Tnworks Business & Workforce Director; Bwd

Executive Service

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The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development is a state agency established to promote workforce development and improve workplace safety and health throughout the state.

Department of Labor and Workforce Development

TNWorks Division

Nashville, TN

Annual Salary: $67,764.00 - $

Closing Date: 08/31/2026

This position is designated as Work from Home and Office

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• The candidate for this role will work with a statewide, employer-first mindset while strengthening regional and local partnerships.
• Coordinate the regional TNWorks team and maintain clear communication and shared responsibility among partners.
• Serve on Local Workforce Development Boards and/or Regional Planning Councils as assigned.
• Travel regularly throughout the assigned region and statewide for employer visits, business meetings, workforce initiatives, and partner engagements.
• Maintain high-quality records and timely follow-up as core parts of the job.
• Support the statewide vision established by TDLWD, TNWorks, and the State Workforce Board.
• Demonstrated experience engaging senior business leaders and understanding business operations, growth strategies, workforce economics, or talent strategy.
• Demonstrated ability to diagnose complex or ambiguous business/workforce problems and convert them into actionable strategies.
• Evidence of initiative, independent judgment, and successful execution in environments requiring influence across organizational boundaries.
• Experience using quantitative and qualitative information to identify trends, test assumptions, and inform strategy, translating employer or market intelligence into broader organizational, regional, or sector-level action, facilitating meetings, coordinating teams from different organizations, and managing complex projects.
• Demonstrate excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills and have strong judgment, organization, adaptability, ethics, relationship-building, and follow-through.
• Ability to travel throughout the assigned region and statewide as needed.

The TNWorks Business & Workforce Director (BWD) serves as the primary representative of TNWorks within the Middle region of Tennessee, leading employer engagement and coordinating the delivery of customized workforce solutions across the state's workforce ecosystem.

• Employer Relationships and Outreach
• Workforce Needs and Customized Solutions
• Regional TNWorks Leadership and Partner Coordination Service Coordination and Employer Follow-Through
• Strategic Market Presence, Sector Leadership & Workforce Intelligence
• Results, Records, and Continuous Improvement

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree.

Pursuant to the State of Tennessee's Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the State's policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person's race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.