Director - Workforce Development

Job Summary The Director of Workforce Development designs and implements a comprehensive workforce funding and partnership strategy to secure student tuition assistance and advance the mission for Ancora institutions, brands, and students. The position successfully blends leadership, relationship building, product knowledge, marketing, and compliance to help shape Ancora’s public image. The Director will align education with labor market needs and serve as a key advocate to ensure Ancora brands remain institutions of choice satisfying agency and stakeholder interests. This role serves as the key leader whoidentifies and responds tonatural fitgrants and partnership opportunities from a broad array of funding sources including federal, state, corporate investors, and industry organizations. Key Responsibilities Workforce Development:Develop and execute a workforce board and partner development strategy (research methods, target sources, timelines, collaborating parties, resources needed, and outcome expectation). Institutional & Industry Advocacy:Serve as a primary community contact, masterfully articulating the mutual needs of Ancora schools, its students, and the local industries and communities served to align educational output with workforce needs Research: Access labor market data, subscribe to and scan a mix of news feeds, social media, industry sites, and more to remain abreast of leads to explore and pursue opportunities (i.e. grants and related requests for proposals).. Community Networking:Cultivate, steward, and maintain a robust pipeline of relationships with government agencies, funding agencies, corporations, and industry partners to provide them with regular update reports on the impact of their investments. Collaboration:Collaborate with Ancora Academic and Admissions Teams to track and communicate workforce agency or partner needs and work to shape program development to respond to needs. Work closely with internal admissions and finance teams to und