WBL Specialist (64057)

Connect Students to Real-World Work.

The best learning often happens on the job and you'll make it happen. As a Work-Based Learning (WBL) Specialist, you'll provide employability training that leads students to full-time jobs, higher education, or advanced training, and manage the on- and off-Center work assignments that turn classroom skills into real workplace experience.

This is a role for a connector and coach: someone who builds strong employer relationships, mentors students through their first work experiences, and takes pride in watching them grow into confident, employable professionals.

Why Join Us? Make a Real Impact!

Job Corps is a transformative program that provides education, vocational training, and career readiness to young adults. In this role, you bridge the gap between training and employment placing students in meaningful work-based learning, building the employer partnerships that make it possible, and helping students build the skills and confidence that launch careers.

What You'll Do

Lead the Work-Based Learning Program

Oversee the WBL program, ensuring all eligible students actively participate in on- and off-Center on-the-job training assignments that build their employability skills. Market the WBL program to staff and students so its importance is understood, and help the Center meet or exceed DOL/Company performance goals.

Build & Monitor Employer Sites

Identify viable WBL employer sites, establish MOUs, and conduct periodic OSHA and site supervision inspections. Provide transportation services to meet Center requirements, and conduct community outreach to established WBL sites and related agreements.

Support Students & Track Progress

Establish supportive, mentoring relationships with students throughout their enrollment, providing employability and career counseling. Routinely evaluate student performance and competencies, update the ePCDP and related student plans, identify and remediate barriers to achievement, and ensure student accountability procedures are compliant for all WBL students all while ensuring the integrity of student WBL documentation.

Model Standards & Collaborate

Follow all integrity guidelines and ensure no manipulation of student data. Mentor, monitor, and model the Career Success Standards as required by the PRH, and provide high-quality supervision that positively influences student behavior. Communicate clearly, resolve problems with sound judgment, partner with staff across all departments, and accept direction from the Center Director, Program Director, Duty Officer, or Shift Manager including other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

What You'll Bring

Required

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• A valid in-state driver's license, meeting Company insurability requirements

Preferred

• A degree from an accredited school
• Previous group facilitation, student management, or Job Corps experience
• Computer literacy and proficiency in spreadsheet and word processing applications

Benefits & Perks

Several of the benefits below are fully sponsored by Adams and Associates, while others include company contributions to help offset costs. Details regarding coverage and contribution amounts will be provided during onboarding.

• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• Matching 401(k)
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Prescription Drug Coverage
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Health and Dependent Care)
• Life and Disability Insurance
• Paid Vacation and Holidays
• Employee Discount Programs
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Additional Voluntary Benefits

About Us

Adams and Associates is a 100% employee-owned company that has helped young adults build brighter futures since 1990. As one of the nation’s largest Job Corps operators, our 2,000+ employee-owners turn potential into opportunity recognized by Newsweek as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Parents & Families.

The Woodland Job Corps Center sits on 33 wooded acres in Laurel, Maryland, just minutes from the city of Laurel. Home to roughly 300 students primarily from across Maryland the Center offers GED and high school diploma pathways plus hands-on training in in-demand trades. It’s a supportive community where staff make a real difference in students’ lives every day.

Ready to make a difference? Apply today and become part of a mission that matters.

“Adams and Associates, Inc. abides by the requirements of 41 CFR §§ 60-300.5(a) and 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on characteristics protected by federal, state or local laws. Moreover, these regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to their protected veteran status or disability.” This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.