Workforce Development & Education Partnerships Manager

Workforce Development & Education Partnerships Manager

The Workforce Development & Education Partnerships Manager leads workforce development initiatives that strengthen talent pipelines and align education with industry workforce needs. This role serves as a liaison between employers, educational institutions, workforce organizations, economic development partners, and community stakeholders.

This role is ideal for a strategic relationship-builder who enjoys connecting industry, education, and workforce partners to create sustainable talent pipelines and workforce development opportunities.

Key responsibilities include:

• Support partnership exploration with K-12 schools, technical colleges, community colleges, universities, workforce boards, chambers, and economic development organizations.
• Facilitate curriculum alignment discussions to ensure educational programs reflect current industry workforce needs.
• Coordinate discussions for workforce development initiatives, career pathways, internships, apprenticeships, job shadowing, and work-based learning opportunities.
• Manage stakeholder engagement activities, including meetings, site visits, presentations, advisory councils, and partnership events.
• Develop workforce development strategies, action plans, reports, and executive briefings.
• Track partnership outcomes, workforce metrics, and talent pipeline activities.
• Coordinate project logistics, meeting schedules, communications, and follow-up actions across multiple stakeholders.
• Support career awareness, workforce marketing, and student engagement initiatives.

Key competencies include workforce development, education partnerships, curriculum alignment, stakeholder engagement, project management, strategic communication, and relationship management.

Required experience includes an associate's degree in a relevant field, three or more years of experience in administrative support, project coordination, community engagement, workforce development, education partnerships, or related fields, strong organizational and project coordination skills, excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication abilities, experience building and maintaining professional relationships across diverse stakeholder groups, proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently in a fast-paced environment, and strong problem-solving, critical thinking, and relationship-management skills.