RoDa Business Solutions IT Career Coach / Career Navigation Specialist (Independent Contractor) Remote · Contractor

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RoDa Business Solution (RoDa) is an award-winning, national, ISO 9001:2015 Certified, women and veteran-owned service provider with more than 40 years of experience in the Federal, Military, and Commercial Marketplaces.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide individualized career coaching and navigation for approximately 5–10 mentees.

• Conduct intake, goal setting, needs assessment, and regular coaching check-ins.

• Develop and monitor Individual Employment Plans, Individual Career Plans, Career Pathway Plans, or similar individualized plans.

• Help participants identify IT occupations, certifications, education/training pathways, and employment opportunities.

• Support resumes, cover letters, LinkedIn profiles, personal branding, digital portfolios, interviewing, networking, and job-search strategies.

• Help participants remain engaged in training and certification programs and progress toward employment.

• Document coaching activities, participant milestones, employment outcomes, and retention.

• Potentially facilitate career-readiness or applied-learning workshops.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years providing career guidance, workforce navigation, job-search assistance, or related services to economically vulnerable, unemployed, underemployed, or diverse populations.

• 5+ years developing Individual Employment Plans, Individual Career Plans, or comparable career-planning documents.

• 5+ years providing individualized career coaching, including resume, interview, application, and job-search support.

• 2+ years tracking employment placement and/or retention outcomes.

• 2+ years of experience or demonstrated expertise in IT careers, technology workforce pathways, employer expectations, or recruitment for technology occupations.

• Strong documentation, communication, coaching, and participant-engagement skills.

Preferred Background

• Experience with community colleges, universities, workforce boards, American Job Centers, nonprofits, or government-funded workforce programs.

• Experience coaching adult learners, career changers, or nontraditional students.

• Familiarity with careers in cybersecurity, IT support, networking, cloud computing, data analytics, software development, or related fields.

• Experience facilitating career-readiness workshops.

Additional Questions

Please ensure your resume includes answers to the following questions: 

1. Briefly describe your experience providing career coaching or workforce navigation to economically vulnerable, unemployed, underemployed, or diverse populations.
2. How many years of experience do you have developing Individual Employment Plans, Individual Career Plans, Career Pathway Plans, or similar documents?
3. Describe your experience coaching individuals pursuing IT or technology careers, including the types of occupations or career pathways you have supported.
4. Describe your experience tracking employment placement, wages, employer information, and/or employment retention outcomes.
5. Are you comfortable managing approximately 5–10 mentees at a time, including recurring individual coaching sessions and participant documentation?
6. Are you available to provide occasional in-person services in Rockville, Maryland, if required?