Managing Director of Workforce Dev. & Family Alliance
Managing Director of Workforce Dev. & Family Alliance
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02-06-2025
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02-06-2025
Job Description
The Tarrant To & Through (T3) Partnership aims to increase postsecondary credentials and workforce success for Tarrant County students. Currently only 39% of adults have an associate degree or higher despite 65% of jobs requiring post-secondary education. T3 provides resources financial assistance and opportunities to students and families equipping them for successful careers. Through collaboration with various organizations we strive for inclusive pathways to education. Our goal is systemic change that positively impacts the entire Tarrant County community for generations to come.
POSITION OVERVIEW
The Managing Director of Workforce Development and Family Alliance is a strategic and visionary leader responsible for advancing T3s dual mission: to increase students career readiness and to strengthen family engagement as a core driver of post-secondary success. While the roles primary focus is building and sustaining a responsive workforce development strategy the Managing Director also provides strategic guidance to the Family Alliance team ensuring families who are empowered and engaged as critical stakeholders in student career pathways.
This leader will guide the full workforce strategy behind Pathways to Careers (P2C) overseeing the alignment of employer partnerships job opportunities and curated workforce content that directly supports students and families. The Managing Director will manage the development of high-quality relevant content on the P2C platform and ensure that all job uploads and career opportunities meet defined criteria for quality accessibility and alignment to regional workforce needs. This leader will ensure that Family Alliance curriculum and content buildout on P2C aligns and connects with the student learner journey.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
The Managing Director of Workforce Development and Family Alliance is responsible for the direct supervision of 2-3 senior-level staff. This includes setting strategic priorities and ensuring alignment across workforce and family engagement functions.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Workforce Development Strategy & P2C Alignment (35%)
- Lead the overall strategy and execution of T3s workforce development program in alignment with regional economic trends and labor market needs.
- Provide strategic oversight and guidance of the development and curation of job opportunities to ensure quality and student relevance.
- Oversight of career and postsecondary aligned content that supports informed students and family decision-making.
- Collaboration with internal teams and external partners to align P2C content with postsecondary pathways and priority industries.
- Establish criteria and processes for validating and maintaining job listings and employer profiles within the platform.
- Ensure integration of business partners into platform enhancements and workforce programming.
- Monitor platform usage job uploads and engagement metrics to assess effectiveness and identify improvement opportunities.
- Collaborate with product marketing and program teams to grow user adoption and partner participation in the P2C platform.
- Other duties as assigned.
Strategic Leaders of Family Alliance (35%)
- Provide strategic guidance to ensure family engagement strategies are aligned with the postsecondary and workforce readiness experience.
- Oversee and support the execution of key family initiatives including the College Savings Account (CSA) program Family Alliance Pledge and high-impact campaigns.
- Ensuring family-facing content on P2C reflects cultural relevance navigational clarity and supports parent partnership in students career journeys.
- Promote feedback loops between families and staff to improve strategy delivery and impact.
- Other duties as assigned.
Employer & Community Partnership Development (30%)
- Build and maintain high-impact partnerships with employers industry groups chambers of commerce and workforce boards to expand career-connected learning opportunities and job pipelines for students.
- Define and communicate a clear value proposition for employer participation in T3s workforce strategy and the Pathways to Careers (P2C) platform focusing on shared ROI talent development and long-term workforce alignment.
- Lead cross-collaboration to develop scalable outreach onboarding processes and relationship management systems for employer partners contributing to job postings and mentorship opportunities.
- Provide strategic direction and support for partnerships with K12 schools and district leadership to ensure the Family Alliance strategy is aligned with district priorities and deeply embedded within school communities.
- Guide the engagement of district-level leaders to promote systemwide family engagement practices that support postsecondary and career readiness.
- Foster cross-sector collaboration between education systems employers and families to build a cohesive regional ecosystem of support for student success.
- Other Duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education
- Bachelors degree in related field advanced degree preferred
Required Experience
- 8 years of progressive leadership experience in workforce development with a track record of managing high-performing cross functional teams and complex initiatives.
- Demonstrated experience designing and implementing strategies in both workforce development and family engagement with a focus on improving postsecondary and career outcomes for students.
- Proven ability to build and sustain cross-sector partnerships with schools employers and community organizations
- Strong understanding of career-connected learning economic mobility and equity-centered design
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with the Texas education and workforce ecosystem including CTE P-20 alignment and labor market trends.
- Knowledge of dual credit college access and postsecondary advising systems.
- Experience in campaign development and digital storytelling strategies that elevate underrepresented voices
- Experience with online career platforms.
- Experience scaling nonprofit programs during growth to maturity stages.
- Leadership experience in an education-related field.
- Experience implementing strategies that integrate family engagement with workforce development or postsecondary advising.
Knowledge Skills and Abilities
- Workforce & Education Systems: Deep understanding of workforce development systems employer engagement strategies and career-connected learning models.
- Family Engagement Expertise: Strong knowledge of family engagement frameworks including culturally responsive and asset-based approaches.
- Texas Education Landscape: Familiarity with Texas education systems including graduation pathways CTE endorsements and postsecondary access.
- Labor Market Insight: Understanding labor market trends and regional economic development priorities relevant to Tarrant County.
- Strategic Execution: Exceptional strategic planning and execution skills with the ability to translate complex goals into clear workstreams and measurable outcomes.
- Project & Operational Management: Advanced project management and organizational skills with strong attention to detail accountability and follow-through.
- Partnership Development: Proven ability to build and sustain high-impact partnerships across corporate education and community sectors.
- Data Fluency: Skilled in using data and KPIs to inform strategy track progress and communicate impact effectively.
- Leadership & Team Motivation: Ability to lead from the front set a compelling vision and motivate high-performing cross-functional teams.
- Agility & Problem-Solving: Comfortable managing through ambiguity and adapting to fast-changing environments with a solution-oriented mindset.
- Innovation & Execution Balance: Ability to balance strategic innovation with disciplined execution aligning experimentation to clear goals.
- Relationship Building: Builds trust and credibility with families school leaders employers and diverse community partners.
- Communication: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; capable of distilling complex educational and workforce content into clear engaging and actionable messages.
- Collaboration: Thrives in collaborative cross-functional and fast-paced environments.
- Adaptability: Responsive to feedback and able to adjust to evolving priorities and community needs with agility.
- Cultural Competence: High emotional intelligence and deep cultural competency; capable of leading inclusively and equitably.
- Personal Leadership: Operates with humility curiosity and urgency in service of organizational mission and community impact.
TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS
This position will require frequent travel throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and surrounding suburbs.
PHYSICAL / MENTAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.
While performing the duties of this position the employee is regularly required to sit and use the wrists hands and/or fingers. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; climb or balance. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision distance vision color vision depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Work at a desk and computer screen for extended periods of time.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment associated with this position may involve varying noise levels ranging from low to high and is subject to frequent interruptions. Employees may also encounter periodic distractions resulting from the activities and interactions of colleagues in the vicinity while performing the essential duties of the role.
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