Senior Project Manager for Workforce Development

Title: Senior Project Manager for Workforce Development

State Role Title: Professional - Instructor

Hiring Range: $75,000 - $85,000 (Commensurate with Experience)

Pay Band: UG

Agency: Richard Bland College

Location: Richard Bland College

Agency Website: www.rbc.edu

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

Richard Bland College (RBC) is a two-year, residential, liberal arts transfer institution that focuses on preparing students for transfer to highly ranked colleges and universities. The College is a hidden gem located outside the Tri-Cities region—and its rural setting featuring 750+ acres of wetlands, bucolic forest, and the state’s oldest and largest pecan grove.

Reporting to the Vice President and with a dotted line to the President, the Senior Project Manager for Workforce Development is a senior level position responsible for identifying, developing, and sustaining strategic alliances with employers, business/industry sector “clusters,” and internal work-study stakeholders to integrate student work into the educational experience, to assist with talent supply and demand, and to advance business/industry workforce solutions. The Senior Project Manager for Workforce Development is a member of the Vice President’s team and President’s Council. The position is responsible for compliance with all pertinent policies and regulations, plan-driven resource management, outcomes-based assessment, and continuous improvement within the designated area of responsibility.

Primary responsibilities of the position include:

• Management and oversight of planning, implementation, and ongoing assessment and continuous improvement of all aspects of the College’s workforce program, ensuring alignment with RBC’s mission and strategic priorities. This includes collaborating with employers, faculty, and economic development specialists to ensure the optimization of workforce-related curricula and credentials; participating in the development and management of workforce components of grants; and managing all aspects of the College’s workforce development plans, program performance tracking, program process evaluation, and measurable growth and outcomes of workforce programs and activities.
• The creation, management, oversight, and growth of a unique student apprenticeship / “earn and learn” program, Statesman Works, including goal setting and attainment, strategic direction, and reporting. Specific areas of administrative oversight include internal and external student employment, student internships, student apprenticeships, and management of all related College and business/industry partnerships.

Other Job Responsibilities Include:

• Provide opportunities for business and industry to assist with the development of training programs to include apprenticeships, internships, job shadowing and work-based learning.
• Build and maintain productive relationships with public-sector, private-sector and non-profit employers to create career pathways for future talent.
• Build and maintain strong partnerships with economic development entities, chamber organizations and other workforce development agencies to ensure alignment and execution of collaborative workforce strategies to include Talent Pipeline Management.
• Gather information for additional funding opportunities to support workforce solutions and programming.
• Gather labor market information, talent demand and skills requirements and translate data into meaningful information to create workforce development strategies.
• Develop and manage a database of employers and/or industry representatives and maintain regular communication through appropriate channels.
• In collaboration with internal and external stakeholders and utilizing all available reports, data, and best practices, manage the successful initiation, planning, design, project execution, and resource management efforts to ensure that the RBC Workforce Development program aligns with the College mission, goals, and objectives.
• Engage, build, and maintain relationships with employers, students, faculty and staff, leadership and other stakeholders.
• Create an effective culture and working environment for RBC’s workforce development program to ensure success in achieving business goals.
• Establish and implement short and long-term goals, objectives, and operating procedures for program; monitor and evaluate programmatic and operational effectiveness and effect changes required for improvement.
• Disseminate appropriate information and communicate regularly with a