Shareholder & Workforce Development Manager - Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation

Overview

Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation (UIC) seeks Shareholder and Workforce Development Manager to join our team. This position will coordinate, lead the development, implementation, and management of a dynamic and comprehensive program to develop, train, and mentor UIC employees, as well as UIC shareholders and their descendants to identify, pursue, and achieve their professional goals for employment, rewarding and successful work, and ongoing career development.

Will work closely with various Human Resources representatives located throughout the UIC Family of Companies in coordination of the workforce development opportunities.

Essential functions will include:

• Shapes a shared vision of UIC’s Shareholder Development Program that embodies UIC’s mission and values, and reflects the views of UIC’s Board of Directors, management, shareholders, and their descendants.

• Coordination and Development of measures for success in achieving that vision and key milestones along the way.

• Engages stakeholders and experts within UIC, among shareholders and their descendants, and in the business community to develop the scope, specifications, and characteristics of a program that can realize that vision. Then, leads its creation in a collaborative and inclusive process.

• Manages the Shareholder Development Program to achieve measures for success, and adapts to changing shareholder and business needs and environments to build an ever stronger, sustainable, and more effective program. Key responsibilities in doing so will include:

• Coordination and managing components in support of UIC’s Shareholder Development Programs, to include shareholder mentoring, training, and hire at UIC; shareholder placement through other channels; and providing professional support and guidance to UIC shareholders throughout their careers.

• Connecting short and long-term business opportunities pursued by UIC and other businesses in our communities with the Shareholder Development Program to ensure that we are preparing UIC’s shareholders and descendants today for the opportunities of tomorrow.

• Extending Shareholder Development to schools in coordination with the UIC Foundation, with programs to educate our shareholder’s youth about the resources available to them; to mentor them on developing career goals, work ethic, and basic work skills; and to encourage and support them as they pursue their careers.

• Orchestrating with regular interaction of Shareholder Development Program with UIC’s Foundation program, education assistance, training, hiring practices, and other programs relevant to shareholder hire.

• Capabilities to seeking partnerships with other organizations that can broaden the footprint of UIC’s Shareholder Development Program and open up additional channels for UIC’s shareholders, to include, but not limited to, opportunities with other Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs); other large, small, national, and local employers; federal and state agencies; and non-profit organizations with complementary missions.

• Understanding of UIC’s Foundation in seeking and securing funding from outside sources to support Shareholder Development, to include grants from federal and private organizations.

• Serving as a liaison with UIC’s shareholders and management to help leadership better understand the needs of UIC’s shareholders and for UIC’s shareholders to better understand the objectives, limitations, and resources of management and UIC.

• Develops and implements workforce development initiatives that align with UIC’s strategic business needs, ensuring a pipeline of qualified talent across industries where UIC operates.

• Coordinates training and career development programs for all employees with an emphasis on increasing shareholder and descendant participation in skilled trades, operations, and leadership roles.

• Builds and sustains partnerships with educational institutions (e.g., Iḷisaġvik College, University of Alaska system), trade organizations, unions, and government agencies to expand vocational and career-readiness opportunities.

• Leads internal and external workforce assessments to identify…