Manager - Business Development

Program Summary

The Employment Institute, Auberle's nationally recognized workforce development program, places unemployed and underemployed individuals in career jobs, not just training. Our passionate, mission-driven team supports individuals in overcoming any barrier to employment impacting our participants, their families, and future generations. Because of our holistic model, 84% of our participants remain in their employment for six months or more, a long-term indicator of success in the workplace.

Essential Responsibilities

• Promote the Mission and Values of Auberle as well as the program's philosophy, principles, and procedures in the provision of all responsibilities.
• Utilize employment and economic data and cultivate relationships with employers to increase network of employment pipelines and create training opportunities for program participants and expand programming geographically and/or across industries.
• Research and implement national best practices in workforce development.
• Market our programs, internally and externally, to ensure that they are fully utilized by all eligible participants.
• Assist in the development and writing of requests for proposals.
• Assist in standardizing and formalizing Employment Institute model for replication across markets.
• Take high degree of initiative and independent judgement, while remaining within accordance of established policies, regulations, and procedures.
• Motivate Employment Institute team members to create and execute innovative solutions that help participants obtain and maintain career track employment.
• Promote the Continuous Quality Improvement philosophy at Auberle and maintain all Quality Improvement goals and objectives.
• May work with a small caseload of participants to help them in achieving their career goals.
• Demonstrate an understanding of and respect for the diversity of consumers, volunteers, staff, and other stakeholders throughout the provision of services.
• Perform other duties as the leadership may direct.
  
  

Typical Working Conditions

• Requires working flexible hours, including occasional evening and weekends
• Requires travel for programming activities, conferences, and meetings as needed
• Contact with staff and non-staff (e.g., participants, referents, business partners, and staff from other community agencies)
• Work is performed in an office space with occasional work performed at training or employer site
  
  

Required Skills And Abilities

• Proven track record of creating and executing goals
• Experience with program design
• Experience strategically growing programs or projects and establishing relationships with private sector businesses
• Excellent verbal and electronic communication skills
• Ability to communicate a passion for Auberle's mission of building strong individuals families and communities
• Proven ability to research and benchmark practices and to collect, analyze and employ data to guide decisions
• Experience with managing budgets
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree preferred
• ACT 33/34 and FBI Clearances
• Pre-employment drug screening and ongoing random drug screens
• Valid PA driver's license
• Meet the required Skills and Abilities described herein