Director of Workforce & Community Education

SCOPE OF WORK: The Director of Workforce & Community Education provides strategic leadership for the design implementation evaluation and continuous improvement of workforce and community education programs aligned with NHTIs mission and regional economic needs. The Director develops new and responsive programs informed by labor market data and consultation with employers government agencies and community organizations and leads outreach partnership development and sales of training and community education offerings. The position operates with an entrepreneurial focus generating contract training and program revenue while ensuring program quality financial sustainability and institutional impact.

ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Develops and delivers entrepreneurial workforce and community education programs to meet regional and statewide needs and in the context of NHTIs mission to cultivate potential in every learner and vision to serve New Hampshires best interest.

Serves the college and community through NHTIs values of We love who we are and who we serve and We are responsible for ourselves our college and our community.

Develops strategies and an implementation plan for the structure organization direction policies and services of the Workforce Education program.

Oversees the programs operations marketing staffing and services of Workforce and Community Education with responsibility for supervising staff and overseeing all aspects of operations.

Works collaboratively with CCSNH leadership college peers and institutional colleagues to develop system-wide marketing promotion program deployment and program implementation efforts.

Collaborates within NHTI especially with academic Department Chairs Program Coordinators and the Admissions office to develop program types and delivery methods that meet regional needs that provide pathways stackable credentials and continuing education between academic and workforce education programs and that supports enrollment pipelines.

Creates and fosters regional and statewide collaborative networks to provide educational programming and guidance to support the needs of adult learners and industry government and community partners.

Conducts on-site assessments of business and industry training needs and extends technical assistance and managerial consulting/advisement services through program development and employee training.

Coordinates and sponsors conferences workshops business showcases career fairs and other activities.

Develops summer camps and boot camps to meet the educational needs of industry and adult learners and the recreational interests of learners of various ages.

Manages the departments budget to ensure costs are met for program delivery and overhead and delivers significant net revenue to the Colleges operating budget.

Maintains knowledge of new educational technologies to support a variety of content delivery formats.

Maintains an understanding of issues and practices in human resources management such as organizational design self-directed work units selection and staffing and union/labor relations.

Establishes Credit for Prior Learning and Competency Based Education frameworks to support student learning.

Performs administrative duties associated with maintaining a safe work environment training employees communicating job expectations; monitoring and appraising job performance; and managing employee time and attendance in accordance with CCSNH and College policies and procedures the provisions of the collective bargaining agreement and state and federal regulations.

Complies with all college system state and federal rules and regulations.

Other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Education: Masters degree from a recognized college or university with major study in education business administration public administration communications/PR human resource management or a related field. Each additional year of approved formal education may be substituted for one year of required work experience.

Experience: Eight years experience in program or curriculum development corporate/business training grants program/project management and/or program/product marketing including supervisory and administrative experience. Each additional year of work experience may be substituted for one year of required formal education.

License/Certification: None required.

RECOMMENDED WORK TRAITS:

1. Workforce Program Development & Consulting
Ability to design advise on and deliver workforce and employee training programs informed by organizational and industry needs.

2. Program & Event Leadership
Demonstrated competency in planning and leading conferences workshops career fairs business showcases camps boot camps and other workforce and community engagement activities.

3. Financial & Entrepreneurial Management
Ability to manage budgets control program and overhead costs and generate significant net revenue through workforce and community education offerings.

4. Educational Delivery Innovation
Knowledge of educational technologies and alternative delivery models including Credit for Prior Learning and Competency-Based Education to support accessible and effective learning.

5. Human Resources & Administrative Leadership
Competence in supervision performance management staffing labor relations employee development workplace safety and time and attendance administration.

6. Compliance & Institutional Stewardship
Knowledge of and ability to operate in compliance with college system collective bargaining state and federal laws regulations and policies.

DISCLAIMER STATEMENT: The supplemental job description lists typical examples of work and is not intended to include every job duty and responsibility specific to a position. An employee may be required to perform other related duties not listed on the supplemental job description provided that such duties are characteristic of that classification.

Notice of Non-Discrimination: The Community College System of New Hampshire is an equal opportunity employer. The Community College System of NH does not discriminate on the basis on race creed color religion national or ethnic origin age sex sexual orientation gender identity and expression physical or mental disability genetic information or law enforcement or military veteran or marital status.