Delaware Sea Grant Workforce Development Coordinator

Context Of The Job

Delaware’s coast contributes significantly to the state’s economy across diverse sectors including tourism, real estate, environmental services, commercial fishing, aquaculture, and the marine trades. However, Delaware’s coastal economy faces significant threats from dynamic conditions, such as shifting economies, severe weather, and flooding. Delaware Sea Grant seeks to address these challenges and support the current and emerging needs of Delaware’s coastal economy by providing career and technical education programs to develop a skilled workforce capable of succeeding in traditional and innovative fields.

To help achieve this goal, Delaware Sea Grant is hiring a staff member for the new position of Workforce Development Coordinator.

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The Workforce Development Coordinator will be based at the University of Delaware main campus in Newark. Occasional weekend and evening hours will be required. This position will require local travel in and across Delaware and the mid-Atlantic region, and overnight travel to meetings and conferences around the mid-Atlantic region and throughout the United States.

• Administer the existing Delaware Sea Grant-Delaware Technical Community College green infrastructure training program during fall semesters. Grow the program to include new industry partners, new opportunities for skills training, and opportunities to earn associated industry-accepted certifications.
• Plan, conduct, and evaluate career and technical education programs at the local or statewide level to groups and individuals to address workforce development needs throughout coastal Delaware.
• Build cohesion across Delaware Sea Grant-funded graduate students by developing and implementing activities such as quarterly meetings, professional development trainings, and Sea Grant-sponsored activities.
• Administer the Delaware Sea Grant summer internship program by identifying opportunities at partner host organizations, selecting students, and developing a cohort of summer interns.
• Continue to develop the Delaware Sea Grant alumni network by building a network of former Delaware Sea Grant-supported graduate students, interns, and fellows.
• Annually administer the Delaware Sea Grant-Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Coastal Policy Fellowship and the John
  
  A. Knauss Fellowship.
• Research and analyze developing workforce needs across the different sectors of Delaware’s coastal economy, such as aquaculture and the marine trades, to identify opportunities for Delaware Sea Grant to develop and implement new workforce development programs.
• Strategically cultivate relationships with industry partners, including the Delaware Marine Trades Association and the Port of Wilmington, to develop networking opportunities and facilitate future workforce development connections.
• Develop strong partnerships and marine trades-related programs with Delaware’s vocational and technical high schools.
• Help implement Delaware Sea Grant’s current strategic plan, to ensure accomplishment of identified goals and outcomes. Support long-range program outcomes in areas related to subject matter specialty.
• Complete all quarterly and annual reporting requirements in a timely manner.
• With assistance from communications staff, prepare publications, audio/visual presentations, web-based programs, and other educational materials to convey appropriate information to targeted clientele.
• Maintain and improve professional competence through formal and non-formal courses and conferences. Maintain a high standard of knowledge within this specialty.
• Represent Delaware Sea Grant at workshops, conferences, and seminars.
• Work as a team member with other Sea Grant colleagues and college staff to help plan and organize annual educational open house at UD’s College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment – Coast Day, to increase marine literacy among the approximately 5,000 annual visitors.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned in support of the overall Sea Grant College Program mission.

• Bachelor’s degree in a nautical, environmental, engineering, or construction field, or a…