MOTLOW STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
is accepting applications for the following position:
Executive Director of Economic, Community, & Workforce Development
Position number: #297
Annual Salary: $55,000 - $68,000
Applications deadline: June 12, 2018
Motlow State is the fastest growing college in Tennessee . We are located in the beautiful rolling hills of middle Tennessee and have four campuses that serve students from eleven counties. We offer a comprehensive benefits package which includes an excellent retirement package from the state of Tennessee, 401K plan with match, thirteen paid annual holidays in addition to annual and sick leave days, health and dental insurance, tuition discounts, and state employee discounts.
General Function:
Represent Motlow College by providing non-credit, professional development, short-term training, scaffolded training, credentialing opportunities, customized training for industry, community education, embedded credentials to supplement for-credit (as requested), and establish a robust portfolio of continuing education training opportunities for businesses, industry, NGOs, and governmental agencies in the school's 11-county service area. Build and maintain a robust portfolio of internal and third-party providers to support training delivery. Provides career placement services to include but not limited to career fairs, job posting listings and applicable workshops designed to prepare students for work. The effectiveness of this leader will be assessed based on number of non-credit hours of instruction provided annually, customer satisfaction assessments from non-credit students and industry stakeholders, timely and accurate submission of appropriate reports/budgets/plans/reviews, effectiveness of team leadership, effectiveness of planning, implementation, and ongoing communication with constituents, and ability to produce well-defined, on-time deliverables that meet market need and positively influence Motlow's funding formula.
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution, plus five (5) years relevant experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
Preferred master's degree from a regionally accredited institution in highly related field such MBA, Finance, Public Administration, plus three (3) years relevant experience.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING INITIATIVES : Strengthen Motlow's existing alliances while building new collaborations to increase its positive impact on the employment progress of students and the communities we serve. Oversees day-to-day operation of services and provides staff leadership and direction. Supervise the development of curriculum and methods of delivery for con-ed designed to meet the needs of business and industry. Plan, develop, administer, and assess new and recurring non-credit training opportunities that position Motlow as an effective provider of training for business and industry. Develop customized training for business clients. Oversee development of assessment methods, competencies for completion, business pricing for service packages, and program evaluation methods. Work closely with the Grants office to develop funding support for new and customized training programs. Work closely with the ARTC to sell and support its robotics training initiatives. Work collaboratively with Motlow's Marketing Department, Events Director, and Director of Facilities to ensure all training programs are well executed. Ensure all programs meet Motlow financial obligations and positively impact the College's funding formula. Participate in regional economic development, industrial development, workforce development meetings. Build training partnerships, map business & industry prospects, and benchmark peer institutions to effectively meet state, regional, county, municipal, and employer needs. Working with the Vice President, establish, implement, and provide regular updates on a leadership-approved strategic plan for Motlow's non-credit training programs. Ensure robust programs in career services and community enrichment programming.
MARKETING : Work collaboratively with colleagues to ensure the effective marketing of the Economic, Community, & Workforce Development department and its programs. Lead site visits, build personal contacts, develop printed materials, participate in professional organizations, and conferences. Ensure each Motlow training program recruits the necessary class compliment to be successful. Develop and maintain an accurate, robust, up-to-date CRM plan for stakeholders. Develop and administer successful employer outreach marketing efforts to generate new and sustained, financially positive non-credit training relationships for Motlow. Establish and maintain an effective, regularly meeting, and substantively informed Advisory Board of subject matter experts to guide and contribute to the success of the program. Maintain regular lines of communication with this body and provide it timely materials to support its meeting and deliberation. Build and maintain accurate list of stakeholders in keeping with the Vice President's stated expectations including, but not limited to business and industry contacts, regulatory agencies, third-party providers, prospective students, completed students, contractors, officials, and other identified stakeholders. Attend and present at tradeshows, conferences, and speaking engagements, and book them for the VP and president as appropriate. Author and administer regular outbound digital and print messaging that features Motlow's abilities and achievements to workforce development stakeholders. Conduct research on, and provide support for, investigating opportunities and exploring special projects as assigned from the VP and president.
