Career Pathways Program Manager
Full-Time | Vocational Training Center (VTC) | Fargo, ND
$45,000 per year | Exempt (Salaried)
Ready to Lead Careers, Not Just Manage a Program?
At VTC, you will lead a team that helps people build real careers, not just fill program slots. You will guide staff, employers, and community partners toward one goal: a job the person wants, in a place they choose. You will set the pace, protect the standards, and watch people grow into work they are proud of.
What You'll Do
- Lead VTC's Beyond Services Career Pathways model. Organize services around each person's goals, not fixed program categories.
- Guide a full continuum of services: discovery, studio-based learning, community participation, internships, paid work, job coaching, retention, and career advancement.
- Directly supervise, coach, and evaluate the Career Pathways Program Supervisor. Support supervision and development of Career Pathways Coaches.
- Set clear, measurable goals for employer outreach, job placements, wages, hours, retention, and career advancement.
- Build and maintain relationships with employers, chambers of commerce, workforce systems, schools, Vocational Rehabilitation, and community partners.
- Identify employer needs and help develop customized employment, job carving, internships, and apprenticeships.
- Help manage the Career Pathways budget. Track utilization, revenue, expense, and program margin.
- Ensure accurate documentation, billing, and compliance with Medicaid, Vocational Rehabilitation, HIPAA, wage-and-hour, and licensing requirements.
- Lead hiring, training, performance management, and retention for program staff.
- Attend Person-Centered Service Plan meetings. Prepare reports that center each person's voice, strengths, and chosen goals.
- Work occasional evenings, weekends, or on-call hours as needed. Respond promptly to any health or safety concern.
What You Bring
Required:
- Meet one of the following:
- Preferred: Bachelor's degree in rehabilitation, special education, vocational education, social work, human services, education, organizational leadership, business, or a related field; or
- Associate degree and three years of progressively responsible experience supporting people with intellectual or developmental disabilities (I/DD), employment services, workforce development, or community-based services; or
- Five years of progressively responsible experience supporting people with intellectual or developmental disabilities, including leadership, employment, or community-based service experience, with at least two years in a lead, coordinator, or supervisory capacity.
- Complete DD Module training and become certified by the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services, Developmental Disabilities Section, within your first 18 months of employment.
- Current, valid driver's license.
- Satisfactory results on all required background checks.
Preferred:
- Progressive leadership experience.
- Working knowledge of community resources, employers, workforce systems, customized employment, studio-based learning, and financial management.
Benefits — Full-Time
- Health Insurance
- Dental — Employer Paid
- Vision — Employer Paid
- Life Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- 401(k) with excellent employer match
- Additional voluntary benefit coverages available
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- PTO
- Extended Sick Leave
- Birthday Holiday
About VTC
The Vocational Training Center has served the Fargo community for decades, providing programs and support to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. We live our mission every day — and we're looking for a leader who will too.
VTC is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veteran status.
