Programs Director

We are looking for a candidate who can provide a high level of responsibility for the direction, oversight, and management of the Academic, Career Technical Training, Residential Living, Counseling, Recreation, Career Preparation, and Career Transition departments / functions and related programs and activities. Ensures student progress, achievement, and completion of the Job Corps program, along with placement upon program completion. Provides students with industry-recognized training and credentials leading to full-time jobs, higher education, apprenticeships, or advanced training.

Ensures a clean, safe, and secure living environment. Provides extended training opportunities for students to supplement their education, training, and development. Ensures strict confidentiality of sensitive information and integrity of student data.

• Follows all integrity guidelines and procedures and ensures no manipulation of student data.
• Responsible for providing students with educational and career technical training leading to academic and career technical training completions. Responsible for providing students with a career transition program that prepares students for quality placements. Provides students with comprehensive and individualized case management that ensures student progress, achievement and completion of the Job Corps program, along with timely placements.
• Responsible for providing students with quality and structured non-class hour activities including leadership, student government, independent living skills, and other special programs.
• Oversees the activities of the extended training day program. Ensures extended training day programs support continual student growth and development.
• Ensures Center meets or exceeds DOL / Company performance goals.
• Ensures high-quality career preparation, counseling, academic, career technical training, and career transition programming and instruction, along with career transition services.
• Ensures that areas of oversight are organized, clean, safe and conducive to student learning, living, achievement and success.
• Responsible for ensuring Programs staff effectively utilize and follow the Center’s behavior management system.
• Effectively motivates, empowers and requires staff to perform his / her job responsibilities. Employs sound time-management and delegation skills. Holds staff accountable for producing quality work, develops staff for career progression and disciplines staff that fail to meet goals.
• Fills staff vacancies in a timely manner. Interviews, recommends for hire, disciplines, recommends for termination and evaluates the performance of the employees in the Employability & Training Departments.
• Provides required / supplemental training for new and current employees.
• Works with Career Transition staff to identify quality job opportunities for students.
• Works with Administration Director and E&T Manager to identify and review Career Technical Skills Training projects.
• Motivates and manages staff to work effectively, creates a supportive work environment, recognizes staff accomplishments and proactively addresses staff performance concerns.
• Develops Center-beneficial linkages within the community for enrollment, education, employment, Career Technical Training, WBL and placement. Promotes a positive image of the Center and Job Corps and establishes meaningful relationships with elected officials.
• Mentors, monitors and models the Career Success Standards as required by the PRH.
• Provides high-quality supervision and management for the student population. Takes swift and appropriate action and positively influences student behavior. Shows respect and courtesy to students and holds them accountable for their actions and behavior.
• Provides quality programs and services for students and ensures that quality is maintained and student needs are met. Pursues improvement and enhancement of programs and services.
• Exchanges ideas and information, both orally and in writing, clearly and concisely and contributes meaningfully to group efforts by offering relevant ideas and knowledge. Provides quality and timely information to DOL / Company when requested.
• Effectively articulates thoughts and ideas. Identifies problems, analyzes causes, and evaluates appropriate solutions before taking or recommending actions. Follows up to ensure prompt / appropriate action is taken and that problems are corrected.
• Works in partnership with staff from all Departments to ensure effective supervision and services are provided to students.
• Accepts direction and supervision from the Center Director.
• Other duties as assigned.

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited school required. Master’s degree from an accredited school preferred. A minimum of five years of experience in education, training, residential / group living or related field required; two years of which must be supervisory experience. A valid in-State teaching certificate preferred. Prefer Job Corps or related program experience.

Employee Benefits

ESOP

Matching 401K

Medical Insurance

Vision

Dental

Prescription Drug Benefits

Flexible Spending Accounts (Health and Dependent Care)

Life Insurance

Disability Benefits

Vacation

Holidays

Employee Discount Programs

Employee Assistance Program

Additional Voluntary Benefits

Salary : $115,000 - $161,000