Vocational Education Program Consultant
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Vocational education consultant advising DeVry University on an electrical technician/electrician program. Assessing market demand, curriculum, apprenticeships, operations, and financial viability.
Responsibilities:
- Partner with Product and Strategy to develop the business case, including labor-market demand, wage outcomes, competitive landscape, potential physical lab investments, site considerations, enrollment potential, and unit economics
- Distinguish validated market facts, working assumptions, and recommendations to support leadership's go/no-go decision
- Advise on pricing, cohort sizing, delivery models, including hybrid lab and online theory, and capital and staffing considerations
- Develop recommendations for competency frameworks, course sequences, clock- or credit-hour structures, and lab and equipment requirements
- Assess alignment with NEC/NFPA 70, NCCER Core and Electrical curricula, OSHA 10/30, state licensure, and U.S. Department of Labor Registered Apprenticeship requirements
- Recommend articulation pathways into apprenticeships and journey-level opportunities, including IBEW/NECA and other union or independent-contractor pathways
- Advise on developing an employer or industry advisory board
- Recommend policies, processes, and outcome measures for employment, apprenticeship, and state-examination entry requirements
- Advise Academics on faculty qualifications, instructor-to-student lab-safety ratios, equipment sourcing, and facilities or lab-partner models
- Identify accreditation, state authorization, and program-approval considerations
- Develop recommendations and an implementation roadmap for a potential program launch, subject to institutional review and approval
- Potentially extend into detailed program design and launch planning following feasibility assessment and approval
Requirements:
- Demonstrated subject-matter expertise in the electrical trade
- Direct experience designing, launching, and scaling vocational, CTE, or workforce programs at a higher education institution, community or technical college, trade school, or workforce-development organization
- Working knowledge of NEC, NCCER, OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor Registered Apprenticeship standards, and state electrical licensure structures
- Business and operating fluency, with the ability to advise on program P&L, staffing models, equipment capital requirements, and enrollment economics in addition to instructional design
- Track record of developing employer partnerships and apprenticeship or job-placement pathways
- Licensed electrician, master electrician, or equivalent relevant industry credential (preferred)
- Prior experience as a program director, dean, or department leader in a trades or workforce setting (preferred)
- Experience with competency-based or clock-hour program models and accreditor or state-approval processes (preferred)
- Familiarity with hybrid lab-plus-online delivery models for hands-on trades (preferred)
Benefits:
- Project-based consulting engagement structured around defined deliverables and project phases
- Estimated 20–40 hours per week during the business-case and design phases, with workload varying based on project milestones, deliverables, and engagement needs
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