Executive Director of Workforce and EnRich

Position Title:

Executive Director of Workforce and En Rich

Job Category:
Full-Time Staff

Division:
External Relations

Department:
Main Campus

Job Description:

The Executive Director of Workforce and EnRich provides strategic leadership, executive direction, and administrative oversight for Richland Community College’s comprehensive workforce development portfolio, including EnRich, Essential Skills, Grant-Funded and Non-Grant-Funded workforce initiatives, workforce equity programs, customized employer training, continuing education, and career pathway initiatives. The Executive Director is responsible for the planning, development, implementation, budgeting, evaluation, expansion, and sustainability of workforce development programs that respond to the needs of students, job seekers, employers, industry partners, and the broader community.

The Executive Director leads the integration and expansion of the EnRich methodology and Essential Skills throughout workforce education and training, ensuring alignment across credit and non-credit programs, employer partnerships, community collaborations, career pathways, and workforce initiatives. The position provides leadership in advancing trauma-sensitive, resilience-centered, and participant-focused practices that promote belonging, mastery, independence, accountability, psychological safety, resilience, and lifelong learning. The Executive Director works collaboratively with the Vice President of External Relations, Dean of Applied Science and Technology, faculty, administrators, College departments, employers, workforce agencies, educational institutions, community organizations, economic development organizations, government agencies, and funding partners to identify workforce needs and develop responsive workforce solutions.

The Executive Director provides oversight of both grant-funded and non-grant-funded workforce initiatives, including program development, grant administration, employer engagement, customized training, professional development, continuing education, workforce equity, performance measurement, compliance, budgeting, staff supervision, and continuous quality improvement.

• Provide strategic and executive leadership for Richland Community College’s comprehensive workforce development portfolio, including EnRich, Essential Skills, grant-funded and non-grant-funded workforce programs, customized training, continuing education, workforce equity initiatives, and career pathways.
• Establish departmental goals, priorities, performance expectations, and accountability measures aligned with the College’s mission, strategic plan, and workforce development priorities.
• Lead the development, implementation, evaluation, expansion, and continuous improvement of workforce development programs and services responsive to student, employer, industry, community, and regional workforce needs.
• Provide leadership for the implementation, integration, and continuous improvement of the EnRich methodology and Essential Skills across workforce education and training programs and strategic initiatives.
• Identify, pursue, develop, and administer grant opportunities and oversee grant-funded initiatives, including compliance, budgets, performance measures, deliverables, reporting, and sustainability.
• Develop and manage departmental and program budgets; monitor revenues and expenditures; and ensure responsible stewardship of college, grant, and program resources.
• Assess workforce needs using employer engagement, labor market information, community needs, program data, and industry trends to identify skill gaps, emerging opportunities, and areas for program development.
• Develop and maintain strategic partnerships with employers, industry associations, educational institutions, workforce agencies, government entities, community organizations, economic development organizations, and other stakeholders.
• Lead the development and delivery of customized employer training, professional development, continuing education, industry-recognized credentials, career pathways, workforce-readiness programs, and other responsive workforce initiatives.
• Monitor and evaluate program performance and outcomes and use data, stakeholder feedback, and industry trends to guide program improvement and strategic decision-making.
• Collaborate with College leadership, academic departments, faculty, student services, institutional research, grants, finance, marketing, and other departments to…