Director of System and Industry Engagement
Company: All Things HR, LLC
Location: Seattle
Posted on: March 18, 2023
Job Description:
Would you like to be part of a team that seeks to catalyze
system change ensuring racial equity and increased prosperity for
all? Are you a leader that enjoys relationship building to
accomplish strategic goals? - We are looking for someone like
you!Workforce Development Council of Seattle - King County is
searching for a Director of System and Industry Engagement to be
responsible for advancing strategies that strengthen resiliency
among employers in targeted sectors and increase job quality and
racial equity for workers. To serve as a trusted and respectful
WorkSource Seattle-King County leader for the hundreds of agencies
that choose to be system partners, the Director takes calculated
risks, demonstrates an ability to lead and be led, and listens
actively. As a member of the Leadership Team, the Director of
System and Industry Engagement is highly collaborative, engaged in
solving complex challenges from conception to execution. This
individual is a purpose and values-driven leader, with a vision for
how to build workforce and industry engagement practices that
support the WDC's strategic direction.This position is primarily
remote with occasional on-site work required in our Seattle
office.The Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County
(WDC) aspires to lead transformative change that will evolve our
region's workforce development efforts into an innovative industry,
community, and outcome-driven system with racial equity at its
core. As a nonprofit, grant-making organization, the WDC
collaborates with a diverse set of partners to elevate job quality,
economic growth, and prosperity for adults and youth throughout the
Seattle-King County region.Some of the Key Responsibilities of the
Director of System and Industry Engagement:
Exercise strategic vision and
recommendations for enhancing WorkSource performance and how to
align system enhancements with strategies that advance job quality
and racial equity.Develop new and strengthen existing partnerships
and strategies that support employers within targeted sectors to
meet their workforce needs and that address equity and job quality
for job seekers, promoting broader policy and system change.Direct
initial focus toward building a Technology Industry Leadership
Table (TILT) intended to center inclusion, skill building, and
career potential of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)
in tech by aligning interests among job seekers, employers, labor,
and community partners.Oversee the work of the Business Services
Team and Operator, retained through contracts with external
providers. What the successful Director of System and Industry
Engagement will have:
Demonstrated ability to exercise
strategic vision, performance and program management.5 - 7 years of
managing staff engaged in diverse disciplines and areas of
work.Proven ability to work collaboratively and establish positive
relationships with staff, colleagues, and external partners.Ability
to skillfully lead and engage team in multiple high-demand projects
of varying timelines simultaneously.Experience incorporating
diverse perspectives in decision-making, defining goals and
outcomes.Ability to maintain sound judgment in fast-paced,
occasionally high-stress situations.Strong strategic and systems
thinker.Proven effectiveness in engaging and inspiring multiple
partners from distinct sectors around shared opportunities and
interests.Ability to operationalize workforce development
strategies that center racial equity. Willingness to learn and
integrate new information, data, and models to advance
comprehensive strategies.Knowledge of regional, state, and national
labor market landscape. Working knowledge of public workforce
system and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) a
plus.Ability to interpret and ensure application of often complex
regulations, policies, and contracts.Clear communication and
ability to effectively present complex information to internal and
external audiences.Ability to constructively facilitate team,
Board- and community-level meetings, including meetings in diverse
cultural and linguistic environments.Compensation Range
$115,000 to $135,000 annually,
DOEWorkforce Development Council of Seattle - King County has
outstanding benefits including:
Medical and Dental Plan, employee
premiums paid at 100% Life Insurance Plan, employee premiums paid
at 100% Disability Insurance Plan, employee premiums paid at 50%
Retirement Plan available after 90 days Thirteen (13) paid holidays
including two (2) floating holidaysVacation and sick pay accrued
based on hours worked What to learn more about Workforce
Development Council of Seattle - King County?The WDC serves as the
Local Workforce Development Board, designated by the City of
Seattle Mayor and King County Executive, to set policy and
administer federal workforce development funds under the Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). In 2018, the WDC Board of
Directors and its stakeholders set a new direction for the
organization to: -
Advocate for system change of
industry practices and address barriers to equity.Broker a shared
regional approach of strategies that are responsive to both
community and industry needs.Access and amplify resources by
braiding funding sources.Incubate and innovate strategies for
racial equity impact and system change.Analyze and use data to
measure impact/drive system change.Please visit
https://www.seakingwdc.org/ to learn more! Workforce Development
Council of Seattle King County has partnered with All Things HR, an
external HR Consulting Company, to assist with their hiring
process. - If you would like to be a part of this dynamic company,
please apply today!Powered by JazzHR
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