Project-based Program Specialist - Community Education - 78859

Founded in 1986, St. Charles Community College (SCC) has a reputation as one of the best two-year colleges in the state of Missouri. SCC's service area includes a six-county region with a population exceeding 540,000. SCC's main campus, located in Cottleville, has won architectural awards for its innovative, contemporary design. The college's Dardenne Creek Campus features the Center for Healthy Living and the Field to Table Institute. Opening Fall 2025, the Innovation West Campus located in Wentzville features the Regional Workforce Innovation Center. With a focus on innovation, St. Charles Community College is a leader in delivering high quality education in a state-of-the-art learning environment. The success of SCC is rooted in the mission of serving the community by "focusing on academic excellence, student success, workforce advancement, and life-long learning within a global society."

St. Charles Community College is seeking a Full-time Program Specialist for the Adult Education Department with a focus on Skill Remediation and Workforce Development . The primary focus of this project-based position will be the planning, development, coordination, training, implementation, and revisions to existing programs as well as new programs to remain current with student, community, and corporate interests. This role includes coordination with external partners, adult students, scheduling, staffing, budget development and cost reconciliation, as well as customer service. Some programs may include overnight and out of town travel including some outdoor activities . This position is a grant funded with a project end date of June 30, 2026.

POSITION SUMMARY - The Program Specialist is responsible for assisting with the departmental goals, special projects, and advancement activities to achieve college goals. Demonstrates advanced experience of technical knowledge related to specific continuing education programming, workforce development and technical programming, and college processes.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Provides a full range of moderate to complex administrative duties and coordination in a variety of functions to an individual, team, department, or organization. With primary focus on Continuing Education and Workforce Development.
• Responsible for the planning, development, coordination, training, implementation, and revisions to existing programs as well as new programs to remain current with student, community, and corporate interests. Programs will include credit, noncredit, campus-based, business-based, and community-based programs.
• Program development and coordination includes procuring special materials, entering data and preparing electronic content. Coordination of these elements is from the beginning of the process to the completion of the program.
• Prepare and modify documents including training agreements, correspondence, reports, drafts, memos, and emails on behalf of department or as directed by director; handles routine requests for information and data.
• Responsible for assisting the department in developing information required to support such activities as planning, budgeting, marketing, community outreach, program evaluation, student recruitment / retention, enrollment data or other pertinent data.
• Assists with the data collection, verification, aggregation, and analysis for internal and external reporting.
• Supervises program and operational daily activities, including personnel of part-time instructors and staff. Responsible for employee training, work scheduling, time and attendance, and evaluation of performance.
• Prepares and submits reports and budgets to determine allocation of funds as it pertains to development, implementation and sustainability of programs, projects and initiatives. Prepares budget requests and processes all stages of credit card reconciliation.
• Prepares reports and monitors progress of training programs. Responsible for improving current programming as well as developing new programs to meet the needs of the current and future participants.
• Schedules and / or assists in the scheduling of classrooms and public spaces, supporting on -and-off site programming. Monitors classroom set-ups and equipment to ensure requirements for delivery of programs and / or services are met. Schedules all personnel involved in programming and confirms the responsibilities included. Works cooperatively with private partners to deliver planned programming. works collaboratively with workforce partners to create needs-based programming and deliver services.
• Oversees student disciplinary matters, student health matters related to allergies, special accommodations and serves as the spokesperson for effective communication with students, corporate managers, and parent(s) or legal guardians as necessary.
• Supervises the day-to-day activities of the program and certain staff involved with the program.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

PHYSICAL ABILITIES

REPORTING RELATIONSHIP

St. Charles Community College is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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