Director of Workforce Development

The Hope Through Housing Foundation (Hope) is committed to breaking the cycle of generational poverty by implementing high-quality social services for low-income families and seniors living within and around National CORE's affordable housing developments throughout California, Texas and Florida. We seek passionate, hardworking team members who are committed to transforming lives and communities. Together, we deliver Hope, Opportunity, Prosperity, and Empowerment to thousands of youth, adults, and seniors each year.

The Director of Workforce Development is a new role at Hope through Housing focused on helping the organization build its capacity to provide robust employment and career development supports and opportunities for low-income residents. The Director will develop partnerships, resources, and referral systems to connect residents with employment and training resources and employment leads. This position will play a lead role in the development and execution of CORE Academy, an innovative training program preparing low-income residents to enter the field of property management. The Director will also work to establish grants and contracts to expand internal resources for the expansion of CORE Academy, career coaching, and job development programming.

Specific functions that will be required in this role include but are not limited to: collaborating with property management and program staff to develop effective workforce training programs; identifying and connecting with community resources, grant/contract opportunities, employer referral pipelines, and other career services collaboratives; providing staff training activities and workshops; and data management and reporting. The Director will also work closely with National CORE's Director of Learning and Development and Hope's program team to identify and address barriers to employment that residents may be facing. This position will report to Assistant Vice President of Programs & Data Management.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Community Outreach and Training

• Identify and develop partnerships with vocational schools, colleges, nonprofits, One Stop Career centers and other career development entities throughout the National CORE portfolio.
• Conduct outreach to employers to develop on-the-job training and/or direct job placement sites for residents; maintain cooperative relationships with employers, academic and vocational training institutions; identify appropriate job placement/training opportunities for residents; maintain understanding of local job market and opportunities to assist in providing guidance to residents.
• Assist in the creation of career development training materials and resources for residents and partners
• In partnership with Hope's program team, coordinate career services workshop programming, including outreach, implementation, and evaluation of the workshops.
• Equip Hope program team to conduct workshops, orientations, or other training and outreach activities for residents.

Coordination of Employment Training and CORE Academy

• Build collaborative structure for CORE Academy with partners
• Coordinate resident/community outreach, registration, and facilitation of logistics for CORE Academy workshops.
• With Director of Learning and Development and key CORE team members, assist with development and enhancement of curriculum for CORE Academy and future specialty areas.
• Assist with identification of workforce training needs/opportunities among low-income residents and the development of additional training resources.

Capacity Building and Fund Development

• Serve as a specialist resource for staff on issues related to employment and career planning.
• Support Hope Service Coordinators and program team to integrate and strengthen an employment and career-building focus into their resident activities and interactions.
• Provide training to Hope and CORE employees around workforce development and employment opportunities for residents.
• Support Hope program team members in assessing residents' education, work experience, skills, and job interest and matching them to available employment, training, or other opportunities/services.
• Identify and pursue, in conjunction with fund development team, new grants and contracts to support CORE Academy and other career focused activities/programs.
• Other duties as assigned.

SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS

The Director of Workforce and Career Development should have the ability to:

• Work well with a variety of internal and external partners.
• Identify and navigate various systems, collaboratives, and funding sources.
• Write clearly and concisely.
• Ability to facilitate meetings and to speak in public.
• Successfully solicit funds from a variety of donors.
• Show initiative and manage multiple projects concurrently.
• Be a team leader and team player.
• Maintain work pace appropriate to given workload.
• Must attend Company sponsored events which may include overnight stays at locations away from the employee's home.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Required: BA/ BS degree in related field.
• Required: A minimum of 3 to 5 years of industry experience in progressively responsible positions.
• Proficiency in Spanish is a plus.

The Director of Workforce will have experience with the following:

• Career training program management, including for low-income individuals.
• Ability to build relationships with a variety of people and have confidence in navigating a variety of constituencies and geographic areas.
• Demonstrated success with building relationships and partnerships that lead to tangible results.
• Demonstrated success with securing grants and funding.
• Work harmoniously with clients, consultants and other professionals.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Operate computer and office equipment.
• Moderate walking, bending and lifting under 20 pounds.
• Work is primarily sedentary in nature.
• Exposure to the elements for site tours, ground breakings and other similar events
• Driving will be required for offsite meetings as needed.

FLSA

• Exempt

Salary : $70,000 - $75,000