Leadership Development Program Manager Jobs in Arkansas

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The Trager Institute is seeking a Workforce Development Program Manager I that will bridge the gap between CHW certification and sustained rural employment under the Rural Outreach, Opportunity, and Training for Sustainable Workforce (ROOTS) Program. This position cultivates active employer partnerships with rural health systems, federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), rural hospitals, and community organizations across AHEC and ADD districts, maintaining a curated inventory of rural CHW employment opportunities. The RHESM provides individualized employment preparation support to Community Health Worker Tier 1 training completers, including resume development, interview coaching, and role matching. Close communication with the grant leadership team, trainees, and state leadership is necessary. Ensuring the implementation of the grant work plan is necessary to remain compliant with funder expectations and guidelines.

This position is grant funded and continued employment is contingent upon those funds.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Managing, planning, and coordinating employment preparation initiatives in tandem with the rest of the grant programming.

• Leading and managing employer partnerships.

• Developing and implementing grant related activities to work toward grant goals.

• Updating Trager executive staff on grant progress and meeting required grant reporting deadlines.

This position may require occasional travel to meet with others. May require occasional weekend work.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous work experience on grants, experience in community health work, and knowledge of various rural community resources and services.

• Previous work experience with professional teams and in the healthcare setting to ensure an understanding of evaluation, grant implementation and work applications for community health work.

• Previous work or experience in developing individualized learning plans to support learner needs, and experience in career readiness support.

Competencies

• Expert level experience and comfort with technology, including working with others on the use of technology in order to problem shoot possible technology issues during remote trainings.

• Knowledge of rural communities, their needs, and the rural health systems that serve them.

• Organized and task-oriented with attention to detail.

• Great teamwork skills and be able to lead a team, direct, and mentor.

• Able to delegate and follow up to ensure timely completion of all duties.

• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively to build relationships working toward a desired outcome.

• Able to analyze and evaluate the success of all strategies and be flexible enough to recommend changes in direction when needed.

• Strong critical thinking skills and able to think through challenges, with suggested solutions.

• Able to build strong working relationships with all colleagues, community members and the Trager team.

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Compensation will be commensurate to candidate experience.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of Louisville is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. The University strives to provide equal employment opportunity on the basis of merit and without unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, sex, age, color, national origin, ethnicity, creed, religion, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, veteran status, marital status, or pregnancy.In accordance with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Vietnam Era Veteran Readjustment Act of 1974, the University prohibits job discrimination of individuals with disabilities, Vietnam era veterans, qualified special disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, and other protected veterans. The University acknowledges its obligations to ensure affirmative steps are taken to ensure equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment. It is the policy of the University that no employee or applicant for employment be subject to unlawful discrimination in terms of recruitment, hiring, promotion, contract, contract renewal, tenure, compensation, benefits, and/or working conditions. No employee or applicant for employment is required to endorse or condemn a specific ideology, political viewpoint, or social viewpoint to be eligible for hiring, contract renewal, tenure, or promotion.

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Assistance and Accommodations

Computers are available for application submission at the Human Resources Department located at 2315 South First Street Walk, Room 02C - Louisville, Kentucky 40292.

If you require assistance or accommodation with our online application process, please contact us by email atemployment@louisville.eduor by phone 502-852-6258.