Youth Career Navigator

🇺🇸 Las Cruces, New Mexico 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $44K - $55K 💻 Career Services 🗓️ August 24th, 2026

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Edtech.com's Summary

New Mexico State University is hiring a Youth Career Navigator. The role involves providing navigation services to youth in the Youth Link program, supporting their education, training, and employment goals through assessments, career planning, work-based learning, and collaboration with workforce and community partners to promote career and economic advancement.

Highlights

Provides participant-centered navigation services to in-school and out-of-school youth enrolled in the Youth Link program.
Supports development of education, training, and employment goals through intake, assessment, and career planning.
Coordinates workforce preparation activities, work-based learning, support services, and monitors participant progress.
Collaborates with workforce, education, employer, and community partners for participant success.
Requires Associate's Degree with 7 years relevant experience or Bachelor's Degree with 5 years relevant experience.
Position is full-time, exempt, with target salary $43,908.80 - $54,885.74 depending on qualifications.
Works primarily in an office environment with minimal physical effort and no significant risk.
Job contingent on external funding and not part of the AFSCME bargaining unit.
Standard work schedule Monday to Friday, 8 am to 5 pm.