Director - Workforce Development

Ancora Education • Remote, US,

2d • $65,000 - $85,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Director of Workforce Development designs and implements a comprehensive workforce funding and partnership strategy to secure student tuition assistance and advance the mission for Ancora institutions, brands, and students. The position successfully blends leadership, relationship building, product knowledge, marketing, and compliance to help shape Ancora’s public image. The Director will align education with labor market needs and serve as a key advocate to ensure Ancora brands remain institutions of choice satisfying agency and stakeholder interests. This role serves as the key leader who identifies and responds to natural fit grants and partnership opportunities from a broad array of funding sources including federal, state, corporate investors, and industry organizations.

Requirements

• Resourcefully identifies agencies and personnel to form trusting professional relationships and advance the mission of expanding financial support for students
• Accurately and enthusiastically advocates for the Ancora brands through written communications and presentations
• Outstanding interpersonal and networking abilities; comfortable engaging with a diverse range of stakeholders, from corporate executives and community leaders to private donors.
• Deeply embodies the core values of the organization, acting as a passionate, ethical, and highly visible ambassador for the school's mission in all public and private interactions.
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in Marketing, Communications, Non-Profit Management, Business Administration, Public Relations, or a related field.
• 3–5 years of progressive workforce agency, workforce funding or grant writing experience
• A proven portfolio of identifying, writing, and securing competitive Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and institutional grants, ideally within the education and/or non-profit sector.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Non-Profit Management, Public Administration (MPA), or Business Administration (MBA)
• Certified Grant Professional (GPC) credential.
• Demonstrated experience serving as a public-facing representative, with a track record of building strategic partnerships between an organization and local industries or community leaders.
• Hands-on experience working with grant finding and management databases (Instrumentl, Grants.gov., Candid’s Foundation Directory, or similar).
• Direct experience working within a non-profit school organization, private school, or higher education system; pre-existing understanding of tuition assistance structures, financial aid, and student-body demographics.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a workforce board and partner development strategy (research methods, target sources, timelines, collaborating parties, resources needed, and outcome expectation).
• Serve as a primary community contact, masterfully articulating the mutual needs of Ancora schools, its students, and the local industries and communities served to align educational output with workforce needs.
• Access labor market data, subscribe to and scan a mix of news feeds, social media, industry sites, and more to remain abreast of leads to explore and pursue opportunities (i.e. grants and related requests for proposals).
• Cultivate, steward, and maintain a robust pipeline of relationships with government agencies, funding agencies, corporations, and industry partners to provide them with regular update reports on the impact of their investments.
• Collaborate with Ancora Academic and Admissions Teams to track and communicate workforce agency or partner needs and work to shape program development to respond to needs.
• Work closely with internal admissions and finance teams to understand and address the tuition assistance needs of the student body.
• Work with academics, campus, and compliance personnel to develop a strong working knowledge of the program offerings and the student body served.
• Protect Ancora’s integrity by ensuring all activities, applications, and documentation maintained adheres to ethical and legal standards.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director