Health Occupations Manager

About the role

In this leadership role, you'll help expand access to high-quality, non-credit healthcare training while strengthening partnerships that address regional workforce needs. Your work will directly support students as they prepare for in-demand healthcare careers and help employers develop the skilled workforce they need.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the day-to-day operations of multiple healthcare training programs, including instructor and staff supervision, course planning, budgeting, scheduling, and program performance
• Collaborate with healthcare providers, community partners, and college departments to coordinate clinical placements, maintain affiliation agreements, and ensure compliance with regulatory and accreditation requirements
• Identify workforce trends, cultivate industry partnerships, and develop new healthcare training opportunities
• Manage grant and program budgets
• Promote courses to prospective students
• Support pathways that connect non-credit students to credit-bearing healthcare programs
• As needed, provide instruction in healthcare courses and assist with state skills examinations

Qualifications

We're looking for a collaborative leader with strong organizational, supervisory, and project management skills who is passionate about workforce education and healthcare. The ideal candidate is an effective communicator who builds productive relationships, uses data to evaluate and improve program performance, and can successfully manage multiple priorities.

Success in this role requires sound fiscal management, critical thinking, curriculum and program development skills, the ability to adapt to changing workforce needs, and a commitment to providing exceptional service to students, employers, instructors, and community partners.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of three years full-time equivalent related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Supervisory experience
• Experience in managing, evaluating, and driving program performance to include implementing changes to improve program performance

Licenses and Certifications

• Valid driver's license required
• LERN Certified Program Planner certification preferred; must be obtained within one year of employment

Pay

Starting pay range: $54,443 - $65,332 (Pay Grade: P6)

Schedule

Typical college schedule is Mon-Thurs 7:30-5:00, Fri 7:30-2:30

Benefits

• 15 vacation days per year
• 12 sick days per year
• 14 paid holidays
• Tuition assistance
• Retirement benefits