Project Director

Career Team is a leading workforce development organization on a mission to transform lives. We blend cutting-edge technology with compassionate, high-touch services to drive real, measurable outcomes in the lives of job seekers across the country.

About the role

The Project Director oversees an individual project, ensuring and executing the project's overall strategic plan. In this role, you will apply working knowledge of Workforce Development protocols, including a basic understanding of the field, core programs, and business plans. The Project Director is accountable for ensuring quality and integrity across all workforce functions.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary local contact and contract liaison for the funding source
• Ensure compliance with contract requirements, including adherence to policies and procedures and program monitoring
• Focus on expenditure rates to ensure everything is on track without disallowed costs
• Drive metrics and performance, provide support and coaching to front-line staff, and create service delivery plans for projects
• Coordinate the planning and implementation of policies and procedures for continuous improvement and customer satisfaction
• Lead high-functioning employees to execute program initiatives while supporting employee growth
• Oversee daily programmatic operations
• Conduct regular coaching sessions and annual performance evaluations of the team
• Approach each day and task with a solutions-oriented and responsive mindset
• Perform other duties and projects as needed

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• 3+ years of experience in operational leadership and management
• 3+ years of demonstrated ability working in a dynamic team environment with strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to lead in a dynamic team environment with excellent teamwork and interpersonal skills
• 2+ years of experience with computer proficiency in Microsoft Office suite and Google suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Google Mail, Google Calendar, Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Google Drive)
• Strong emotional intelligence and ability to lead a team with different working styles
• Demonstrated ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment while maintaining confidentiality and handling personnel matters effectively
• Ability to work with a culturally diverse customer base and demonstrate cultural sensitivity
• Sharp attention to detail with exceptional organizational, analytical, research, and critical thinking skills
• Ability to perform and complete a high volume of work assignments with speed and accuracy
• Exceptional time management skills to meet deadlines and work under pressure
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong multitasking and proactive abilities
• Experience and knowledge of WIOA and other workforce development contracts/programs
• A valid driver’s license

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s or MBA degree
• Proven ability to provide strategic oversight of fiscal responsibility, ensuring accurate expenditure rates and achievement of performance metrics
• In-depth knowledge of leading program compliance and maintaining quality integrity across all workforce development functions and contract requirements

Pay

$85,500 - $89,000/year

Schedule

This position is expected to be 100% onsite at the listed location in Snohomish County, WA.

Travel

Travel for this role is primarily limited to necessary trips within Snohomish County to support project operations and partnerships. All travel outside of Snohomish County must be submitted for prior approval to the Regional Director.

About Career Team

Founded in 1996, Career Team, LLC is a private workforce development organization. Career Team’s outstanding record of accelerating the human condition has resulted in numerous honors:

• Named by Inc. Magazine as one of America's 500 fastest-growing privately held companies
• Recipient of the US Chamber of Commerce Blue Chip Enterprise Award for innovation
• Featured by 60 Minutes, CNN, Money Magazine, Inc. Magazine, and the British Broadcasting Network as an innovative, government-funded solutions program
• Invited to the White House after being cited by the National Welfare-to-Work Partnership and National Alliance of Business as a top 10 US training provider

As a socially conscious organization, Career Team has found a healthy balance between for-profit innovation and community enrichment. The organization continues to close the nation’s opportunity divide with additional government-funded workforce sites while building staff capacity of workforce funding sources and industry providers.