Remote Director Workforce Development at JFF

nAbout JFF: nJobs for the Future (JFF) drives transformation of the American workforce and training methods to attain equitable financial development for all.nnAbout the place: nnJFF’s Director, Workforce Growth can be a brand new place centered on the diversification of the info expertise sector via the event of on-ramps, high-quality coaching alternatives, and credentialing to design, strengthen, and scale options that create equitable situations and clear paths to financial development for all. The Program Director will lead a workforce to assist the scaling of a set of short-term, on-line, employer-developed credentials inside the group school ecosystem that put together people for middle- and high-skill tech roles. This can be achieved by managing the recruitment of faculties, main a nationwide community of faculties implementing credentials, offering technical help, and growing relationships with employers to assist hiring certificates completers. This work may also be centered on supporting profession entry and development for teams presently underrepresented within the tech sector, particularly girls, Black employees, and Latinx employees. The Director will function a nationwide subject material professional, offering thought management to schools, employers, and different stakeholders. The Director will supervise a small workforce in addition to collaborate with groups throughout JFF. This place will report back to a Senior Director inside the Work Unit.  nnThe profitable candidate has a progressive programmatic management profile, is very expert in designing and growing new partnerships and managing inside and exterior relationships and stakeholders, and possesses in-depth information of group school methods. They’ve a confirmed observe report of delivering high-quality leads to a fast-paced atmosphere and in managing relationships with company funders.nnWhat you will do:  nnProject Managementnnn* Handle route and implementation of a major credential scaling initiative throughout roughly 100 group faculties. nn* Oversee programmatic operations, together with managing mission budgets, work plans, timelines, and finishing high-quality mission deliverables.nnnnnStrategic and Analytical Thinkingnnn* Lead recruitment, technical help, partnerships, employer engagement to assist fast scaling of the credential suite amongst faculties. Present oversight of an inside workforce centered on analysis and analysis of the initiative.nn* Develop a method to construct employer engagement and assist for the credentials, with a concentrate on constructing recognition and cultivating assist for placement or work-based studying alternatives to completers.nn* Present subject material experience on the mixing of short-term credentials into group school packages, together with each tutorial pathways and non-credit workforce programming.nnnnnRelationship Constructing and Administration nnn* Lead and assist the event of key exterior partnerships (funders, companions, and so on.), together with relationships with nationwide and regional employers. Construct and keep sturdy relationships and partnerships with funders, consultants, employers, and a variety of stakeholders inside the group school ecosystem.nn* Coordinate and handle employees from throughout JFF and exterior consultants to create cohesive and efficient mission groups.nn* Supervise a small workforce of direct stories within the Work Unit, supporting their skilled improvement inside JFFnnnnnGrowth and Studying Mindsetnnn* Construct the capability of JFF employees to combine variety, fairness, and inclusion into their work.nn* Contribute to enterprise and partnership improvement via overseeing the design and scoping of ideas, proposal improvement, relationship administration, analysis on funders and markets, and alternative pursuit in step with JFF’s strategic priorities.  nn* Leverage JFF’s networks, strategic communications and convening energy to advance this work and drive influence. nnnnnWho you’re:  nnn* You will have a minimal of 10+ years {of professional} work expertise with no less than 3-5 years in group school and/or workforce improvement. You will have sturdy information of workforce improvements inside the tech sector, ideally with information of the ecosystem of present short-term credentials.nn* You will have a dedication to contributing to an equitable work atmosphere and embedding fairness into all of your work nn* You will have a confirmed observe report of expertise managing a significant initiative and/or strains of enterprise for a company funder.nn* You’re extremely strategic, and capable of stability that imaginative and prescient with detail-oriented implementation. You perceive how choices get made, you may absorb a number of inputs on the identical time, and also you consider what decisions are on the desk to take motion and chart a path ahead. You’re a seasoned mission supervisor nn* You will have wonderful communication abilities – each written and spoken – and might translate complicated concepts into accessible messaging for a variety of audiencesnn* You’re wonderful at working each in groups and independently. You’ll be able to handle others to finish high-quality and well timed mission worknn* You possess excessive vitality and fervour for JFF’s mission; means to use JFF’s core values to all areas of your worknn* You mannequin inclusive management, working successfully with various employees, and constructing and stewarding an organizational tradition that embraces variety, fairness, and inclusionnn* You construct optimistic, efficient, collaborative cultures and groups wherever you worknn* You’re a curious and adaptive learner, with a willingness to absorb new info, views and knowledge to tell your worknn* You show a development mindset and a want to constantly enhance in your work and approachnn* You’re prepared to journey every so often (the frequency will fluctuate in accordance with mixture of initiatives) nnnnn nnDiversity, Fairness and Inclusion at JFF: JFF is dedicated to sustaining a various group with a piece atmosphere that’s welcoming, respectful, and inspiring to all. JFF fosters a tradition of inclusion that celebrates and cultivates variety alongside a number of dimensions, together with race, ethnicity, intercourse, gender id, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, nationwide origin, socioeconomic standing, faith, means, tradition, and expertise.  As a part of our dedication to variety, fairness and inclusion, JFF strongly encourages folks impacted by the legal authorized system to use.nnTo apply: As a part of your software, please embody your resume and a short cowl letter, addressed to Sara Lamback, outlining how your abilities and expertise meet the {qualifications} of the place. JFF provides a aggressive wage and advantages bundle, commensurate with expertise and abilities.  nn  nJFF provides a aggressive wage and advantages bundle, commensurate with expertise and abilities.  nn#LocationnBoston, Massachusetts, United States