Workforce Development Program Manager

Major Responsibilities

• Program Oversight
  • Manage Workforce Development grants, including business development, logic model, reporting, finance, and compliance.
  • Oversee the outreach and development of workforce partnerships in all tracks offered, securing discounts for enrollment fees, and streamlining the application process and ensuring strong placement outcomes.
  • Ensure outcomes resulting in job placements for clients through dedicated job development, including developing employer relationships, referring applicable clients, and assisting in targeted interview preparation.
  • Ensure accurate and timely reporting of career development services data to donors and all relevant parties.
  • Create compelling program data visualizations and strong monitoring and evaluation methods.
  • Complete grant narrative and data reports, ensuring quality, accuracy, and excellence in reporting.
  • Work to create new and innovative offerings and opportunities to give clients the upper edge over others in the field.
• Staff Supervision
  • Supervise a team of staff, including managing performance, creating staff development plans, sharing time and credit, creating a collaborative environment, impacting critical decisions, and promoting accountability.
  • Provide regular individual supervision, coaching/mentoring, and performance feedback.
  • Support effective new staff onboarding; help to ensure strong, standardized onboarding systems and training.
  • Promote and actively participate in initiatives and efforts to build team engagement, inclusion, diversity, and cohesion in IRC Sacramento.
  • Foster ongoing learning, honest dialogue and reflection to strengthen safeguarding and to promote IRC values and adherence to IRC policies.
• Community Partnerships and Donor Relations
  • Develop and nurture partnerships, serving as point of contact for training institutions and local employers.
  • Create and implement outreach, assessment, and enrollment strategies across workforce development programs.
  • Research career industries and local resources to create accessible career pathways for program participants that will reach program outcomes and be applicable to the target population.
  • Collaborate with the IRC Economic Empowerment team to ensure that clients are receiving comprehensive services to achieve their goals and ensure that funder-mandated and agency goals are met.
  • Represent the workforce development programs within the IRC network, in conferences, working groups, communities of practice calls, sharing the creation of client success stories, and other opportunities when available.
  • Liaise with IRC Economic Empowerment Technical Advisors to ensure effective program delivery by utilizing available resources and best practice models within the IRC field office network.

Key Working Relationships

• Position Reports to: Senior Economic Empowerment Program Manager
• Position directly supervises: Workforce Development Staff