Strategic Workforce Alignment Architect

Kentucky Community and Technical College System; Versailles (KY); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care

Vision coverage

Dental coverage

Tuition reimbursement

403(b) match

Vacation time

Sick time

Work-life balance

Paid holidays

Closing pay

Employee assistance

Job summary

Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) seeks a Workforce Alignment Strategist to advance systemwide workforce alignment efforts by partnering with education, industry, and government stakeholders. The role informs in-demand program development and labor market needs across the system.

This term-contract position located at Versailles, KY requires a hybrid schedule with onsite presence at least 3 days per week.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and four (4) years of relevant experience or equivalent.
• Preferred: Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Community Development, Education or Communications.
• Understanding of labor market information and economic development is required.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain system for qualitative employer data collection across KCTCS, the Cabinet for Economic Development, the Kentucky Association of Economic Developers and statewide workforce partners.
• Design infrastructure to capture insights from cross-departmental employer engagement insights including advisory committees, workforce solutions feedback, and input from KCTCS' workforce partners to identify emerging labor market needs.
• Provide strategic support and project management for new in-demand programs aligned to identified and stakeholder validated emerging needs. Provide critical program economics data to support decision making processes. Coordinate employer integration into system level processes including curriculum review and alignment.
• Integrate labor market information, qualitative insights and industry research to provide awareness and professional development to colleges. Utilize the external engagement index provide resources for colleges with actionable engagements to meet known gaps. Support additional engagement outreach as requested by colleges.
• Act as primary point of contact and KCTCS subject matter expert for new Workforce Pell program development supporting the application and launch processes across colleges.

Skills

Labor market information

Economic development knowledge

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Four years of relevant experience or equivalent

Job description

Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) seeks a Workforce Alignment Strategist to advance systemwide workforce alignment efforts by partnering with education, industry, and government stakeholders. The role informs in-demand program development and labor market needs across the system.

This term-contract position located at Versailles, KY requires a hybrid schedule with onsite presence at least 3 days per week.