Director of Workforce & Innovative Solutions

About the role

The Director of Workforce & Innovative Solutions coordinates and supports the implementation of workforce, student success, and other strategic initiatives for the OACC and the Success Center for Ohio Community Colleges, with a focus on increasing student enrollment and persistence, accelerating credential completion, and strengthening pathways to in-demand careers across Ohio’s 22 community colleges.

Responsibilities

• Manage OACC grants and initiatives related to workforce and innovative solutions, ensuring alignment with OACC and funder objectives, completion of deliverables, effective partner coordination, timely reporting and evaluation, and dissemination of lessons learned.
• Support the implementation and administration of grants and subgrants awarded to OACC, including the new “Empowering Ohio’s Community Colleges to Harness AI for Student Success” grant.
• Identify and pursue grant and partnership opportunities aligned with OACC priorities, emerging workforce needs, student success goals, and opportunities to scale innovative practices across Ohio’s 22 community colleges.
• Support OACC’s Workforce Committee in advancing its workforce agenda and collaborative initiatives.
• Coordinate a statewide network of workforce leaders representing Ohio’s 22 community colleges to facilitate the sharing of effective practices, identify emerging workforce needs, and develop collaborative statewide solutions.
• Support OACC member colleges in implementing federal and state workforce policies and programs.
• Develop and maintain partnerships with state associations, state agencies, industry associations, employers, and other stakeholders to identify and advance opportunities that strengthen workforce training and community college talent pipelines.
• Manage project activities for work groups advancing technician-specific education and training, including the development and implementation of professional development, curricula, and other resources for credit and noncredit programs, and coordinate the dissemination and adoption of these resources across OACC member colleges.
• Monitor project timelines, deadlines, responsibilities, milestones, budgets, and outcomes across multiple initiatives, proactively identifying