Workforce Development Program Manager

This is the ideal position for someone wanting to “upset the set-up”—bringing back power and voice to

systems-impacted communities of color and leveraging lived experience to create real, sustainable

economic opportunities for young people.

The Workforce Development Program Manager is responsible for overseeing the success of CURYJ’s

workforce development programming. This role ensures that systems-impacted and high-needs young

people have access to meaningful career pathways that lead to living-wage jobs, long-term stability,

and leadership development.

Reporting to the Managing Director, the Workforce Development Program Manager provides

supervision to life coaches and workforce training staff, develops workforce training curricula, builds

strong employment and training partnerships, and tracks program outcomes related to job placement,

retention, and advancement. This role centers healing, leadership, and liberation while advancing

economic justice for young people and their communities.

Requirements

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

Program Leadership & Management

• Lead the day-to-day operations of CURYJ’s workforce development programs
• Ensure programming aligns with CURYJ’s mission, TOTAL framework, and funding

requirements

systems-impacted young people

Team Leadership & Supervision

delivery

Workforce Pathway & Curriculum Development and Facilitation

and skill-building

○ Labor unions and trades

Apprenticeships and pre-apprenticeship programs

Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs

○ Small, local, and community-based businesses

Partnership Development & Employer Engagement

needs

Data, Outcomes & Reporting

growth, and career advancement

QUALIFICATIONS

a community-based organization

PREFERRED SKILLS

Benefits

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

Compensation is commensurate with experience, with an annual salary range of $77,000–$85,000.

This position is exempt, full-time, with excellent benefits, including :

paid holidays including :

○ New Year’s Day

○ Martin Luther King Jr. Day

○ President’s Day

○ Cesar Chavez Day

○ Memorial Day

○ Independence Day

○ Labor Day

○ Indigenous Peoples Day

○ Veteran’s Day

○ Thanks”taking” Week

○ Your Birthday

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

CURYJ is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for

employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national

origin, disability status, educational background, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic.

We strongly encourage formerly incarcerated individuals and members of the LGBTQ+ community to

apply.