Project Director: Workshop Training And Business Development Center

The Project Director for the Workshop Training and Business Development Center will be responsible for the management and operations of the project. The Director will collaborate with private employers to seek employees who need training, partner with community organizations to recruit participants for skills development, and engage with small businesses to assess their business development needs. The Project Director will solicit employee training, development, and consulting services to Miami Valley industry, private industry with specific focus on historically underserved and underemployed populations to create career pathways for participants by providing training in high demand skills in:

1. Advanced materials and manufacturing

2. Information technology and advanced data management

The Director will provide leadership, management, and business acumen to direct reports, as well as monitoring their fiscal tracking of all activities. The Director will support as necessary, both credit and non-credit program completion initiatives to incumbent workers and individuals seeking employment. The Director reports directly to the Associate Provost for Research.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• The Director will oversee business development activities, specifically marketing and selling workforce training courses and programs to regional business and industry customers.

• Understands, identifies, and anticipates the diverse needs of business & industry (soft-skills, workforce, and technical).

• Builds relationships with a wide variety of community and governmental agencies, educational institutions, employers, businesses, and other groups to identify needs and strategies comprehensively; markets programs; promotes community education and awareness related to training and employment issues.

• Fiscal administration of federal grant, ensure compliance with regulations, and program effectiveness.

• Recruits and manages a pool of non-credit adjunct training/education/consulting professionals and coordinates delivery of their services.

• Prepares and submits monthly, annual, and periodic reports including fiscal data as required.

• Coordinates workforce development, economic development and educational events hosted in or by the Workshop Training and Business Development Center.

• Develops and revises the Workforce Tabloid/Catalog for Workshop Training and Business Development Center programs and courses.

• Researches and recommends new programs/services that have potential to increase enrollment and participation. Assists in development and implementation when necessary.

• Provides assistance in developing workforce development grants and the administration of resources from relevant funding streams.

• Provides support for Central State faculty members and other workshop instructors to secure and administer equipment maintenance contracts and coordinate the maintenance and repair of equipment.

• Manages the recommendations for new initiatives & additional funding requests for equipment & supplies in line with the Center's emerging technologies and program enhancements.

• Represents the Center as needed at various training, civic, educational, and professional meetings.

•  Supervises the Project Coordinator.

• Performs other duties as assigned.