Business Development & Campus Manager - Chippewa Falls

Overview and Responsibilities

The Business Development & Campus Manager plays a leading role in driving regional economic and workforce development by cultivating strong partnerships with employers and community organizations. The primary focus of this position is identifying workforce trends and training needs, securing contracts, and delivering business solutions such as customized training, technical assistance, and professional development offerings. In addition to its business development responsibilities, this role facilitates the Campus Leadership Team to support the day‑to‑day operations and long‑range success of the CVTC Chippewa Falls Campus. The position collaborates closely with campus faculty, staff, and educational and operational leadership to ensure a cohesive and effective campus environment. Meeting employer training needs, strengthening community engagement, and supporting regional economic growth are central to this position, which is based at the Chippewa Falls Campus.

 

Responsibilities:

• Communicate Chippewa Falls Campus and Workforce Solutions & Continuing Education action plans, recommendations, and guidelines to other College teams.
• Formulate and monitor budgets and revenue goals to align with the College’s fiscal plan.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of activities, processes, and procedures to guide continuous improvement efforts.
• Workforce Solutions & Continuing Education Business Development:
  • Identify training and educational needs of employers in the assigned territory of Chippewa, Clark, Taylor, Trempealeau & Jackson Counties.
  • Develop, maintain, and grow relationships with employers in the district through face-to-face visits and electronic communications to identify and provide solutions for training and education to support workforce needs of the region.
  • Secure contracts and appropriate business solutions to include customized training, technical assistance, and professional development open enrollment offerings.
  • Identify, promote, and execute grant opportunities and other outside resources to support employer training needs in collaboration with CVTC Foundation and Institutional Research & Grants.
  • In collaboration with academic areas, coordinate contracts, delivery of services, and overall management of approved grants.
  • Evaluate impact of Workforce Solutions & Continuing Education services to customers through surveys and other engagement strategies.
  • Conduct continuous needs assessment strategies to ensure product and service offerings are in alignment with employer needs, technology advancements, and industry trends through research and engagement with CVTC advisory committee members.
  • Maintain accurate reporting documentation within designated customer relationship management (CRM) system and monitor progress within the sales funnel.
  • Serve as a liaison for connecting the businesses and community to CVTC leadership and appropriate departments for educational needs.
  • Collaborate with recruitment and marketing colleagues to align prospective efforts and possible adult recruitment opportunities.
• Community Engagement:
  • Serve as CVTC representative developing and maintaining partnerships and alliances beneficial to the advancement of the CVTC strategic plan and the needs of area business and industry contacts such as chamber, EDCs, etc.
  • Participate in community leadership activities as appropriate.
  • Collaborate and serve as a liaison to the CVTC Foundation to support financial support for the College through connection to potential donors in the defined territory.
  • Serve as the liaison to the broad portfolio of services and resources of CVTC.
• Campus Management:
  • Supervise the Campus Assistant & Continuing Education Assistant.
  • Lead the Campus Leadership Team—academic, student services, public safety, and facilities representatives—to implement College goals and ensure effective oversight of campus operations by fostering a unified, positive campus community through strong communication, collaborative engagement, and coordination of campus activities and community involvement.
  • Promote facility rental at the Chippewa Falls Campus to the region, including the Conference Center.
  • Collaborate with the facilities department on management of building space, as well as lease agreements with tenants to ensure campus space is utilized and optimized to its fullest potential.
  • Serve on the College’s EOC (Emergency Operations Center) committee representing Chippewa Falls as primary contact for incident command at this campus.
• Possess and maintain strong facilitation and project management skills.
• Possess and maintain academic knowledge of one- and two-year techn