Manager, Workforce Solutions - Partnership Gwinnett
Position to be filled by: December 31, 2024
Company: Partnership Gwinnett
Location: Duluth, Georgia
Category: Chamber of Commerce, Development Authority, Education, Local Government, Economic Development
Position Type: Full-Time
Education Requirement: Bachelor's
Experience Requirement: 3-5 years
How to Apply: https://partnershipgwinnett.com/employment-opportunities/
Job Description & Details:
Manager, Workforce Solutions
About Partnership Gwinnett:
Partnership Gwinnett is a dynamic organization dedicated to attracting and retaining jobs, fostering capital investment, supporting educational institutions, promoting workforce development, and contributing to the outstanding quality of life in Gwinnett County.
About this role:
The Manager, Workforce Solutions will lead the implementation of our Talent Development strategy. With a focus on our five target sectors, they support local workforce development efforts and advance solutions that solve workforce challenges for Gwinnett businesses through connectivity, communication, and collaboration. In addition, the Manager, Workforce Solutions partners with the business development team to provide support on recruitment and retention projects by connecting Gwinnett County businesses to local, State, and Federal workforce partners. Their work will be centered around four strategic priorities:
Maintain a talent council to continue aligning education and training offerings to business needs and create a lifelong learning experience for people of all ages
Continue convening K-20 educational institutions and target sector businesses to ensure alignment and identify opportunities for these communities to support their respective success
Strengthen workforce-related resources, including data and training, provided to local businesses
Establish a talent retention, return, and attraction campaign that highlights career and living opportunities in Gwinnett County and helps grow the skilled working-age population
Day-to-day duties:
Lead and implement Partnership Gwinnett’s talent development strategy with the guiding principles of inclusion, innovation, and collaboration
Provide support to recruitment and retention projects by leveraging programs that link new and existing Gwinnett County businesses with the local, state, and federal workforce ecosystems
Develop and maintain relationships with key workforce development intermediaries, organizations, partnerships, and taskforces, and committees within Gwinnett County and the Metro Atlanta region
Develop and maintain strong working knowledge, and relationships with, Gwinnett County businesses and industries
Create, cultivate, and steward cross-sector business education partnerships that fill knowledge and connectivity gaps in the community and improve alignment and collaboration with a focus on talent attraction, training, and development
Implement and maintain sector-based employer collaboratives to connect business leaders, identify employer needs, high-demand industries, and skills, to initiate programs that connect talent from education/training partners with employers
Define, update, and track appropriate benchmarks and key performance indicators to ensure that goals and objectives are met and prepare regular updates on progress-to-goals to be used for the quarterly report card, investor meetings, and annual report
Identify, engage, and enlist organizations that develop and support diverse talent pipelines and integrate them into Gwinnett’s workforce ecosystem to increase equity and inclusion
Collaborate with the marketing and communications team to create a strategy for content and execution of communications that, promote, and disseminate workforce-related data, updates, tools, resources, and workforce initiatives
Define and communicate qualitative and quantitative workforce-related research and data to be distributed to businesses and workforce partners on a periodic basis via roundtables, quarterly forums, websites, newsletters, social media, etc.
Collaborate with the leadership, marketing and communications, and business development teams and other stakeholders to implement a talent attraction, retention, and return website and marketing campaign
Plan and execute programing for business community and workforce partners
Perform related duties as assigned
Must have’s:
Strong knowledge and experience with secondary and post-secondary educational institutions
Comprehensive knowledge of sales/marketing/communication strategies and tactics
Strong software skills: Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, PowerPoint, internet research and sales/contact management programs
Work efficiently and collaboratively with an amazing group – we’re a team and sometimes it’s “all hands on deck” to get the job done
Ability to execute tasks within a defined timeline – we’re all about deadlines
Be a good person – culture is very important to us
Excellent interpersonal skills: we are in the people business – it is imperative that you can develop and maintain relationships
Concierge-level service – we go the extra mile in all things we do
Communication – in person, by email, on the phone, verbally and non-verbally—you will need superior communication skills to be successful in this role
Professionalism – we hold ourselves to a higher standard
Juggling – you must be able to multitask – we don’t let the ball drop
Flexible and comfortable with ambiguity
Enthusiasm – this is a very fast-paced place to work. You must be high energy when appropriate
Fun – let’s be honest…we get to do some pretty cool things…let’s have fun while doing it
Education Required:
Bachelor’s degree with course work in marketing, business administration, communications, or related field required. Knowledge of the community is a plus. Three years of related experience.
Partnership Gwinnett is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a participant in E-Verify. All employment is contingent on the successful completion of a drug screen and background check.
Questions:
For questions, email info@partnershipgwinnett.com with the subject line: Manager, Workforce Solutions.