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Forward Steps · Greeley, Colorado
About Forward Steps
At Forward Steps, we believe all youth and young adults deserve the confidence and freedom to pursue a fulfilling future. Our evidence-based programs provide individualized support, meaningful relationships, and resources to young people facing adversity throughout their educational and career journeys. We do this through two programs: Guardian Scholars (GS), which supports current and former foster youth pursuing postsecondary education, and Realizing Aptitudes (RA), which provides career and postsecondary readiness coaching to youth and young adults. Both programs promote a multiple-pathway approach and provide individualized support designed to help young people recognize their strengths, explore possibilities, build skills, and take meaningful steps toward their futures. Realizing Aptitudes partners with schools, nonprofits, workforce organizations, and community partners to provide individualized career coaching, career exploration, work-based learning navigation, workforce readiness programming, and connections to education, training, employment, and apprenticeship pathways. We are a small, collaborative team passionate about helping young people recognize their potential and build fulfilling futures. We would love to have you join us!
Job Summary
The Part-Time Career Coach will work within Forward Steps’ Realizing Aptitudes program to provide direct career and postsecondary readiness services to youth and young adults throughout Weld County while also supporting the program’s expanding apprenticeship and work-based learning initiatives.
This is a Weld County-based position, and candidates must reside in Weld County.
Required Competencies
Occupational Competencies
Experience facilitating one-on-one and small-group coaching, advising, education, workforce development, or youth-development services
Experience working with youth and young adults, particularly those who have experienced barriers or difficult life circumstances
Knowledge of career development, workforce development, postsecondary pathways, work-based learning, or related fields
Ability to build professional relationships with employers, schools, community organizations, workforce partners, and other external stakeholders
Strong facilitation and communication skills with both youth and adult audiences
Ability to maintain accurate coaching and program records and appropriate levels of confidentiality
Ability to manage multiple partner relationships, student needs, and program activities with strong follow-through
Foundational Competencies
Local presence:
Must reside in Weld County and be able to travel regularly to partner schools, community organizations, employers, and other program locations throughout the county
Relationship building:
Develop authentic, trusting relationships with young people, partners, employers, and community stakeholders
Active listening:
Listen attentively, understand and respond to individual needs, and retain key information to inform coaching and follow-up
Cultural competence:
Demonstrate the ability to understand, appreciate, and interact effectively with people from different cultures, backgrounds, identities, and lived experiences
Initiative:
Comfortable with independently conducting outreach, following up with partners and employers, and moving projects forward
Adaptability:
Adjust coaching and programming to meet the needs of individual students and partner environments
Critical thinking:
Analyze challenges, identify potential solutions, and make thoughtful decisions
Relevant education, training, and/or professional experience in education, counseling, human services, workforce development, youth development, or a related field
Familiarity with Weld County schools, employers, workforce organizations, community organizations, and/or postsecondary institutions
Experience with employer engagement, business outreach, workforce partnerships, or relationship management
Knowledge of Registered Apprenticeships, pre-apprenticeships, internships, job shadows, or other work-based learning models
Experience developing or facilitating career-readiness or workforce-readiness curriculum
Familiarity with youth-centered and trauma-informed approaches
Experience collecting program data and documenting participant outcomes
Foundational Competencies
Spanish language proficiency preferred, but not required
Expected Activities
Career Coaching & Youth Programming – Approximately 60%
Provide individualized and small-group career and postsecondary readiness coaching to youth and young adults at partner sites throughout Weld County
Facilitate career exploration, workforce readiness, professional communication, career planning, and other Realizing Aptitudes programming
Support youth in identifying their interests, strengths, goals, and potential career and postsecondary pathways
Administer career-readiness and career-exploration tools and use results to inform individualized coaching
Help youth develop concrete next steps toward education, training, employment, internships, apprenticeships, and other work-based learning opportunities
Provide work-based learning navigation, including helping students identify opportunities, prepare for employer interactions, develop outreach strategies, and navigate application or participation processes
Provide follow-up coaching to support students as they move from career exploration into education, training, employment, or work-based learning opportunities
Collaborate with school and community partners to adapt programming to student needs and complement existing career-readiness services
Maintain coaching notes, participation records, and other required program documentation
Apprenticeship, Employer & Workforce Engagement – Approximately 15%
Support Forward Steps’ expansion of apprenticeship pathways in Weld County
Conduct outreach to Weld County employers, Registered Apprenticeship Programs, training providers, workforce organizations, and other potential partners
Support the development and maintenance of relationships with industry partners interested in engaging young people through career exposure, work-based learning, pre-apprenticeship, apprenticeship, and employment opportunities
Help identify career pathways and opportunities aligned with youth interests and local workforce needs
Help coordinate employer-connected activities such as career conversations, workplace visits, informational interviews, job shadows, and other work-based learning experiences
Assist with planning and implementation of pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programming, including participant recruitment, student preparation, partner coordination, and implementation logistics
Help connect interested youth to apprenticeship sponsors, training programs, employers, and other workforce opportunities
Participate in meetings and convenings with employers, apprenticeship partners, workforce organizations, schools, and community partners
Track employer outreach, partnership development, apprenticeship connections, and student participation and outcomes
Program Coordination, Development & Evaluation – Approximately 25%
Support coordination of Weld County programming, including scheduling, student follow-up, partner communication, and implementation of services across school and community partner sites.
Participate in Realizing Aptitudes program planning and strategy meetings
Assist with program data collection and evaluation, including participant surveys and outcome tracking
Provide feedback on emerging student, employer, and partner needs to inform program development
Assist with curriculum and resource development as needed
Participate in occasional community, partner, and Forward Steps fundraising events, as scheduling permits
Job Details
Reports to:
Realizing Aptitudes Program Director
Weld County, Colorado.
Candidates must reside in Weld County.
This is a hybrid position with remote administrative work and regular in-person programming. Local travel within the county is a regular part of the position.
Employment status:
Part-time, non-exempt
Schedule:
20–25 hours per week, primarily during weekday school and business hours. Specific days and hours may vary based on program and partner needs. Occasional evening or weekend activities may be required.
Mileage reimbursement provided for approved program-related travel
Reliable personal transportation and a valid driver’s license required
Must be able to pass a background check
This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, or qualifications associated with the position.
To Apply
Please submit a resume and cover letter to Ashley Flynn at
ashley@forwardsteps.org.
In your cover letter, please share why you are interested in working with youth and young adults in Weld County and how your experience relates to career coaching, workforce development, employer engagement, education, or youth development.
For best consideration, please submit your application materials by November 1, 2026. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
Details
| Company | Forward Steps |
| Location | Greeley, Colorado |
| Type | FULL TIME |
| Niche | Full-time |
| Salary | $54,600 – $54,600 / yr |