Overview

The Talent Bound-High Schools, Manager is responsible for the daily coordination of Talent Bound activities with our K-12 partners. This position has frequent communication and interface with education counterparts and employer partners to ensure the Talent Bound activities are executed seamlessly. This position is at EmployIndy and reports to the Associate Director, Talent Bound.

To be successful in this role you will accomplish:
• Presentations regarding the value of the Talent Bound initiative to education, business, and other stakeholder partners.
• Proactively recommend opportunities for process improvement, growth, and expansion of work-based learning activities.
• Structured coaching and preparation for employer and education partners to participate in and value the Talent Bound Initiative.
• Meet and exceed annual Talent Bound activity metrics, including but not limited to employer satisfaction and retention and education partner participation.
• Analysis of complex issues, identification of trends and implications, and development of recommendations and guidance for the project team.
• Ongoing communication and capacity-building of employer and education partners. Facilitate capacity-building meetings with contacts as needed.
• Manages project timelines and execution from various team members related to the coordination of work-based learning activities between partners.
• Assist with the preparation of materials and deliverables for project meetings and management of next steps.
• Efficient and consistent documentation of employer connectivity, including invitations, participation, feedback, and outcomes of activities.
• Assist with data requests to support strategic initiatives, including extracting information from program data systems. 

Organizational Culture
Core Values

Accountability:

• We are responsible to the organization, our colleagues, our partners, and our community to make decisions that advance our vision.
• We take ownership to prioritize the work and reliable processes that deliver the greatest impact, address problems as they arise, and ask for help when needed.
• We strive to be prompt, decisive, and transparent to help foster trust and understanding while embracing change as a path towards efficiency and innovation.

Commitment:

• We understand how important our role is to achieve our mission and believe our work makes an impact on the organization and community.
• We commit to regularly reviewing our work as part of the collective team, determining areas of improvement, and celebrating successes.
• We take ownership of our responsibilities and will display flexibility as needed to achieve the ultimate goals of the organization.

Trustworthiness:

• We build relationships based on honesty and transparency while approaching our work with integrity.
• We create a safe, respectful, and inclusive environment where team members can share feedback which promotes a culture of improvement.
• We support our partners and colleagues using consistent actions, behaviors and attitudes which foster strong relationships and client success.

Competencies

• Accountability: Follow through on commitments and make sure others do the same. Act with a clear sense of ownership. Take personal responsibility for decisions, actions, and failures. Establish clear responsibilities and processes for monitoring work and measuring results
• Integrity: Earns the trust and confidence of coworkers and customers through honest communication, ethical behavior and professionalism in all interactions.
• Communication Skills: Understand and communicate effectively with others using a variety of contexts and formats, which include writing, speaking, reading listening and interpersonal skills.
• Quality: Is attentive to detail and accuracy, is committed to excellence, looks for improvements continuously, monitors quality levels, finds root cause of quality problems, owns/acts on quality problems.
• Leadership: Ability to take charge. Select, direct, and coordinate activities of others to do better work, assume more responsibility, or prepare for future job opportunities. Coach, motivate, develop others. Serve as a role model. Make decisions, communicate.
• Creativity: Generates new ideas, supports change, provides innovative solutions, solves problems creatively.
• Directing and Controlling: The ability to create a motivating climate, achieve teamwork, train and develop, measure work in progress, take corrective action.
• Job Knowledge: Understands duties and responsibilities, possesses necessary job knowledge and technical skills, stays current on job knowledge.
• Problem Solving: Breaks down problems into smaller components, can simplify and process complex issues, can identify and understand root cause.

Requirements
Education and Experience:
• Post-secondary credential preferred
• 2-3 years' experience in youth programming
• Valid Driver's License and reliable transportation
• Progressive work history with increasing levels of accomplishment required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Results driven to meet the mission, vision, and goals of EmployIndy
• Knowledge of CRM, Google Suite, and Microsoft Office Suite systems
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Project Management skills
• Understanding of K-12, CTE and post-secondary education
• Relationship management