Program Manager

ABOUT H-CAP

The Healthcare Career Advancement Program ( H-CAP ) is a national labor/management organization that promotes innovation and quality in healthcare career education. We

build the workforce for quality care through workforce development, training resources, and partnering for patients and communities.

H-CAP works with employers, unions, and workers to deploy high-quality training to support the healthcare industry at a time of unprecedented system transformation. These training programs seek to lift up workers, create a pipeline of well-trained staff for employers, and ensure that healthcare continues to fulfill its promise as a primary engine of the economy, both nationally and locally.

H-CAP is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to maintaining a diverse staff and encourage applications from people of color, women, people with disabilities, the LGBTQ+ community, and other applicants whose background or lived experiences may contribute to our mission of building equitable, quality jobs and education in the healthcare field.

Our organizational values, Accountability, Collaboration, Leadership, and our Worker-Centric & Equity focus, are important to us and guide the impactful work we do here at H-CAP . A successful candidate for this position will demonstrate the following qualities in their role:

Accountability shows up when we exercise continuous self-awareness, ownership, and responsibility for our words, ideas, and actions.    

Collaboration shows up when we build powerful diverse relationships and inclusive teams that ensure open communication at all levels and create new pathways for solutions jointly. 

Leadership shows up when we organize others around a vision, inspire each other to learn from our successes and failures, take initiative and courageous action.

Worker-Centric/Equity shows up when we center the experiences and voices of workers and continually examine and advance policies, practices, and systems for racial/gender justice and job quality, with those most impacted at the center.  
Reports to: Associate Director
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

H-CAP is seeking a full-time Program Manager to support the development, implementation, and expansion of H-CAP ’s Registered Apprenticeship Program within the healthcare industry. This position will work collaboratively with employers, education partners, labor-management organizations, unions and other stakeholders to advance registered apprenticeship opportunities and strengthen healthcare workforce development initiatives.

The Program Manager will lead outreach and engagement efforts, provide support to partners developing and implementing registered apprenticeship programs, and coordinate educational activities, including webinars, forums, career fairs, and trainings. The position will work closely with the Registered Apprenticeship team and the broader H-CAP team to meet programmatic and organizational goals.

This role requires the ability to develop work plans and goals, participate effectively in a collaborative organizational environment, and exercise discretion and independent judgment. The ideal candidate will be a proactive, highly organized professional with a strong commitment to advancing H-CAP ’s mission and meeting contract and grant goals.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Outreach, Recruitment, and Partner Engagement

- Coordinate and conduct outreach to prospective partners interested in pursuing Registered Apprenticeship programs, including communicating the value of Registered Apprenticeship in healthcare.

- Develop and implement outreach and recruitment strategies to reach a variety of stakeholders, accelerate Registered Apprenticeship expansion, and increase opportunities in apprenticeship occupations.

- Conduct informational sessions in a variety of formats for various stakeholders.

Communications and Marketing Support

- Identify needs and lead the creation of materials that support Registered