Director, Job Corps Programs & Strategic Implementation

Position Summary:

Reports to the Vice President, Learning & Outcomes. Provides program leadership, coaching, data-informed improvement support, and strategic implementation leadership for priority initiatives across MTC-operated Job Corps centers. Provides ongoing coaching and technical assistance to an assigned group of centers; supports center leaders in identifying performance needs and implementing improvement strategies; leads enterprise PBIS implementation and sustainability; and directly leads or oversees assigned strategic initiatives, pilots, modernization efforts, and improvement priorities. Partners with operational, center, and functional leaders to translate priorities into actionable plans, monitor outcomes, address implementation barriers, and strengthen successful practices across Job Corps.

Essential Functions:

• Provide ongoing coaching, consultation, and technical assistance to an assigned group of Job Corps centers to strengthen performance, program quality, leadership effectiveness, and implementation of organizational priorities.
• Partner with Center Directors and other center leaders to identify performance challenges, determine root causes, establish improvement priorities, and develop practical strategies for improvement.
• Review center and enterprise performance data to identify trends, performance gaps, emerging risks, and opportunities for improvement.
• Help center and operational leaders interpret performance information and translate findings into focused improvement actions, measurable goals, and appropriate follow-up.
• Partner with operational leaders and appropriate stakeholders to establish meaningful measures, baselines, targets, and leading indicators for assigned programs and initiatives.
• Lead enterprise PBIS implementation, adoption, sustainability, and continuous improvement, including coaching centers and leaders in strengthening implementation practices.
• Monitor PBIS implementation across centers, identify barriers and support needs, and help centers strengthen local implementation and sustainment.
• Lead and oversee assigned Job Corps strategic initiatives, pilots, modernization efforts, programs, and improvement priorities.
• Translate approved priorities into actionable implementation plans with clearly defined outcomes, owners, milestones, dependencies, risks, decision points, and sustainment expectations.
• Provide project oversight for assigned initiatives, ensuring responsibilities, timelines, deliverables, risks, outcomes, and decisions remain visible and actively managed.
• Coordinate cross-functional work among Job Corps operations, center leadership, subject-matter experts, technology, training, data, and other stakeholders required to successfully implement assigned priorities.
• Facilitate implementation workgroups, problem-solving discussions, project reviews, and leadership decision-making related to assigned programs and initiatives.
• Monitor implementation and performance progress, identify barriers, coordinate corrective actions, and escalate issues requiring additional resources or leadership decisions.
• Develop and coordinate change-management, communication, readiness, training, stakeholder-engagement, and adoption strategies appropriate to assigned initiatives.
• Engage center leaders and employees throughout implementation to identify operational impacts, gather feedback, address barriers, and improve adoption.
• Develop sustainment plans and support the transition of completed initiatives from active project oversight to ongoing operational or program ownership.
• Identify effective programs, practices, and implementation approaches at Job Corps centers and support opportunities to adapt and scale successful practices across MTC Job Corps.
• Support the evaluation, design, launch, and implementation of Job Corps modernization initiatives, new programs, pilots, partnerships, and other improvement opportunities.
• Prepare clear analyses, project updates, reports, dashboards, presentations, and recommendations that provide center, operational, and executive leaders with visibility into performance, implementation progress, risks, and needed decisions.
• Collaborate with Job Corps operational leaders, center staff, Learning & Outcomes colleagues, corporate departments, federal stakeholders, vendors, partners, and other stakeholders to support center improvement and successful implementation.
• Contribute to our company Culture of Caring by maintaining positive and respectful relationships with employees, customers, vendors, program recipients and our community.
• It is expected that the incumbent shall perform other duties as assigned within his/her capabilities as determined by management.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in education, special education, career and technical education, educational leaders, or related field and five years related experience. 
• Master’s degree preferred. 
• Job Corps experience preferred. 
• Experience leading complex projects, program improvements, implementations, or organizational change involving multiple stakeholders is required. 
• Experience providing coaching, consultation, or technical assistance to educational or organizational leaders is strongly preferred.

Must be willing and able to travel. Unless waived by management, must possess a valid driver's license with an acceptable driving record.