all applicants.
• Completes enrollment application files for each participant.
• Monitors program to ensure customer service excellence.
• Trains, assigns, directs, supervises and evaluates personnel.
• Maintains required documentation.
• [Maintain working relationships with partner programs such as Georgia Department of Labor, TCSGs Office of Workforce Development, Georgia Housing Authority, and others.]{#_Hlk166577499}
• Maintain GNTC programs in the WorkSource Georgia Portal
• Prepares documentation for periodic federal, state and regional audits.
• Provides college information and occupational training advisement for Department of Labor customers at area career centers.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

Competencies:

Knowledge of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act grant requirements.

Knowledge of program management principles.

Knowledge of career counseling principles.

Skill in directing the work of personnel.