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Program Manager - Work Ready Oklahoma Statewide Expansion - FT
$118k-158k (estimate)
Full Time | Business Services
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Public Strategies is Hiring a Program Manager - Work Ready Oklahoma Statewide Expansion - FT Near Oklahoma, OK
Job DetailsJob Location
Corporate Facility - Oklahoma City, OK
Position Type
Full Time
Education Level
Graduate Degree
Job Shift
Day
Description Public Strategies Overview Public Strategies (PS) is a nationally respected consulting, project management, and marketing firm based in Oklahoma City. We provide innovative solutions for federal, state, and local clients, including project and program management, training and technical assistance, technology, event management, research and evaluation, video production, and strategic communications. We also deliver research-informed direct services to financially vulnerable Oklahomans, with a focus on strengthening families and improving employment opportunities. We are a collaborative team of thinkers, creatives, strategists, communicators, builders, researchers, and change agents committed to touching lives, driving change, and doing good well. Position SummaryThe Program Manager for Work Ready Oklahoma (WRO) Statewide Expansion implements the vision, strategies, leadership, direction, and motivation to deploy and support the implementation of a statewide system of Work Ready Oklahoma Employment Centers under the guidance of the Senior Manager. These centers provide resources to financially vulnerable individuals who need to get a job, keep a job, or find a better career opportunity. Community partners collaboratively design each center to meet the unique needs of the local business community and the regional population. Centers provide a combination of employer and community resources to best support each participant’s journey toward self-sufficiency and family stability.
The WRO Employment Center system expansion will relieve low-income families, individuals, and other underserved or marginalized populations from the burden of having to navigate the complex world of program-specific services, benefits, eligibility requirements, and supports, enabling them to seek services without prior knowledge or relationship with a particular service program. This system will shift the focus from program-focused engagement to a more holistic, participant-focused engagement. Through assessments, guided conversations, and relationships, this system will enable individuals to find the right program or service pathway to strengthen their capacity for economic self-sufficiency and family stability.
In support of the WRO initiative, the Program Manager is responsible for managing the training and technical assistance team, overseeing the development of TTA resources, and identifying the needs of unique local entities in communities statewide under the direction of the Senior Manager. The successful Program Manager will ensure that WRO Employment Centers provide consistent and high-quality programs and services. This may include, but is not limited to, program and curriculum assessment, planning and implementation strategies, research and evaluation, and program facilitation.
This position requires the ability to work well with all communication styles and modalities, communicating effectively in written, interpersonal, formal, informal, and electronic means.
The complexity of this expansion requires project management skills and resourcefulness as the Program Manager. This position will collaborate cross functionally, conduct comprehensive planning, thoroughly document, and coordinate technical assistance and report on statewide outcomes. Research-informed solutions with measurable outcomes will be reported on a regular cycle for process improvement. Attention to detail, organization, confidentiality, and dependability are expectations for this role.
Essential Job Functions
Corporate Facility - Oklahoma City, OK
Position Type
Full Time
Education Level
Graduate Degree
Job Shift
Day
Description Public Strategies Overview Public Strategies (PS) is a nationally respected consulting, project management, and marketing firm based in Oklahoma City. We provide innovative solutions for federal, state, and local clients, including project and program management, training and technical assistance, technology, event management, research and evaluation, video production, and strategic communications. We also deliver research-informed direct services to financially vulnerable Oklahomans, with a focus on strengthening families and improving employment opportunities. We are a collaborative team of thinkers, creatives, strategists, communicators, builders, researchers, and change agents committed to touching lives, driving change, and doing good well. Position SummaryThe Program Manager for Work Ready Oklahoma (WRO) Statewide Expansion implements the vision, strategies, leadership, direction, and motivation to deploy and support the implementation of a statewide system of Work Ready Oklahoma Employment Centers under the guidance of the Senior Manager. These centers provide resources to financially vulnerable individuals who need to get a job, keep a job, or find a better career opportunity. Community partners collaboratively design each center to meet the unique needs of the local business community and the regional population. Centers provide a combination of employer and community resources to best support each participant’s journey toward self-sufficiency and family stability.
