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  • Location: Nashville, TN

    Reports to: Executive Director

    Type: Full-time

    About the Role:

    MC3 prepares people for careers in the skilled trades. The Apprenticeship Placement Coordinator makes sure program graduates matriculate into apprenticeship programs and other apprenticeship pathway employment outcomes. This role owns graduate placement from end to end. You'll build relationships across Nashville's building trades, get to know every participant personally during the program, create individualized placement plans with every graduate, and advocate directly with union halls and contractors until each graduate lands where they belong.

    This is a relationship-forward position. The right candidate will become a recognized, trusted presence in Nashville's trades community, someone business managers pick up the phone for, and someone graduates know is in their corner long after graduation day.

    What You'll Do:
    Build and maintain deep relationships in the Nashville trades community

    • Represent MC3 at Building Trades Council meetings, TVA Labor Management Trust meetings, pre-job meetings, and other workforce convenings

    • Develop genuine relationships with union business managers, organizers, dispatchers, contractors, and apprenticeship training centers

    • Stay current on which trades are hiring, dispatch timelines, and what each trade looks for in candidates

    Support participants throughout the program

    • Meet 1:1 with every participant in both our school and community programs to understand their goals, interests, and barriers well before graduation

    • Instruct approximately 50% of our community-based Apprenticeship Readiness Program. This program is three weeks long and runs three times per year. You will deliver curriculum sections in the community program, including career exploration and apprenticeship and construction readiness topics

    • Help recruit and interview incoming participants alongside program staff

    Guide every graduate to placement

    • Lead a post-graduation planning meeting with each graduate to map their best-fit trades and build a concrete, individualized action plan

    • Connect graduates with resources that remove barriers to employment, including transportation, childcare, and housing support

    • Advocate actively: make direct calls on graduates' behalf, write reference letters, share real-time hiring updates, coach graduates through interviews, and accompany them to appointments when it helps

    • Stay in regular contact with graduates for at least a year after program completion, tracking their progress and career growth

    Grow the MC3 alumni community

    • Plan and host two annual alumni events (summer cookout and holiday party) that build peer mentorship and job referral networks

    • Keep alumni engaged and connected as a resource for new graduates

    Track outcomes

    • Maintain detailed records of the placement pipeline and generate placement reports that support grant reporting and board updates

    Qualifications

    Qualified candidates will come from one of two backgrounds:

    Pathway A: Social services

    • Bachelor's degree in social work, human services, counseling, case management, or a related field

    • Experience working directly with clients in a social services, case management, or workforce development program

    Pathway B: The trades

    • Journey-level credentials in a construction trade

    • Experience mentoring, training, or supporting others, and a track record of working well on a team

    All candidates should bring:

    • Strong relationship-building skills and the confidence to work a room, pick up the phone, and follow through on commitments

    • Genuine care for the people you serve and the persistence to go the extra mile for a graduate

    • Excellent organizational skills, with the ability to manage a pipeline of dozens of graduates, each at a different stage

    • Strong verbal and written communication skills, including comfort speaking in front of groups and writing professional correspondence

    • Proficiency with data entry, CRM systems, or the ability to learn these skills quickly

    • Sound judgment and discretion when handling sensitive personal information such as background and employment barriers

    • Comfort working independently and managing your own schedule across meetings, site visits, and events

    • A valid driver's license and reliable transportation for travel throughout the Nashville area

    • Availability for occasional evening and weekend commitments such as trades meetings and alumni events

    • Familiarity with the skilled trades and organized labor community, ideally in Middle Tennessee, or a demonstrated readiness to immerse yourself in it

    How to Apply

    Email your resume and cover letter to careers@musiccitymc3.org.

    MC3 is an equal opportunity employer.