Continuous Skills Development Manager Jobs in Alaska

Job Title: Shareholder Development Manager
Job Summary:
The Shareholder Development Manager develops and leads programs that directly benefit Sealaska shareholders' career and educational trajectory and goals. This role is a key part of the Sealaska Shareholder Enrichment Department overall strategy, designing and launching opportunities to support shareholders' growth, development, and long-term trajectory in Education & Access, Post-Secondary Retention, Career Advancement, and Leadership Development.
Achieving success in this role means building strong relationships with internal business and services departments and external partners to provide the best and most holistic opportunities possible. This role is responsible for Sealaska's shareholder student success strategy, including but not limited to internship programs, student sponsorships, early in career training, and mentorship programs.
The Shareholder Development Manager also works alongside and interacts with students as an advisor, advocate, group facilitator, and mentor throughout various programs. This person has a passion for working with young adults and helping them succeed in their individual journeys and has an unshakable belief in their potential.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
• Assists with recruiting, interviews, hires, and trains new staff.
• Oversee the daily workflow of the department.
• Provides constructive and timely performance evaluations.
• Handles discipline and termination of employees in accordance with company policy.
Duties/Responsibilities:
• Develop goals and objectives for the department that are consistent with the strategic plan of the Shareholder Development department
• Collaborate with department partners to create and advance a holistic development model for shareholders (focused on students)
• Responsible for hiring, training, motivating and coaching the Internship Coordinator
• Create experiential learning opportunities, help remove barriers that hinder access to opportunities, develop and instruct internship courses, administer funding, and assist in the implementation of career and education readiness programs for shareholders
• Develop, implement, and oversee new programs and services to meet the changing needs of students and shareholders, including supporting Sealaska's language fund program
• Create and lead a professional development program to help students develop skills, knowledge and experiences that complement their academic development for current and future job markets.
• Develop and lead credentialing and portfolio-building initiatives to expand on professional development for shareholder employees
• Collaborate with the human resources team to source employers and hiring managers to lead professional development programs.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
Required Skills/Abilities:
• Experience in developing and maintaining relationships
• Ability to lead teams, make strategic decisions, utilize data to inform decision making, and strengthen processes
• Customer service skills with solid follow-up and follow through practices
• Documented strengths in meaningful relationship building, management, and growth
• Strong organizational and time management skills with exceptional attention to detail
• Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills
• A professional and resourceful style with the ability to work independently and as a team player, to take initiative and manage multiple tasks and projects at a time
• Comfortable with ambiguity, and proactive in taking the lead when opportunities arise
• Ability to plan, introduce and lead a process that enables high-quality growth
• Ability to lead, willingness to be led, and comfortable with situational leadership
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications especially Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint, and development databases required
• A passion for working with young adults, an unshakable belief in their potential, and a strong commitment to the mission of Sealaska
• Commitment to diversity and inclusion
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Strong supervisory and leadership skills.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and to delegate them when appropriate.
Education and Experience:
• Bachelor's degree preferred
• Early in career coach training preferred
Working Conditions:
The physical and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Physical Demands:
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee will sit for extended periods of time; walk, use hands to finger, handle objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop; bending or crouching; talk or hear.
• The employee must be able to lift/carry and/or move up to 20-50 pounds safely.
• Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
Work Environment:
This will be mostly stationary requiring some movement around the office and frequent communication with others. The average working hours will be 8 hours per day for this position with occasional need to exceed.
This description is not intended to be, nor should it be construed as an all-inclusive list of responsibilities, skills or working conditions associated with the position. It is intended to accurately reflect the activities and requirements of the position, but duties may be added, deleted, or modified, as necessary. This description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment.
Review the Benefits associated with this position: https://www.sealaska.com/benefits/
What To Know
Sealaska and its affiliates do not make job offers without first conducting live in-person or virtual interviews, and they do not conduct interviews by email/text. Please be sure to confirm the legitimacy of all job postings on the sealska.com careers page and https://jobs.dayforcehcm.com/en-US/sealaska/CANDIDATEPORTAL careers site before sharing any of your personal information.
Who is Sealaska? Established in 1972, Sealaska is the Alaska Native regional corporation for Southeast Alaska. Our 23,000 shareholders are Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian people with more than 10,000 years of ancestral ties to the oceans, forests and communities of Southeast Alaska. We serve the twin goals of economic prosperity and environmental protection.
We are committed to providing the best possible climate for maximum development and goal achievement for all our employees. As a Native-owned company, Sealaska Corporation is proud to promote an inclusive and diverse workplace, with respect for the cultural traditions in the communities where we operate.
Sealaska Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants are considered without regard to race, color, sex, gender, age, religion or religious creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. However, preference may be extended to an enrolled member of a federally-recognized Indian Tribe.*
*"Indian Tribe" means an Indian Tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community, including any Alaska Native village or regional or village corporation as defined in or established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (85 Stat. 668; 43 U.S.C. 1601) which is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians.