Workforce Engagement Specialist (Special Project)

Goodwill of Colorado

Job Description

Pay: $34.00/hour

Work Hours: Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm

**This job number is for temporary employees working on an assignment with Goodwill Staffing**

JOB SUMMARY:

The Workforce Engagement Specialist (Special Project) serves as CLIENT's lead for employer outreach, student engagement, and skills alignment tied to the Achievement Wallet initiative. You will help employers understand these digital credentials, help students showcase their talents, and ensure the skills being taught match the skills being hired through implementing a digital wallet.

The role focuses on the specialized deliverables outlined in the SOW. Position is grant-funded through June 30, 2026.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Business Engagement

• Lead employer outreach, meetings, and relationship management to support local businesses excited about and using a Digital Wallet.
• Through business advisory groups gather feedback on skills needs, hiring trends, and credential alignment to meet employers' needs.
• Collaborate with employers to describe their jobs in terms of the actual skills needed.

Skills Mapping Development

• Explore Home Builders Institute curriculum and relevant college-level courses in high school (concurrent enrollment) to identify specific skills students are learning or earned certifications.
• Bridge the gap of curriculum and training plans to businesses, that clearly explain what students know and how that translates to the workplace.

Student & School Engagement

• Partner with a local school district-particularly construction pathway programs-to support digital wallet adoption among 60 students.
• Explain technical/educational concepts to District teachers
• Utilize Career resource centers (Future Centers) to educate students on skills, digital wallet usage, and career readiness tools.

Data & Project Management

• Required deliverables (per SOW):
  
  
  
  • Employer Outreach Plan (within 45 days)
  • Monthly Engagement Reports (by the 10th of each month)
  • Bi-monthly Metrics Reports
  • Final Outcomes Report
  • Maintain accurate documentation, metrics, employer data, and youth participation records in state database.
  
  
  
  

Program Coordination & Collaboration

• Serve as a resource to CLIENT staff to ensure consistency with policies and procedures.
• Collaborate closely with the Business Services Team, District 11 and WGU to align project timing, communication, and messaging.
• Participate in project meetings, milestone check-ins, and advisory sessions.
• Support additional special project tasks as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Core Competencies

• Partnership Development: Experience in workforce development, employer engagement, job development, or program/project management.
• Interpersonal Skills: Ability to work with diverse groups of employers, educators, youth, and community partners.
• Strategic Communication: Explain complex and new ideas (like digital credentials) to different audiences -both orally and in writing-with employers, youth, educators, and community stakeholders.
• Digital Literacy: Comfort learning and teaching new digital platforms and technologies to various audiences.
• Facilitation: Plan, coordinate, and lead presentations and collaborative meetings between business, educators and students.
• Project Lifecycle Management: Proven ability to take a project from a Statement of Work (SOW) to final delivery, including meeting milestones and tracking data.

Relevant Experience

• Experience in workforce development, career counseling, teaching, outreach, or project coordination
• Experience working with high school youth, career pathways, or work-based learning programs.
• Familiarity with skills-based hiring, competency frameworks, or digital credentials.
• Experience facilitating employer advisory groups or industry partnerships.

Required

• Must pass education background check, standard background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle record check (conditional post-offer).
• Valid Colorado Driver's License.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Work performed primarily in an office setting, high schools, community locations, and employer sites. Monday-Friday, 8-5
• Local travel required.
• Occasional evening or weekend hours may be necessary based on project activities.
  
  

TERM & FUNDING

This position is fully grant-funded through June 30, 2026, supporting one FTE for the duration of the project as outlined in the WGU-CLIENT Statement of Work. Continued employment beyond this period is dependent on future funding

Physical Requirements

Attachment to Job Description

Job Title: 1100 - GSS, Admin. Support Dept Number: 5450

*Specific job descriptions will be made available upon meeting with the Goodwill Staffing Recruiter.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Guide to Physical Requirements:

• Continuously (5-8 hours)
• Frequently (3-4 hours)
• Occasionally (1-2 hours)
• Never

LIFTING: (as defined by ADA)

Heavy: 45 lbs & over - NEVER

Moderate: 15-44 lbs - OCCASIONALLY

Light: 14 lbs & under - OCCASIONALLY

CARRYING:

Heavy: 45 lbs & over - NEVER

Moderate: 15-44 lbs - OCCASIONALLY

Light: 14 lbs & under - OCCASIONALLY

PUSHING/PULLING - CONTINUOUSLY

REACHING:

Above Shoulder - OCCASIONALLY

At Shoulder - OCCASIONALLY

Below Shoulder - OCCASIONALLY

TWISTING - OCCASIONALLY

BENDING - OCCASIONALLY

KNEELING/CRAWLING - OCCASIONALLY

SQUAT - OCCASIONALLY

CLIMBING:

Use of legs only (stairs) - OCCASIONALLY

Use of arms & legs (ladders) - NEVER

HEARING - CONTINUOUSLY

VISION:

Visual, close - CONTINUOUSLY

Visual, distant - CONTINUOUSLY

Visual, depth perception - CONTINUOUSLY

HANDS/FINGERS:

Simple grasping - CONTINUOUSLY

Fine Manipulation - CONTINUOUSLY

Repetitive Movements - CONTINUOUSLY

WALKING - OCCASIONALLY

STANDING - OCCASIONALLY

SITTING - CONTINUOUSLY

SPEAKING - CONTINUOUSLY

OTHER, please describe -