Manager of Workforce Placement and Community Partnerships

Tennessee Board of Regents•Clinton, OH

About The Position

The Manager of Workforce Placement and Community Partnerships leads career placement, work-based learning, and community partnership initiatives connecting students, employers, and community organizations. The role develops workforce and professional development opportunities, manages career readiness programs and placement reporting, and builds strategic partnerships that support student success and regional workforce needs. The position also serves as Roane State Community College’s representative at the Anderson County Higher Education Center (ACHEC), coordinating student life opportunities and communicating with TCAT Knoxville administration about facility, safety, space, and related matters. The role includes budget development and reporting, use of workforce tracking systems, travel, and general office duties.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree.
3–5 years of relevant experience.
Strong relationship-building skills and demonstrated ability to develop partnerships with employers, educational institutions, workforce agencies, and community organizations.
Excellent written, verbal, presentation, interpersonal, organizational, and project-management skills.
Ability to plan and coordinate programs, training, career fairs, and community events.
Proficiency with career-services technology, databases, websites, and Microsoft Office applications.
Ability to collect, analyze, and accurately report data.
Ability to manage multiple priorities, exercise independent judgment, and represent the College professionally with internal and external stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

Experience managing projects and placement tracking.
Knowledge of manufacturing, human resources, workforce development, or business services.
Experience in training development, program administration, or project management.
Business experience in employer relations, sales, marketing, or account management.
Experience with Handshake or similar career-management platforms.

Responsibilities

Manage the college’s placement-report process for A.A.S. and certificate programs, working with Institutional Research, program directors, and students to obtain placement data.
Manage the Handshake career communications software, including data entry, updates, training, and communications with the college and industry.
Engage with industry to identify full-time and part-time jobs, internships, job-shadowing opportunities, apprenticeships, and other work experiences for students.
Work with faculty to support students’ job-search readiness, including job tips, resume writing, LinkedIn tools, and other career resources.
Coordinate job fairs, internship fairs, and other events connecting students and alumni with employment opportunities.
Develop and deliver career-readiness training on topics such as LinkedIn, job-search websites, resumes, digital presence, communication, workplace professionalism, and employability competencies.
Manage and maintain the placement website.
Develop and manage work-based learning experiences with industry, including apprenticeships, internships, and job shadowing for credit and non-credit students.
Coordinate career and placement systems with the Director of Success Coaches and the lead for the college’s COLS credit course.
Develop, monitor, and assess career-placement, internship, apprenticeship, and workforce-program outcomes using institutional data, labor-market information, and student and employer feedback; support continuous improvement and accreditation reporting.
Manage community-related classes, including required, personal-enrichment, and professional-development classes.
Develop and maintain partnerships with employers, workforce agencies, economic-development organizations, chambers of commerce, TCATs, higher-education partners, and community stakeholders.
Develop, deliver, market, and manage professional-development courses open to the public.
Manage youth experiences such as STEM and cybersecurity camps, and create work-ready training experiences for high school students to earn workforce credentials.
Represent Roane State at conferences and workforce events, engaging community and industry contacts and connecting them with college programs and opportunities.
Partner with the Roane State Recruitment team to connect the community with college opportunities.
Work with internal and external partners to develop, expand, and manage Ed2Go and other online non-credit offerings supporting workforce development, career advancement, small-business growth, and entrepreneurship.
Develop relationships and obtain non-credit course eligibility with WIAO/American Job Centers on the East Tennessee Training Provider List (ETPL).
Support the Workforce team with customized workforce training and other operational needs.
Analyze labor-market trends, workforce data, and employer needs to identify emerging career pathways and recommend training opportunities; seek grants and help manage or lead them as needed.
Develop, track, and report budgets.
Use Campus CE, Apprenticeship Tracker, and Raider Works to track training for internal reporting and Tennessee Board of Regents reporting.
Travel frequently within the college’s service area, occasionally within Tennessee, and infrequently elsewhere in the United States.
Perform general office tasks such as procurement, travel authorizations and claims, and food forms.
Serve as the college representative at the Anderson County Higher Education Center, which includes space for Roane State students taking Mechatronics and for customized industry training.
Provide student-life opportunities for credit students at ACHEC.
Communicate with TCAT Knoxville administration about safety, facilities, space utilization, visitors, hazardous-weather and other building closures, student name badges, and related matters.