WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Essential Functions

• Serve as liaison between the Workforce Development Board, the state, chief local elected officials (CLEOs) and North Central Missouri College.
• Manage Board staff in alignment with North Central Missouri College policies.
• Provide general oversight to the North Missouri One-Stop Job Center system.
• Work with the Board to develop and implement the Local Region’s Workforce Development Plan.
• Work with the Board, Committees, and Elected Officials to prepare agendas and coordinate meetings.
• Facilitate the procurement and contract oversight of the Region’s service providers.
• Develop and manage budgets.
• Oversee program implementation and assess program outcomes.
• Maintain the Board’s policy manual and governing documents.
• Ensure the Board is operating in compliance with Federal and State regulations and policies.
• Create relationships with the region’s employers to build trust and increase utilization of the public workforce system.
• Provide oversight to the region’s business services staff.
• Attend training and meetings to meet goals of the Region’s elected officials and Board.
• Ensure the Board’s programs remain high performance, and impactful to the region, by monitoring outcomes, including federally negotiated performance goals.
• Be a spokesperson and advocate for rural workforce development needs.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's degree and/or multiple years of experience which must include a combination of managing personnel in state-related programs preferred.
• Experience: Experience working with volunteer Boards, as well as following and implementing federal/state regulations is preferred.
• Skills: Must be forward thinking and possess the ability to support a vision by strategically working with many different types of groups and formulate consensus from many expressed viewpoints. Strong organizational and communication skills, ability to manage personnel, and maintain a high degree of integrity and confidentiality are required.

Physical Demands

• Moving about in buildings and on the NCMC campuses;
• reaching, pulling, and pushing when performing office duties;
• remain stationary at a desk for extended periods while working on a computer and answering phones;
• traveling in a car from one location to another;
• ascending and descending stairs;
• able to do repetitive tasks.

Environmental Demands

• Fluctuations while moving on tile and carpeted floors in a heated and air-conditioned environment.