TEMPORARY District Director, Trade and Training

Overview

Under the administrative direction of the Vice Chancellor, Educational Services & Institutional Effectiveness and in accordance with the provision of the Education Code, the rules and regulations of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, and the policies of the District, the District Director, Trade and Training provides leadership for the District’s Training Institute and International Trade program and leads its efforts in business and trade development, both domestic and international, in order to increase, expand and/or enhance workforce training opportunities for students, faculty, and community members.

• Plans, organizes, directs, controls, integrates, and evaluates the work of assigned professional, technical and support staff; with management, faculty and staff, develops, implements and monitors work plans to achieve goals and objectives; contributes to the development of and monitors performance against the annual department budget; manages and directs the development, implementation and evaluation of plans, work processes, systems, and procedures to achieve annual goals, objectives and work standards.
• Directs and manages the performance of team leads and staff; directs and oversees the selection of staff; establishes performance requirements and personal development targets for direct reports; regularly monitors performance and provides coaching for performance improvement and development, including timely performance evaluations; ensures accurate reporting of absence time; hears and acts on grievances; subject to concurrence by senior management and Human Resources, approves or takes disciplinary action, up to and including termination, to address performance deficiencies, in accordance with Board policies, Administrative Regulations, Human Resources procedures, Personnel Commission Rules, and collective bargaining agreements.
• Provides day-to-day leadership and works with staff to ensure a high-performance, service-oriented work environment that supports achievement of the department’s and the District’s mission, objectives and values; promotes workplace diversity, inclusion, cultural competency and a positive work environment.
• Plans, organizes, controls, directs, and develops contract training programs, selected special programs, and operations of trade development; advises the District’s leadership on international site development and contractual partnerships and establishes local and international initiatives; provides creativity, leadership and vision in the development of strategic plans and program development plans for the District’s contract training programs and global and international programs, including marketing, recruitment and engagement strategies;
  
  conducts ongoing evaluation of programs and improvement efforts towards achieving program goals and objectives.
• Plans, organizes and implements a variety of no-cost or low-cost programs and services for California-based food processing, agri-business and manufacturing industries; develops consultative training programs; advocates on behalf of the industry to increase trade; oversees program and grant application, implementation and tracking.
• Leads and hosts international trade missions to match international buyers and importers with California buyers and exporters on behalf of various organizations and/or agencies such as the Western United States Agricultural Trade Association (WUSATA), the U.S. Agricultural Trade offices, U.S. Embassies, U.S. Department of Agriculture and/or private delegations.
• Works in collaboration with the District administrators, International Education, all collegesites, and private industries to identify, provide, develop, and implement grant-funded and third party-funded trade and training programs for local and international initiatives to increase, expand and/or enhance training opportunities for the community.
• Monitors and evaluates the department’s not-for-credit and select non-credit programs in partnership with the colleges for quality, effectiveness, compliance, and student success; leads continuous improvement efforts for effective and efficient…