The WRO Employment Center system expansion will relieve low-income families, individuals, and other underserved or marginalized populations from the burden of having to navigate the complex world of program-specific services, benefits, eligibility requirements, and supports, enabling them to seek services without prior knowledge or relationship with a particular service program. This system will shift the focus from program-focused engagement to a more holistic, participant-focused engagement. Through assessments, guided conversations, and relationships, this system will enable individuals to find the right program or service pathway to strengthen their capacity for economic self-sufficiency and family stability.
In support of the WRO initiative, the Program Manager is responsible for managing the training and technical assistance team, overseeing the development of TTA resources, and identifying the needs of unique local entities in communities statewide under the direction of the Senior Manager. The successful Program Manager will ensure that WRO Employment Centers provide consistent and high-quality programs and services. This may include, but is not limited to, program and curriculum assessment, planning and implementation strategies, research and evaluation, and program facilitation.
This position requires the ability to work well with all communication styles and modalities, communicating effectively in written, interpersonal, formal, informal, and electronic means.
The complexity of this expansion requires project management skills and resourcefulness as the Program Manager. This position will collaborate cross functionally, conduct comprehensive planning, thoroughly document, and coordinate technical assistance and report on statewide outcomes. Research-informed solutions with measurable outcomes will be reported on a regular cycle for process improvement. Attention to detail, organization, confidentiality, and dependability are expectations for this role.
Essential Job Functions
- Provide supervision to TTA staff in carrying out coaching, data management and service delivery activities for all WRO expansion sites
- Maintain quality control of ergo TA requests and coaching provided by TA team
- Assist the Senior Manager in hiring, training, and developing TTA staff
- Develop and maintain relationships with education and training providers, supporting departments, OKDHS staff, and other community resource organizations to contribute to client outcomes
- Build dynamic relationships and learning communities among statewide partners invested in the local development of WRO Centers and the self-sufficiency of low-income individuals
- Provide high-quality organizational leadership to projects, including management of priorities, timelines, and objectives
- Ensure TTA team conducts monthly calls with each WRO expansion site to identify site-level TTA needs and connect sites to applicable tools and resources
- Engage with subject matter experts as needed to develop new resources to support sites
- Actively communicate and collaborate with other technical assistance teams to facilitate information sharing and mutual support, create efficiencies, and ensure efforts are aligned statewide
- Provide best practices training and coaching to the statewide network, enabling communities to meet goals through technical assistance and training
- Oversees and delivers needs-based TTA, including but not limited to phone consultation, site visits, facilitation of peer-to-peer exchanges, webinar development and facilitation, and development of written tools and resources
- Conducts training and provides facilitation services, through TTA efforts and for direct service programs, as applicable
- Documents processes, accomplishments, and next steps related to contextual, proactive and responsive TTA strategies
- Other duties as assigned
- Master’s Degree, required
- Applicable fields and disciplines include business, social sciences, humanities, public administration, public policy, education, not-for-profit management, and related fields.
- 2 years of experience opening WRO centers or a similar statewide system, required
- 3 years of proven experience in designing, delivering, and managing training programs in a corporate or non-profit environment, required
- 2 years of experience managing numerous partner organizations, government contracts, and competing priorities, required
- Provide coaching to the statewide network, enabling communities to meet goals through technical assistance and training, preferred
- Relevant experience may include social service program delivery, including relationship education; grant writing; program development; curriculum development; and working for a not-for-profit organization, required
- Proven project management skills, demonstrating the ability to manage multiple projects concurrently, required
- Ability to work a flexible schedule, evenings, and some weekends, as needed
- Understanding of government operations, preferred
- Strong communication and writing skills, proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, program evaluation or development experience, required
- Experience presenting to large groups of diverse backgrounds and perspectives, preferred
- Understanding of human service programs to strengthen low-income families and the lived experience of financially vulnerable individuals, preferred
- Frequent travel statewide, including overnight
- Moderate domestic travel, including via air
- Relationship builder, critical thinker, hard-working, detail-oriented, and flexible
- Work-oriented to scalable and replicable development
- Maintain a valid Driver’s License
Job Summary
JOB TYPE
Full Time
INDUSTRY
Business Services
SALARY
$118k-158k (estimate)
POST DATE
06/23/2024
EXPIRATION DATE
07/21/2024
WEBSITE
pstrategies.com
HEADQUARTERS
AUSTIN, TX
SIZE
50 - 100
FOUNDED
1988
CEO
JACK L MARTIN
REVENUE
$10M - $50M
INDUSTRY
Business Services
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