BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT & WORKFORCE DIRECTOR - 65140

Executive Service

Alternative work solutions such as a Hybrid schedule between office and home is available for the right candidate. Travel within the region is required with some additional travel throughout the state.

For more information: https://www.tn.gov/workforce/careers.html

Who we are and what we do:

The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development is a state agency established to promote workforce development and improve workplace safety and health throughout the state.

How you make a difference in this role:

A successful Business Development & Workforce Director possesses a variety of key skill sets that enable them to effectively engage with customers, deliver valuable solutions, and build lasting relationships. This individual communicates belief in agency vision, sense of core purpose; understands how change happens, makes good decisions combining analysis and judgement; engages input to establish shared ownership for best solutions.

Job Overview:

Responsible for providing leadership, assistance, support, and consultations on the delivery of employment and training programs related to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunities Act, Wagner Peyser Act, Jobs for Veterans Act, and all other laws/programs providing employment and training.

Key Responsibilities:

• Communicates and ensures deliverables are met between TDLWD and LWDB
• Monitors Workforce Insights, Research, and Reporting Engine Division (WIRED) dashboard monthly for the GM regional area
• Collaboration with the Wagner Peyser Regional Director in the region for coordination of services provided by the American Job Center (AJC) state staff
• Plans and consults on the delivery of employment and training programs in a regional area specially as it relates to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunities Act, Wagner Peyser Act, Jobs for Veterans Act, and all other laws/programs providing employment and training
• Builds and maintains strong working relationships with the LWDB, State Partners, and Community
• Understands both short-term and long-term workforce needs for the region and works on the regional and local plans
• Understands and communicates labor market data and regional impact (Labor Force Participation Rate LFPR)
• Works with other State Agencies to lead workforce development projects to meet the employer's workforce needs
• Connects employers to resources such as Business Services Teams/AJCs, the LWDB, Colleges, TCATs, Universities, and Community Organizations
• Develops and conducts outreach relation activities, across the region, to explain and interpret plans and policies of the various employment and training programs available to employers, labor organizations, governmental agencies, community groups, and the general public
• Collaborates with other State agencies, local governmental agencies, employers, community services, labor organizations, local training agencies, and other organizations in the public and private sector to ensure positive relationships are developed and maintained
• Leads and participates in the development of policy, vision, and mission for the Workforce Services Division. Ensures collaboration and communications are fluid between the Workforce system, state agencies, and partnering organization
• Serves as project lead for workforce projects within the region and ensures Rapid Response and Layoff Aversion strategies are implemented
• Serves on project teams and workgroups as requested

Required Experience:

• Knowledge and expertise in Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) programs
• Knowledge of Tennessee's Workforce Ecosystem
• Knowledge of the principles, practices and regulations related to employment and training programs
• Considerable oral and written communication skills.
• Knowledge of the physical, economic, and social characteristics of the Service Delivery Area
• Skilled in the use of meeting facilitation, negotiation, mediation, collaborative conflict resolution and problem-solving

Minimum Qualifications:

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree or High School Diploma with a minimum office years relevant work experience
• Considerable experience of a progressively responsible nature in management of employment and training programs

Pursuant to the State of Tennessee's Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the State's policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person's race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.