Manager Workforce Partnerships - REMOTE

Manager Workforce Partnerships

The Manager Workforce Partnerships connects the organization with local workforce agencies, community organizations, and prospective students to promote educational access and career training. This role blends workforce development, community engagement, and a consultative approach to help individuals access education and career training. This position builds strong relationships with workforce agencies, community-based organizations, and prospective students to drive enrollment and support successful career outcomes.

In addition to joining an organization with an outstanding mission, Concorde is happy to provide the following Benefits You'll Love - 

• Tuition Waiver: Enjoy a tuition waiver after 6 months of employment for you AND your immediate family offered at UTI and Concorde campuses
• Paid Time Off: Competitive paid time off programs for employees (Vacation, Sick, Flexible)
• Retirement Matching: 50% match on the first 6% of your contributions after 90 days
• Paid Parental Leave: 4 weeks of paid leave for both birthing and non-birthing parents to bond with a new baby
• Competitive Insurance: Health, vision, and dental coverage for you and your dependents
• Pet Insurance: Competitive coverage for your furry family members through ASPCA
• Health Plan Enrollment: Eligibility starts first of the month following completing one full month of employment

Salary: $75K to $80K

• Serve as the primary liaison to workforce agencies to maintain partnerships and ensure compliance with training and funding requirements
• Support agency-referred students through the application, documentation, and enrollment process
• Submit and manage training provider applications to maintain eligibility
• Provide campus coverage when campus-based liaisons are unavailable
• Assist California campuses with annual documentation reviews and audit preparation
• Build partnerships with job centers, nonprofits, and community organizations.
• Present programs and career pathways to individuals and groups
• Develop and negotiate Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) training contracts and industry-specific training programs
• Organize campus-based luncheons to engage workforce agencies and promote collaboration
• Cultivate new referral sources to support enrollment growth and community impact
• Partner with Admissions, Financial Aid, and Career Services to ensure strong support for agency-referred students
• Collaborate with admissions, financial aid, and career services teams to ensure a seamless student experience from inquiry to employment
• Monitor student progress and outcomes to report back to referring agencies and ensure continued funding eligibility
• Maintain accurate tracking of referrals, partnerships, and outcomes
• Submit required reports and applications on time, in coordination with campus leaders
• Monitor and report contract revenue and fulfillment for growth and performance metrics
• Support campuses by monitoring, overseeing, submitting, and tracking quarterly workforce reports to ensure timely and accurate compliance with reporting requirements
• Travel to cultivate and maintain workforce partnerships and promote organizational programs to workforce agencies and community organizations
• Other duties as assigned

Education/Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Education, Human Services, or related field (required)
• Minimum of four (4) year of experience in workforce development, community outreach, admissions, or sales (required)
• Experience with WIOA and related workforce funding programs and contracts (preferred)

Skills

• Independently manage complex tasks and projects
• Coach and mentor junior team members
• Analyze problems, evaluate alternatives, and implement effective solutions
• Present ideas in a compelling and structured format to diverse audiences
• Demonstrate refined listening skills and emotional intelligence
• Facilitate training sessions and cross-functional meetings
• Drive consistent results in a fast-paced environment
• Leverage enterprise-level tools and systems to streamline processes
• Create new and better ways for the organization to succeed
• Develop people to achieve their goals and support organizational success
• Navigate complex policies, processes, and organizational dynamics with ease
• Operate effectively in uncertainty and ambiguity
• Work independently, escalating complex or high-impact issues
• Drive innovation to improve organizational success
• Develop others to achieve individual and organizational goals
• Navigate complex organizational dynamics with confidence
• Perform effectively amid uncertainty and ambiguity

Standard Abilities

• Able and willing to:
  • Communicate, think, learn, and reason
  • Use computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to process transactions, store documents, enter data, or perform assigned tasks
  • Safely ambulate and/or maneuver when on-site at Company locations
  • Demonstrate and utilize active listening, inductive reasoning, information ordering and category flexibility
• Ability to use good judgment, problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and manage sensitive information with discretion
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment where deadlines are essential and multiple projects are worked simultaneously
• Ability to gain, understand and apply information and data as it relates essential functions of the position
• Ability to foster long-term relationships with stakeholders

Abilities

• Ability to travel to worksite locations
• Occasionally (up to 15% of workday)
  • Use fine and large motor skills to operate a motor vehicle
  • Use hearing and sight (both near and far vision) to operate a motor vehicle

Work Environment

• Work is performed indoors in a climate-controlled environment when on site at assigned company location. Employees must be able to safely ambulate when on company premises.
• This position is designated as Remote. Employees must meet minimum technical standards for eligibility and participation.
• Overnight and/or Local travel required (up to 50%)