Manager, Strategic Initiatives - Career-Connected Learning Administrator V

Introduction

The Governor's Workforce Development Board (GWBD) serves as the Governor's chief strategy and policy‑making body for workforce development in Maryland. The GWBD brings together leaders from business, labor, education, community organizations, and government to collaborate on business‑driven workforce strategies that strengthen Maryland's economic competitiveness and expand pathways to work, and wealth for all Marylanders. Established in 2022 under the Blueprint for Maryland's Future ("the Blueprint"), the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Committee operates within the GWBD to guide the development of an integrated, globally competitive, and aligned CTE system across Maryland's public schools, postsecondary institutions, and workforce systems.

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100 South Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201

This position leads high-priority strategic initiatives that advance statewide career‑connected learning, particularly CTE, apprenticeship, career pathways alignment, and implementation of the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future. The Manager applies strategic systems thinking, project management, data analysis, relationship building, and clear communication to identify implementation challenges, elevate effective practices, and develop recommendations that strengthen Maryland’s CTE and career‑connected learning systems.

Duties of this position include, but are not limited to:

Lead Strategic Initiatives and Systems Improvement:
Lead high‑priority strategic initiatives that advance statewide career‑connected learning, with a focus on CTE, apprenticeship, career pathways mapping, Perkins‑aligned investments, and other CTE Committee priorities. Develop and manage project plans, timelines, stakeholder engagement strategies, and implementation tools or initiatives that strengthen alignment across secondary education, postsecondary education, workforce development, and industry. Identify implementation barriers and propose practical solutions, including recommendations related to policy, regulation, legislation, technical assistance, funding alignment, and statewide scaling of effective practices.

Cross‑Agency Collaboration, Stakeholder Engagement, and Technical Assistance:
Coordinate complex cross‑agency and cross‑sector initiatives involving state agencies, LEAs, postsecondary institutions, employers, workforce organizations, and community partners. Serve as a liaison among partners to build consensus, facilitate work groups, support communities of practice, and advance implementation of statewide career‑connected learning priorities. Represent the Senior Director and CTE Committee in meeting, presentations, and collaborative planning efforts, as assigned. Support the development and delivery of technical assistance, tools, resources, and communications to help local partners implement CTE, apprenticeship, and career‑connected learning strategies.

Oversee Data, Analysis, Reporting, and Continuous Improvement:
Oversee the collections, analysis, and synthesis of qualitative and quantitative data related to CTE and career‑connected learning implementation. Use CTE Expert Review Team (ERT) findings, Perkins data, labor market information, LEA data, stakeholder feedback, and national best practices to identify trends, implementation challenges, promising models, and opportunities for system improvement. Lead or review analysis and written products, including reports, memos, briefs, dashboards, recommendations, and materials for CTE Committee, GWBD leadership, state partners, LEAs, and other stakeholders.

Provide lead‑worker direction to the Research Data Analyst on data collection, analysis, dashboards, and report development.

CTE Expert Team Transition, Strategy, and Implementation:
Support the planning, coordination, analysis, and follow‑up for CTE Expert Review Team (ERT) activities during the transition period, including remaining LEA visits, post‑visit reports, and synthesis of findings from visits conducted to date. In partnership with GWDB staff, state partners, contractors, and the CTE Committee, develop recommendations for the future…