Job Overview

Performs highly responsible, independent professional and supervisory duties in policy development and specific activities related to workforce development and community stabilization outreach and provides lead responsibility for administration and operation of initiatives and programs as assigned. The principle duties of the position include project management; problem resolution; and development, and implementation of recommendations for strategies to support workforce development and community stabilization efforts. A high level of skill and experience is necessary in managing large stakeholder groups towards a strategic vision and action plan implementation.

Salary

$68,952 - $91,353

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate will have had direct relevant experience developing and implementing workforce development-related programs and projects. The individual will have had ample experience implementing strategic goals for a program, as well as contract management/administration and compliance. The candidate should be familiar with regional workforce development organizations such as CareerSource Tampa Bay (CSTB), educational institutions such as Hillsborough Community College (HCC), regional businesses and trade organizations such as Bay Area Manufacturers Association (BAMA) and other economic development organizations such as Tampa Bay Economic Development Council (TBEDC).

The candidate will have a bachelor’s degree or greater from an accredited college or university with a major in economic development, economics, business administration, public administration, finance, accounting, management, data sciences or related field and at least five years’ experience in economic development, workforce development, contract management, or a related field. The ideal candidate would also have attained Certified Workforce Development Professional (CWDP) designation. The individual should also have significant experience interacting and building relationships with high level leadership across public and private entities.

Core Competencies

• Customer Commitment: Proactively seeks to understand the needs of the customers and provides the highest standards of service.
• Dedication to Professionalism and Integrity: Demonstrates and promotes fair, honest, professional, and ethical behaviors that establish trust throughout the organization and with the public we serve.
• Organizational Excellence: Takes ownership for excellence through one's personal effectiveness and dedication to the continuous improvement of our operations.
• Success through Teamwork: Collaborates and builds partnerships through trust and the open exchange of diverse ideas and perspectives to achieve organizational goals.

Duties and Responsibilities

Note: The following duties are illustrative and not exhaustive. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position. Depending on assigned area of responsibility, incumbents in the position may perform one or more of the activities described below.

• Develop short-term and long-term strategies and programs for workforce development and community stabilization.
• Manage the implementation of a sector expansion strategy that builds on the success of the Manufacturing Alliance of Hillsborough County Workforce Development Initiative and is replicable to other in-demand industry sectors.
• Manage the implementation of strategic goals and objectives of the local workforce development board and county funded workforce development agreements to help develop a comprehensive and high-quality workforce delivery system.
• Represent the County as the liaison to the local workforce development board to include reviewing and submitting all appointments to the local workforce development board for BOCC consideration.
• Represent the county in community efforts to address workforce and neighborhood development.
• Provide information and assistance to county leadership, business organizations, businesses and citizens.
• Coordinate with various local and state interests to evaluate issues of concern.
• Facilitate communication and resolve problems related to governmental interaction.
• Perform research, data collection and statistical analysis.
• Administer state and local incentive programs.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Nature of Work

• Light work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg control requires exertion of forces greater than that of sedentary work and if the worker sits most of the time, the job is considered light work.

Working Conditions

• Constantly in a standard office environment.
• Frequently requires travel, excluding overnight stays.
• Occasionally requires travel, including overnight stays.

Physical Effort

• Constantly sitting at a desk or table.
• Occasionally standing and/or walking.
• Occasionally intermittently sitting, standing, or stopping.
• Occasionally uses equipment requiring high dexterity.
• Occasionally requires good hearing.
• Frequently requires good near and distant vision.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in economic development, economics, business, public administration, or a related field; and
• Three (3) to five (5) years of related work experience.

Job-Specific Competencies

• Makes decisions and final recommendations that routinely affect the activities of others. Position duties may include responsibility for developing strategic plans.
• Work is non-standardized and widely varied requiring the interpretation and application of a substantial variety of procedures, policies, and/or precedents used in combination. Frequently, the application of multiple, technical activities is employed; therefore, analytical ability and inductive thinking are required. Problem solving involves identification and analysis of diverse issues.
• Supervisor is available to establish broad objectives relative to basic position duties or departmental responsibilities. Independent judgment is required to study previously established, often partially relevant guidelines; plan various interrelated activities; and coordinate such activities within a work unit or while completing a project.
• Requires regular contacts with internal and external persons of importance and influence. Involving considerable tact, discretion, and persuasion in obtaining the cooperation of others. Requires the handling of delicate relationships and complex situations.
• Responsible for making recommendations within a department in the area of compensation, staff selection, disciplinary action, complaint, staff performance appraisal, and similar supervisory duties. Plan, assign, and evaluate the work of subordinates for effective operation and results.
• Problems are complex, varied, and only mildly related to those seen before. Simply determining what the problem is requires major individual effort and/or consultation with others within the department. A high degree of analytical ability and inductive thinking may be required to solve highly intricate, technically complex problems. Must be able to develop new and non-standard approaches.
• Plans events that will occur during the year, and have some effect on the department's annual expenditures, and/or revenues.
• Critical Thinking: Ability to see and state beyond the obvious. Able to analyze and engage in reflective evaluation of facts; understand logical connections between ideas, functions, and situations; translate facts into breakthrough strategies that show a clear connection between long-term objectives and action.
• Decision Making: Able to use independent judgment to assess staff recommendations that are often technical in nature and complex with far reaching implications and resulting costs in the millions of dollars. Makes difficult decisions that align with organizational strategies and values.
• Communication: Ability to adjust communication content and style to meet the needs of diverse stakeholders to influence the actions or behaviors of others through partnerships, collaboration, knowledge transfer, persuasion, mediation, negotiation, and relationship building which can involve both internal and external stakeholders.
• Strategic Planning: Ability to see the big and long-term picture, formulate clear strategies and map steps that show a connection between vision and action and that will clearly accelerate the organization towards its strategic goals.
• Managerial/Operational Skills: Manages complex situations, readily distinguishing between what's relevant and what's unimportant, to make difficult decisions in a timely manner.
• Leadership: Ability to influence others by gaining others' support for ideas, proposals, projects, and solutions to develop, sponsor, or support the introduction of new and improved methods, products, procedures, or technologies.
• Analytical Ability: Ability to visualize, articulate, conceptualize or solve both complex and uncomplicated problems by making decisions that are sensible given the available information.
• Managing Complexity: Manages complex situations and groups of stakeholders such as citizens, businesses, government agencies, with varying needs and desired outcomes.

Emergency Management Responsibilities

In the event of an emergency or disaster, an employee may be required to respond promptly to duties and responsibilities as assigned by the employee's department, the County's Office of Emergency Management, or County Administration. Such assignments may be for before, during or after the emergency/disaster.