TEMPORARY District Director, Trade and Training

About the role

The District Director, Trade and Training is responsible for leading the District's Training Institute and International Trade program. This position focuses on increasing, expanding, and enhancing workforce training opportunities for students, faculty, and community members.

Responsibilities

• Plans, organizes, directs, controls, integrates, and evaluates the work of assigned professional, technical, and support staff.
• Develops, implements, and monitors work plans to achieve goals and objectives.
• Manages and directs the development, implementation, and evaluation of plans, work processes, systems, and procedures to achieve annual goals, objectives, and work standards.
• Manages and directs the performance of team leads and staff; directs and oversees the selection of staff; establishes performance requirements and personal development targets for direct reports; regularly monitors performance and provides coaching for performance improvement and development, including timely performance evaluations; ensures accurate reporting of absence time; hears and acts on grievances; subject to concurrence by senior management and Human Resources, approves or takes disciplinary action, up to and including termination, to address performance deficiencies, in accordance with Board policies, Administrative Regulations, Human Resources procedures, Personnel Commission Rules, and collective bargaining agreements.
• Provides day-to-day leadership and works with staff to ensure a high-performance, service-oriented work environment that supports achievement of the department's and the District's mission, objectives, and values; promotes workplace diversity, inclusion, cultural competency, and a positive work environment.
• Directs and manages the development, implementation, and evaluation of plans, work processes, systems, and procedures to achieve annual goals, objectives, and work standards.
• Manages and directs the performance of team leads and staff; directs and oversees the selection of staff; establishes performance requirements and personal development targets for direct reports; regularly monitors performance and provides coaching for performance improvement and development, including timely performance evaluations; ensures accurate reporting of absence time; hears and acts on grievances; subject to concurrence by senior management and Human Resources, approves or takes disciplinary action, up to and including termination, to address performance deficiencies, in accordance with Board policies, Administrative Regulations, Human Resources procedures, Personnel Commission Rules, and collective bargaining agreements.
• Provides day-to-day leadership and works with staff to ensure a high-performance, service-oriented work environment that supports achievement of the department's and the District's mission, objectives, and values; promotes workplace diversity, inclusion, cultural competency, and a positive work environment.
• Plans, organizes, controls, directs, and develops contract training programs, selected special programs, and operations of trade development; advises the District's leadership on international site development and contractual partnerships and establishes local and international initiatives; provides creativity, leadership, and vision in the development of strategic plans and program development plans for the District's contract training programs and global and international programs, including marketing, recruitment, and engagement strategies; conducts ongoing evaluation of programs and improvement efforts towards achieving program goals and objectives.
• Develops consultative training programs; advocates on behalf of the industry to increase trade; oversees program and grant application, implementation, and tracking.
• Works in collaboration with the District administrators, International Education, all collegesites, and private industries to identify, provide, develop, and implement grant-funded and third party-funded trade and training programs for local and international initiatives to increase, expand, and/or enhance training opportunities for the community.
• Maintains and evaluates the department's not-for-credit and select non-credit programs in partnership with the colleges for quality, effectiveness, compliance, and student success; leads continuous improvement efforts for effective and efficient delivery of not-for-credit training programs.
• Manages the marketing, advertising, and promotion of the District's trade and training programs; travels both domestically and internationally as needed in order to advance the District's programs.
• Monitors and evaluates the department's not-for-credit and select non-credit programs in partnership with the colleges for quality, effectiveness, compliance, and student success; leads continuous improvement efforts for effective and efficient delivery of not-for-credit training programs.
• Manages the marketing, advertising, and promotion of the District's trade and training programs; travels both domestically and internationally as needed in order to advance the District's programs.
• Oversees all financial activities of the department, including budget development, budget monitoring and control, and expenditures; prepares timely, periodic reports as required by the District; ensures grant and program compliance of operations through policies, procedures, and program evaluations.
• Serves as an advocate for District international trade activities that impact the region and its regional employers and acts as the primary point of contact for contract training activities for businesses, industries, governmental agencies, internal stakeholders, and international trade; develops partnerships and leverages resources to effectively serve the community.
• Participates in shared governance processes and initiatives.
• Demonstrates sensitivity to and understanding of historically minoritized groups and participates in professional development activities to increase cultural competency to enhance equity-minded practices within the District.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Economics, International Studies, or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible experience in training, education, or related field.
• Experience in international trade, business development, and/or workforce development.
• Strong knowledge of California Community College system policies and procedures.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.