What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant Director of Outreach and Engagement, Workforce Development - Binghamton University position at Binghamton University?
Budget Title: Senior Staff Assistant (SL-3)
Salary: $63,000 - $65,000
As a member of the Office of Workforce Development, the Assistant Director of Outreach and Engagement will focus on building strategic partnerships, expanding community outreach, and promoting education and career pathways to prospective adult learners.
Responsibilities include:
- Cultivate collaborative relationships with industry, educational, nonprofit, and government partners at a local, state, and national level.
- Assist adult learners in identifying their educational and career needs, interests, and goals, and address barriers that may hinder their successful completion and subsequent employment.
- Engage with former Binghamton University students who stopped out and provide pathways to reenroll and complete their bachelor's degree.
- Assist with the development of adult learner recruitment and retention plans, strategies, and written materials, such as marketing, admissions, and program leads.
- Identify grant and funding opportunities and assist with grant writing to support innovative pathways to employment in targeted high-demand career fields.
- Monitor workforce engagement activities and outcomes and prepare reports on workforce engagement for stakeholders.
- Respond to inquiries from and communicate with stakeholders with a consistently professional demeanor and in a timely manner.
- Communicate and enforce University and SUNY policies, regulations, procedures, and operations.
- Professionally and ethically represent the Office of Workforce Development across campus and the University at events, conferences, and meetings.
Job Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree (or higher)
- A minimum of five (5) years of experience with building industry partnerships and/or community outreach and engagement, or a similar role
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Preferred:
- Master's Degree
- Minimum of five (5) years of experience working with adult learners, including those older than 24 years old, married or have children, working adults, first-generation college students, previously attended college but did not finish their degree, and/or did not receive a standard high school diploma
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position
Additional Information:
Offers of employment may be contingent upon successful completion of a pre-employment background check and verification of degree(s) and credentials.
Binghamton University is a tobacco-free campus.
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Payroll information can be found on our website https://www.binghamton.edu/offices/human-resources/payroll/
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Postings active on the website, accept applications until closure.
For information on the Dual Career Program, please visit:
https://www.binghamton.edu/offices/human-resources/prospective/dual-career/index.html
Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
The State University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. It is the policy of Binghamton University to provide for and promote equal opportunity employment, compensation, and other terms and conditions of employment without discrimination on the basis of age, race, color, religion, disability, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, veteran or military service member status, marital status, domestic violence victim status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, or arrest and/or criminal conviction record unless based upon a bona fide occupational qualification or other exception.
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Salary : $63,000 - $65,000
