Manager, Corporate Education and Workforce Training

Joliet Junior College•Joliet, IL

3d•$70,689 - $79,526•Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for managing the concurrent development and delivery of multiple, customized training programs for a variety of businesses and organizations. It also has responsibilities for meeting grant guidelines and performance measures under grants that are awarded to the Center for Continuing Education. The role involves implementing grant funding to help business and industry offset the cost of training programs, in addition to utilizing grant funds to develop new programs for the community through short-term training initiatives. The position requires entrepreneurial skills, flexibility, evening hours, and some weekend work, as well as local travel to class and employment sites throughout the region.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Training and Development, Vocational Assessment, Counseling, Education, Social Work, or related area.
Three (3) years of work experience in training and development, and/or adult learning principles with broad knowledge of curriculum, instruction, and course content construction, continuing education, instructional design, or related.
Advanced knowledge of federal programs in this area, along with grant writing and monitoring skills.
Excellent interpersonal, communication, time and project management, and organizational skills.
Ability to establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with other members of the college and community, displaying cultural competence as well as emotional intelligence.
Demonstrated commitment to the college’s core values of respect and inclusion, sustainability, integrity, collaboration, humor and well-being, innovation, and quality.

Nice To Haves

Master degree.
Management experience in career planning, job search/placement services, vocational education, adult learning principles, and multiple population groups.
Advanced technological skills to implement delivery of services and adhere to all management information systems and record keeping requirements.
English and Spanish verbal and written communication proficiency.
Demonstrated multicultural competence.

Responsibilities

Manage the human resource function; provide content area expertise in the hiring of program coordinators and instructors; coordinate logistics of related soft skills workshops and classroom instruction; design and implement advertising strategies.
Supervise all current instructors and internal staff, including addressing any complaints or disciplinary action and review training feedback from training courses.
Develop individual training plans for new hires based upon skill gaps; monitor adherence to plan and take corrective actions to ensure job retention.
Develop training proposals; define deliverables and their cost; secure approval of training for cost reimbursement; make presentations to company representatives.
Formulate specifications for and write complete training courses; propose both content and costs in written proposal formats to management and district businesses and organizations.
Consult with district businesses on the full range of JJC and CCE programs and services; visit businesses on an ongoing basis. Recommend actions to address needs; make appropriate referral and ensure linkage.
Market and sell corporate education services and credit hour courses to the appropriate constituencies; work with Department Chairs; assess and secure staff, equipment, and technology needs. Create and strengthen partnerships; promoting strong synergy; improve economic development foundations.
Write grant proposals and analyze, evaluate, and report statistical course data and student outcomes. Participate in grant-writing and grant-proposal development with outside organizations to facilitate project development, grant application, and proposal submission.
Seek out supplemental sources of funding; monitor activities for adherence to regulations and procedures.
Effectively lead a team to achieve goals and meet grant guidelines.
Develop policies, guidelines, and systems to ensure an effective operation of the grants process.
Prepare periodic performance reports and submit in the manner required by ICCB. Review periodic financial reports to verify accuracy.
Serve as the liaison with job placement service providers. Network and consult with other employment and training service providers on hiring job training graduates.
Monitor budget and expenditures; recommend budget allocations.
Perform related duties as assigned.