Regional Director, Clean Jobs Workforce Hub

TLN Worldwide Enterprises Inc; Carbondale (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

AOE International is a nonprofit focused on community support and workforce development, seeking a Director to lead the Clean Jobs Workforce Hub in the assigned region. You will supervise a multidisciplinary team, manage grant day-to-day operations, and serve as the primary contact for DCEO and the region's Energy Transition Navigator.

You will drive enrollment, training, and placement targets, ensuring program integrity, equity, and compliance with grant requirements while building strong

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred; equivalent experience may be considered.
• Five or more years of management experience in workforce development, occupational training or career services, including supervision of a multi-function team.
• Experience managing deliverables, budgets, compliance and reporting under a public grant.
• Demonstrated ability to build working partnerships with employers, unions and community organizations.
• Knowledge of the assigned region's communities and labor market; knowledge of the construction or clean energy industry preferred

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary contact for DCEO's grant manager and regional administrator, and respond to programmatic, monitoring and technical-assistance requests.
• Take part in the post-award planning period with the Navigator and agree the joint project work plan, the training capacity plan, the referral plan and participant handoffs.
• Manage delivery against the Year 1 targets: 275 to 400 enrolled, 225 to 335 in training, 140 to 217 pathway completers and 75 to 110 placements.
• Hire and supervise Hub staff, set operating procedures, and make sure each staff member holds the Department authorization their work requires.
• Oversee the Barrier Reduction and participant income support policies and approve exceptions.
• Review enrollment, attendance, completion and placement data each month with the team and correct course when a cohort or a group of participants is falling behind.
• Approve reports for accuracy before submission and lead preparation for DCEO monitoring visits.
• Keep equity at the center of delivery: review who enrolls, completes and is placed, and change services when the data show a gap.

Skills

Management experience

Grant management

Budgeting

Reporting

Partnership development

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Job description

AOE International is a nonprofit focused on community support and workforce development, seeking a Director to lead the Clean Jobs Workforce Hub in the assigned region. You will supervise a multidisciplinary team, manage grant day-to-day operations, and serve as the primary contact for DCEO and the region's Energy Transition Navigator.

You will drive enrollment, training, and placement targets, ensuring program integrity, equity, and compliance with grant requirements while building strong