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The San Diego Workforce Partnership is the leader for innovative workforce solutions in San Diego County. We fund and deliver job training programs that enable all job seekers to develop the skills and knowledge needed for in-demand careers. Our vision is that every business in our region has access to a skilled workforce and every job seeker has access to meaningful employment. We seek to earn trust and inspire growth in every action we take.

Position Summary

The Director of Workforce Development (Healthcare) will be a key member of the Sector Initiatives leadership team, providing the overall direction and operational management of the Healthcare priority sector vertical, with a focus on developing workforce programming leading to quality jobs. The Director will proactively lead and execute solutions in a fast-paced multi-service environment and will ensure a high- performance, data-driven, outcomes-focused culture. The Director will be striving to connect deeply with the communities we serve and put the people we serve at the heart of our program management approach. The Director has responsibility for the departments budget, performance and data-management, staffing, program implementation processes, as well as community partnerships and leading grant and revenue development opportunities.

The Director embodies continuous improvement and has an intuition for identifying ways to improve any and all aspects of our work and making that happen directly and through the teamwork of others. The Director has experience with operations and people management, grant writing, program development, leading teams in achieving outcomes and will inspire others to exceed organization goals while constantly working to better understand the needs, challenges, and opportunities for the communities we serve.

Requirements

The Work

Leadership Capabilities

• Creates and executes a comprehensive and coordinated approach across the Workforce Partnerships healthcare programs and funding streams to best serve the community with workforce solutions across the County
• Leads with a hands-on and highly supportive approach both with managers reporting to the Director and across all team members. Attracts, retains and develops a high-performing team.
• Grasps emerging healthcare trends in direct patient care and healthcare administration
• Understands how to design, fundraise, and execute on career pathway programs that help expand the size, quality, and diversity of critical healthcare talent pipelines.
• Drives accountability to implement written policies, procedures and performance measurements for all team members and vendors. Effectively communicates performance status up to VP of Sector Initiatives (leadership).
• Crafts and implements strategies to market and scale programs to meet recruitment and job placement goals
• Cultivates strong healthcare-related partnerships, including local/state organizations, to broaden placement options for job seekers.
• Oversees implementation of written policies, procedures and performance measurements
• Effectively communicates all relevant issues to leadership proactively
• Engages and connects with team and stakeholders to understand the needs, challenges, and opportunities for the communities we serve
• Works with leadership to foster strong intra-agency collaboration
• Leads with clarity to ensure a high-performance team
• Attracts and develops an outstanding team of dedicated and effective professionals
• Develops strategic organizational plans for department

Revenue Generation

• Leads the identification, creation and execution of fund development strategy
• Writes grant proposals and secures funding for programs managed with clear growth targets identified

Fiscal Management

• Takes ownership of all P&L responsibilities related to healthcare sector initiatives.
• Oversees multiple grant funding streams from a variety of County, City, private and philanthropic sources
• Manages and monitors performance within budget
• Maintains internal controls, programmatic compliance and financial discipline

Performance Data & Outcomes Management

• Produces clear and creative reports to explain results to leadership and external parties

Outreach/Communication

• Oversees department communications and marketing plan

External Relationships

• Creates, represents and fosters strong external partnerships, particularly within healthcare sector
• Perform other duties as assigned

What You Bring

• Passionate about making a positive impact in the lives of job seekers in San Diego County
• Demonstrates vision, charisma and integrity
• Leverages learned and applied experience in the healthcare sectors to develop team
• Strong entrepreneurial and growth mindset
• Promotes constructive feedback to colleagues and stakeholders
• Willingness to do whatever it takes to deliver great results
• Empowers others to independently seek out ways to improve all aspects of our work, both directly and through the teamwork of others
• Supportive leader with strong people management and development skills
• Asks how might we improve? and digs into the why and how programs are best run with an ongoing process improvement focus
• Skilled at tracking, managing, organizing, and ensuring the timely completion of multiple projects and assignments for self and your team
• Passionate about the Workforce Partnerships vision, mission and values

Your Experience and Knowledge

• Deep connections with healthcare partners and organizations, and an understanding of healthcare- focused job market in San Diego is a plus.
• Experience within the industry with P&L responsibilities a plus.
• Bachelors degree preferred and/or combination of 6+ years of related management/director level experience
• Advanced degree (e.g., MSW, MPH, RN) preferred
• Managing, motivating and leading large, multi-functional teams of direct reports
• Strategic and operational planning and execution of programs
• Outstanding writing, verbal, and presentation skills
• Skilled with Microsoft Office, CRM/Salesforce, database management, project management
• LEAN / Six Sigma and PMP certifications highly desired, but not required

Benefits

Our Values

Collaboration:

Engaging in inclusive, respectful relationships among colleagues, customers and community that foster the achievement of shared goals.

Excellence:

Driving quality, innovation and measurable outcomes through a customer-centered focus and a high-performance culture.

Stewardship:

Strategic, efficient, effective use of resources to meet the evolving needs of our customers and community with the highest levels of integrity.

Inclusion:

Taking responsibility for creating a culture where everyone is welcomed, heard, valued and empowered to fully participate and reach their full potential.

Equity:

Prioritizing those who have been systemically denied opportunity through policies, priorities, practices, and behaviors that result in access to opportunity for ALL colleagues, customers and communities.

We Love to Take Care of Our Workforce Associates We offer a great work environment, a culture that values individuality and inclusion, collaborative and innovative teams, and a competitive pay and benefits package. Our benefits include: PTO, PTO sell-back program. Generous employer paid benefits (platinum plans), company-paid learning and professional development program, pension plan and 457 retirement plan. Additional employee wellness work driven by diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and activities committees. Compensation for this position ranges from $110,000-$120,000.

At the Workforce Partnership, we dont just accept difference we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, and the work that we do in the communities we serve. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace for all. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities.