Strategies Success Instructor: -Sequim

Overview

This position works in-person at the Work Source Clallam County office in Sequim.

This position may be eligible for flex/hybrid schedule upon successful completion of initial training.

The ideal candidate for the Strategies for Success Instructor (Work Source Specialist
4) in Sequim is someone who is deeply committed to empowering individuals to achieve economic stability, employment readiness, and long-term self-sufficiency. This person understands the transformative impact of life skills, self-reflection, and soft-skills development, and brings a passion for helping diverse job seekers successfully enter or reenter the workforce. They thrive in a mission-driven environment and demonstrate a strong ability to deliver customer-centered employment and training services that align with agency values.

This candidate excels at building trust, offering guidance, and providing structured support to individuals facing employment barriers. They are skilled in conducting interviews, assessing needs, and developing tailored employment service plans that incorporate assessment results and labor market information. They bring experience in job development, job matching, and follow-up services, and they maintain strong relationships with community partners, vendors, and support service providers.

Their coaching style is empathetic yet accountable, ensuring customers understand program expectations while receiving the encouragement and tools needed to overcome obstacles.

The ideal candidate is also a highly organized facilitator and instructor who can design and deliver engaging curriculum, workshops, and orientations for diverse learners. They are adept at using varied instructional strategies, integrating technology, and creating clear course materials that support defined learning outcomes. With strong attention to detail, they manage caseloads, maintain accurate records, and comply with state and federal data requirements.

They are proactive, resourceful, and collaborative—someone who can balance instructional responsibilities with case management, reporting, and continuous customer engagement to support successful program outcomes.

Facilitate orientations and workshops. This includes:

• Conduct group and individual orientations, and workshops, supply program specific information about services, benefits, and eligibility
• Facilitate job preparation activities to include job club services and workshops; provide labor market information
• Create and provide each student with clear course expectations, evaluations and timelines through carefully written topical outlines and approved, standardized syllabus. Ensure course and program learning outcomes are delivered as defined by the syllabus.

Develop and/or provide comprehensive, customer-centered employment and training services. This includes:

• Conduct staff assisted job development, job matches and job follow-up; make job referrals; verify customer job search
• Ensure the customer understands and follows all employment and training directives, expectations, and performance standards
• Develop and sustain relationships with vendors and the community; keep informed of available external resources and referrals

Assess knowledge, skills, and abilities to assist in determining employment and training activities and benefits. This includes:

• Administer a variety of assessments and informal and formal career tools; review and explain results; incorporate assessment results into employment plans in conjunction with relevant labor market information; prepare and present information to customer
• Develop and utilize a variety of instructional strategies appropriate to the needs of students, including the integration of technology, and guest speakers

Perform records management functions in accordance with agency and program procedures. This includes:

• Monitor Work Source program performance management activity using agency reporting systems; create and disseminate program reports as required by supervisors and managers; comply with state and federal case management protocols and data entry procedures
• Record and maintain case notes, service plans, program-related expenditures, and exit…