Job Opportunity: Pre-Apprenticeship Training Project Director, UMass Amherst

POSITION OPENING: Pre-Apprenticeship Training Project Director 

Overview:
The Labor/Management Workplace Education Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is seeking a creative and experienced professional to launch and manage an innovative pre-apprenticeship training program, CommunityWorks, targeted to marginalized and underserved communities in Springfield and Holyoke. CommunityWorks is a broad coalition of employer, labor, education, workforce, and community-based organizations. The Project Director position is grant-funded, at least 50% time with benefits. Continuation beyond August 2015 is contingent upon funding.

Duties:
The Pre-Apprenticeship Project Director will oversee and coordinate the program as a whole, working collaboratively with multiple partners, sub-contractors, program staff, project sites, employers, unions, joint apprenticeship programs, community-based cultural associations, and the funding agency to insure smooth, effective functioning of the program.

The Project Director will be engaged in and provide oversight of the following activities: partnership development, participant outreach, participant recruitment, provision of training services, career coaching, budget tracking, data management, and project evaluation. To these ends, the Project Director will oversee a project staff, the size of which may fluctuate with multiple funding awards. The Project Director will report and work closely with the project Principal Investigator and will be the key liaison to the project funder, making sure that all narrative reports are completed in a timely manner. The Project Director will also meet regularly with, provide reports to, and solicit feedback from the project’s steering committee.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree (in education, management, labor studies, or related field) and more than three years professional experience in education, management, labor studies, or adult education is required.
• Demonstrated knowledge of worker education, curriculum development, program planning, evaluation methods and participatory learning theory required. Excellent writing, partnership, and communication skills required.
• Work experience in the construction trades preferred.
• Teaching experience with the construction trades preferred.
• Advanced knowledge of budget monitoring, evaluation systems, and grants administration preferred

To Apply:

Send résumé and cover letter indicating desired position by June 20, 2013 to R43305, Employment Office, 167 Whitmore Administration Building, UMass, Amherst, MA 01003.

Normal FTE salary range is $40,100-$50,300, normal FTE starting salary range is $40,100-$45,200. Excellent benefits. The University of Massachusetts is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and members of minority groups are encouraged to apply.