Project Director: Workshop Training and Business Development

The Project Director for the Workshop Training and Business Development Center will be responsible for the operational aspects of the project. The Director will collaborate with private employers to seek employees who need training, partner with community organizations to recruit participants for skills development, and engage with small businesses to assess their business development needs. The project director will solicit incumbent worker training, development, and consulting services to Miami Valley industry private industry with specific focus on historically underserved and underemployed populations to create career pathways for participants by providing training in high demand skills in:
1) advanced materials and advanced manufacturing, and
2) information technology and advanced data management.

The Director will provide leadership, management, and business acumen to direct reports, as well as monitoring their fiscal tracking of all activities. The Director will support as necessary, both credit and non-credit program completion initiatives to incumbent workers and individuals seeking employment. The Director reports directly to the Associate Provost for Research.

This position will be located at the Dayton Campus

• Oversee business development activities specifically marketing and selling workforce training courses and programs to regional business and industry customers.
• Understand, identify, and anticipate the diverse needs of business and industry (soft-skills, workforce & technical).
• Build relationships with a wide variety of community and governmental agencies, educational institutions, employers, businesses, and other groups to identify needs and strategies comprehensively; market programs; promote community education and awareness related to training and employment issues.
• Fiscal administration of federal grant, ensure compliance with regulations, and program effectiveness.
• Recruit and manage a pool of non-credit adjunct training/education/consulting professionals and coordinate delivery of their services.
• Prepare and submit monthly, annual, and periodic reports including fiscal data, as required.
• Coordinate workforce development, economic development and educational events hosted in or by the Workshop Training and Business Development Center.
• Develop and revise the Workforce Tabloid/Catalog for Workshop Training and Business Development Center programs and courses.
• Research and recommend new programs/services that have potential to increase enrollment and participation. Assist in development and implementation when necessary.
• Provide assistance in developing workforce development grants and the administration of resources from relevant funding streams.
• Provide support for Central State faculty members and other workshop instructors to secure and administer equipment maintenance contracts and coordinate the maintenance and repair of equipment.
• Manage the recommendations for new initiatives & additional funding requests for equipment & supplies in line with the Center’s emerging technologies and program enhancements.
• Represent the Center as needed at various training, civic, educational, and professional meetings.
• Supervise the Project Coordinator.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Ability to interact effectively with Workforce Training and Business Development Center’s stakeholders, including U.S. Department of Commerce and other federal agencies, state entities, regional city governments, economic development organizations, non-profit community organizations, Central State University faculty and staff, and the public.
• Excellent listening skills.
• Excellent time management skills.
• Demonstrated commitment to customer and team-oriented management.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement training activities.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully work in a deadline-oriented environment, managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to resolve complex problems and issues.
• Exceptional organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Outstanding one-to-one and small group presentation skills.
• Maintain a high level of…