PARTNERSHIPS, ALLIANCES, AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES : Represent Motlow College at various meetings and activities. Support partnerships through economic and community development activities and alliances with business, industry, and government agencies. Assist in organizing special meetings designed to foster economic growth and community involvement. Oversee and ensure the collection and analysis of a wide variety of labor market information. Ensure and protect an effective system of long-term maintenance and availability of student completion and certification records. Wherever possible, partner with established credentialing bodies, and stay abreast of new credentialing bodies and changes in credentialing obligations. Effectively recruit and maintain a reliable source of credentialed instructors in a wide variety of subjects.
NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TRENDS : Keep pace with managerial and technological changes that require training and retraining of the workforce. Stay abreast of news, bills, and legislation relevant to workforce initiatives.
FISCAL RESPONSIBILITIES : Prepare and manage the annual department budget and future out-year projections. Ensure the viability of the Economic, Community and Workforce Development department through the generation of revenues in addition to funding formula MSCC allocations. Proactively identify and participate in authoring grants to support funding of workforce development initiatives. Fulfill workforce development grant management obligations. Ensure proper contracting processes with third-party providers. Ensure timely, accurate, successful RFP administration. Ensure the department maintains accurate, well-organized, up-to-date hard and digital files that are always audit and review-ready. Prepare and implement appropriate policies and procedures. Ensure appropriate billings, payments, collections, receipting, allocations, reimbursements, planning, benchmarking, expressions of client appreciation, and other obligations of a fee-for-service program. Appropriately monitor and justifying budget requests, expenditures, and pricing.
STAFFING RESPONSIBILITIES : Supervise the Economic, Community and Workforce Development staff and regularly review work performance to ensure achievement of department and MSCC goals and objectives. Ensure clear and effective operational process and procedure planning and implementation.
CAREER PLACEMENT : Provide overall direction for a comprehensive career support program that includes career fairs, job placement services, and facilitation of co-op, intern, extern, apprenticeship and job shadowing.
OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES : Represent the Economic, Community and Workforce Development department at various MSCC functions and meetings. Serve on various committees. Prepare reports and other administrative documents for MSCC use. Perform annual evaluations of direct reports.
The ideal candidate will possess the following skills, attributes, and experience:
- High level of integrity and strong sense of ethics; open and honest in all internal and external relationships;
- Action and results oriented; open to change and innovation; ability to work in a fast-paced environment;
- Stay up-to-date on trends in standards-of-practice for economic development and job training;
- Strong customer service ethic, responsive to organizational needs;
- Forward thinking and creative in planning for workforce development and operational planning;
- Strong analytical skills, can analyze and resolve complex issues, consider alternatives, project consequences and recommend appropriate solutions;
- Exhibit strong initiative, integrity, sound judgment and a positive attitude; inspire the trust, respect and confidence of others;
- Strong and articulate communication skills, both written and oral.
- Competent in CRM software, presentation software & hardware, list development & management, outbound broadcast communication, and basic photography and graphic presentations Must have or be willing to learn basic PhotoShop skills. Must be willing to learn and demonstrate moderate-to-advanced photography and creative presentation skills.
- A demonstrated high level of competency in ability to: report, write, or edit articles for publication; interview; counsel, consult or advise people; and evaluate technical data using spreadsheets and data-centric software.
- Must be able to compute arithmetic calculations involving fractions, decimals and percentages.
- Must be able to work effectively in Microsoft Office Suite demonstrating proficient use of PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, and Excel-including the ability to create transitions in Powerpoint, and use queries and pivot tables in Excel.
- Demonstrated history of maintaining confidentiality, protecting proprietary information, working to achieve organizational missions.
- Demonstrated fiduciary leadership, revenue generation, and fund development skills.
- Demonstrated contract negotiation skills.
- A demonstrated portfolio of work that validates the above skills, abilities, and experience.
- Hold and maintain a valid Tennessee driver's license.
Motlow State Community College
Telephone (931) 393-1541, Fax (931-393-1839)
E-mail: rkeel@mscc.edu
Website: www.mscc.edu
Motlow College is an EEO/AA/Title VI/Title IX/Sections 504/ADA employer
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