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Virginia's Community College System

Workforce Development Operations Support Specialist

🇺🇸 Charlottesville, Virginia 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $50K - $55K 💻 Enrollment 🗓️ September 22nd, 2026

Edtech.com's Summary

Virginia Community Colleges is hiring a Workforce Development Operations Support Specialist at Piedmont Virginia Community College to provide administrative, logistical, registration, and systems support for its Workforce Development programs. The Specialist ensures efficient day-to-day operations, accurate data management, and compliance with institutional and funding requirements, serving as the primary functional resource for the Workforce Enterprise System (WES). The role also supports student registration, course setup, and reporting for open-enrollment and corporate training.
Highlights:
  • Provide administrative, logistical, registration, data, and systems support for Workforce Development programs
  • Serve as primary functional resource for the Workforce Enterprise System (WES)
  • Support student registration and funding, course and class setup, and data integrity
  • Ensure accurate reporting and compliance with institutional, state, and funding requirements
  • Serve as primary operational liaison with Marketing and Communications for program materials
  • Support open-enrollment and contract and corporate training operations
  • Hiring Range: $50,000-$55,000; full-time, in-person for students and staff at college and community locations

Workforce Development Operations Support Specialist Full Description

The Workforce Development Operations Support Specialist provides administrative, logistical, registration, data, and systems support for Piedmont Virginia Community College's Workforce Development programs, ensuring efficient day-to-day operations, accurate data management, high-quality student service, and compliance with institutional, state, and funding requirements. The Specialist serves as a senior operational resource for student registration and funding, course and class setup, WES administration, data integrity, and reporting, supporting open-enrollment and contract and corporate training.
The Specialist is Workforce Development's primary functional resource for the Workforce Enterprise System (WES) and primary operational liaison with Marketing and Communications for ensuring that program, course, schedule, and registration information presented on the college website is accurate, current, and aligned with approved Workforce Development offerings.
Duties and Responsibilities
  • Assists with enrollment of students into Workforce Development programs, guiding prospective students through enrollment and funding processes
  • Supports registration of students for classes and processes transfers, refunds, cancellations, payments, and other enrollment transactions
  • Serves as an escalation resource for complex registration, funding, payment, and eligibility issues
  • Enters and validates course grades, credentials, completion information, and other required student records
  • Documents enrollments, progress, and payments for FastForward, G3, FANTIC, and other funding programs
  • Creates, clones, modifies, maintains, validates, and troubleshoots courses, classes, schedules, and related information in WES
  • Produces and validates operational data and reports related to enrollment, fill rates, registration, completion, and credentials
Required Qualifications
  • Knowledge of the role of workforce development within the college community and the services provided
  • Knowledge of enrollment processes and workflows
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills, collaborative problem-solving skills, and organizational skills
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint