Energy Efficiency Workforce Program Lead (Hybrid, MI)

The JPI Group/JNDouglas; Grand Rapids (MI); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The JPI Group seeks an experienced Program Manager to support the implementation and delivery of an energy efficiency workforce development program in Michigan. This role oversees day-to-day operations, coordinates training and employer partnerships, supports participant recruitment, and ensures timely achievement of contractual deliverables and performance measures.

The Program Manager will be the primary point of contact for clients, partners, training providers, and employers, leveraging

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in workforce development, business administration, public administration, education, project management, or a related field.
• Three to five years of relevant experience in workforce development, program management, project management, training implementation, employer engagement, or a related field.
• Experience coordinating multiple stakeholders, project deliverables, timelines, and competing priorities.
• Experience supporting training programs, participant recruitment, employer engagement, workforce partnerships, or career pathway initiatives.
• Working knowledge of workforce development systems, career pathways, and employment-related support services.
• Experience with program performance tracking, data analysis, documentation, and reporting.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication, organizational, facilitation, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to travel throughout Michigan as required and to perform the position's essential functions with or without reasonable accommodation.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day program implementation in alignment with contractual requirements, approved objectives, budgets, and established timelines.
• Develop and maintain project plans, implementation schedules, deliverable trackers, risk logs, and performance dashboards.
• Coordinate activities across internal teams, subcontractors, training providers, clients, employers, and external partners.
• Monitor program performance, identify implementation challenges, and develop or recommend corrective action plans.
• Facilitate program meetings, document decisions, assign action items, and track follow-up through completion.
• Support budget monitoring, resource allocation, subcontractor coordination, and invoice review in accordance with established approval processes.
• Develop and execute targeted, inclusive recruitment strategies to attract eligible participants into energy efficiency training and career pathways.
• Establish and maintain relationships with Michigan Works! agencies, community colleges, adult education providers, workforce development organizations, and community-based partners.
• Coordinate participant outreach, intake, eligibility screening, enrollment, and onboarding in accordance with program requirements.
• Monitor recruitment pipelines, enrollment trends, training attendance, completion, and participant retention.
• Identify participation barriers, including transportation, childcare, scheduling, and technology access, and coordinate available support services consistent with program guidelines.
• Implement data-informed strategies to improve recruitment, training completion, credential attainment, placement, and retention outcomes.
• Build and maintain relationships with energy efficiency contractors, HVAC companies, utilities, trade associations, and clean energy employers throughout Michigan.
• Identify employer workforce needs and align training and career pathway activities with documented industry demand.
• Support employer participation in work-based learning, internships, registered apprenticeships, pre-apprenticeships, and job placement activities, as applicable to the approved program design.
• Coordinate employer engagement events, information sessions, interviews, and recruitment activities.
• Track employer participation, hiring commitments, placements, and employment outcomes in accordance with program reporting standards.
• Coordinate with training providers to support implementation of approved curricula, schedules, and participant communications.
• Monitor training capacity, attendance, completion rates, credential attainment, and participant feedback.
• Support alignment of training content with employer expectations, applicable safety requirements, and recognized industry competencies.
• Coordinate instructional resources, learning management systems, training materials, and logistics.
• Identify opportunities to improve training delivery based on participant feedback, employer input, and performance data.
• Support career pathways into energy auditing, weatherization, HVAC installation and maintenance, building performance, and related energy efficiency occupations.
• Maintain accurate, complete, and timely program records and performance data in designated systems.
• Track performance indicators, including recruitment, eligibility, enrollment, training completion, credential attainment, job placement, and participant retention.
• Prepare weekly, monthly, quarterly, and other required reports.
• Monitor progress against contractual deliverables, approved budgets, and performance targets.
• Follow applicable program guidelines, data privacy and security practices, record-retention requirements, and documentation standards.
• Identify performance gaps and provide data-informed recommendations for continuous improvement.
• Support program reviews, monitoring visits, audits, and funder or client reporting activities.
• Serve as a central point of coordination among the client, internal project team, subcontractors, training providers, employers, and external stakeholders.
• Prepare meeting agendas, status updates, presentations, executive summaries, and progress reports.
• Communicate program milestones, challenges, risks, decisions, and proposed solutions to leadership and appropriate stakeholders.
• Coordinate outreach and engagement activities across Michigan's workforce development ecosystem.
• Represent the program professionally at meetings, community events, employer convenings, training activities, and industry forums.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Facilitation

Organizational skills

Problem-solving

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in workforce development, business administration, public administration, education, project management, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Planner

SharePoint

Power BI

Salesforce

Job description

The JPI Group seeks an experienced Program Manager to support the implementation and delivery of an energy efficiency workforce development program in Michigan. This role oversees day-to-day operations, coordinates training and employer partnerships, supports participant recruitment, and ensures timely achievement of contractual deliverables and performance measures.

The Program Manager will be the primary point of contact for clients, partners, training providers, and employers, leveraging