Director, Strategic Workforce Initiatives
Goodwill Industries International
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $140,000 - $150,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
About the role
- Partner with the Strategic Workforce Initiatives Lead on growth, innovation, and execution efforts for national priority workforce areas
- Manage growth efforts and coordinate projects, partnerships, and responsibilities with Strategic Workforce Initiatives and Development teams
- Collaborate on subgrantee selection through GII Request for Proposal competition process
- Lead program implementation through on-site consultation, arms-length consultation, web-based training, and other mediums, including regular travel to program sites throughout the US and Canada
- Convene and lead meetings with GII team and subgrantees to monitor and report grant programmatic and fiscal progress
- Develop and manage budgets and spending plans to ensure funds are spent according to funder requirements
- Apply detailed knowledge of relevant laws, rules, regulations, and instructions to guide national subgrantees in grant implementation
- Oversee data collection and reporting; prepare progress reports and analysis for GII senior leadership, subgrantees, and funding partners
- Ensure successful completion of project deliverables and alignment with quality standards; lead documentation of effective practices for replication and scaling
- Develop and deliver informational, promotional, and instructional presentations for learning events and national conferences
- Act as primary liaison between GII and national grantees or partners and support the development and growth of funding relationships
Requirements
- At least ten years’ experience in workforce development leadership position(s) with increasing responsibility
- Minimum of a bachelor's or associate degree in business management, social or human services, public administration, or education; master’s degree preferred
- Specific project management, grant management, or consultation training desired
- Ten or more years’ experience in project and grant management
- Demonstrated ability to coordinate multiple demands and projects across multiple sites
- Experience managing web-based platforms and creating communications documents
- Experience working with data management systems and budgets
- Experience creating, implementing, and scaling workforce development programs for people unemployed and underemployed, including people from low-income backgrounds, people that are justice-impacted, and young adults disconnected from education and employment
- Experience desired with workforce development programs, postsecondary training, philanthropic funding or other relevant experience in the skilled trades, energy, and tech sectors
- Grant management expertise
- Strong Microsoft Office skills including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams; experience with Smartsheets or Power BI
- Regular travel to program sites throughout the US and Canada
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
project managementgrant managementdata managementbudget managementworkforce development program implementationconsultationprogram evaluationreportingtraining developmentpresentation skills
Soft skills
leadershipcollaborationcommunicationorganizational skillsproblem-solvingmultitaskingrelationship buildingmonitoringanalytical skillsadaptability