Director of Partnerships
Full Time
Beaumont, TX 77705
$50,000 - $60,000 a year
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Job description
WHY
WORK
AT
LIT
?
LIT
is a Texas state agency, and our employees enjoy excellent State health insurance benefits, participation in the State’s pension plan for retirement, and generous time off. Below are a few examples of these superb benefits!
1. There is NO WAITING PERIOD for health insurance coverage! Also, Employee-Only medical coverage premiums are 100% paid by the state.
2. LIT employees enjoy SEVENTEEN (17) built-in days off, including TWO (2) weeks off for Winter Break!
3. Vacation Time – LIT employees accrue hours every month, with a maximum earning potential of approximately SIX WEEKS off per year!
This is in addition to the built-in days off!
4. Sick Time – LIT employees accrue hours every month, and there is NO MAXIMUM accrual! You can even use sick time to care for your immediate family when they are sick
5. LIT pays for you and your immediate family’s education!
6. Other benefits offered include flex and health savings accounts, life insurance, accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) and short and long-term disability insurance.
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NOTE: Employment classification may impact some, or all, of the benefits listed above and therefore may not be applicable in some cases. Please contact LIT HR to find out more.
Job Summary:
The Assistant Director of Corporate Partnerships’ responsibilities include, but are not limited to, providing leadership for the growth of LIT partnerships with business, industry, and non-profit organizations and agencies, as well as community-based non-credit programming. The individual works closely with management to use evidence-based practice to create and implement a strategic plan in response to the changing workforce needs of our corporate and non-profit partners while increasing LIT’s presence and standing as a leading partner in the region’s economic development.
Duties/Responsibilities:
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Serve as the contact for non-credit and credit customized training and workforce development programming
- Build strategic business and industry partnerships with area industries and organizations
- Facilitate discussions with employers to determine needs and workforce skill sets
- Utilize local, regional, and national labor market data to work in collaboration with management to create the strategic plan for Corporate College development
- Collaborate with marketing to develop a marketing plan and dynamic web presence
- Collaborate with internal and external partners to expand Corporate College offerings
- Collaborate with local Workforce Boards and have a strong understanding of available state and federal training funds, including, but not limited to: Workforce Training Funds, WIOA funding, and State of Texas Emergency Grants
- Assist management in the preparation of grant proposals and funding requests
- Develop and deliver presentations for Corporate College contract expansion
- Collaborate closely with Instruction on the creation and implementation of educational pathways and stackable credentials, from basic workforce skill development to associate degree program
- Collaborate with Instruction to create pathways for students in academic programs to internships with partners associated with Corporate College
- Create and implement memorandums of understanding and contracts with external partners
- Assist with recruitment of instructors for non-credit offerings
- Assess annual performance against objectives; prepare and submit internal quarterly and annual performance reports
- Monitor programs scheduled in the evening or on weekends as needed
- This position will require significant regional travel, attending early morning, evening, and weekend events or meetings
- Other related duties, as assigned
Physical Requirements:
This position requires the ability to: remain in a stationary position for most of the time; occasionally move about inside an office to access documents, office equipment, etc.; constantly operate a computer or other office equipment, such as a printer or copy machine.
Minimum Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university
- At least three years of related experience and/or training to the duties and responsibilities
- Demonstrated work experience collaborating with multiple organizations and stakeholders
- Demonstrated work experience in grant development/writing/management experience with general knowledge of proposal guidelines
- Effective presentation and communication skills
- Strategic decision-making capability
- Customer service focus and the ability to build partnerships
- Strong attention to detail, superior work ethic, professionalism and organizational skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with evolving priorities
- Outstanding interpersonal skills
Preferred Qualifications:
- Prior managerial experience in corporate training and development or college/university continuing/community education
- Master’s degree
Lamar Institute of Technology is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including and as it pertains to pregnancy and wages), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, protected veteran status, and/or retaliation.
Notice of Availability of the Annual Security Report
The Annual Security Report
is available online
here. This report contains information regarding campus safety and security including topics such as: campus law enforcement authority; crime reporting policies; campus alerts (Timely Warnings and Emergency Notifications); programs to prevent dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking; the procedures the Institute will follow when one of these crimes is reported; and other matters of importance related to security on campus. The report also contains information about crime statistics for the three most recent calendar years concerning reported crimes that occurred on campus; in non-campus buildings or property owned or controlled by the Institute or a recognized student organization; and on public property within, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from, the campus. If you would like to receive a paper copy of the Annual Security Report, you can stop by Lamar Institute of Technology, Eagles Nest, Room 128, at 855 East Lavaca, Beaumont, TX, 77705, or you can request that a copy be mailed to you by calling 409-247-4383 or emailing bmckay1@lit.edu
Security Sensitive Statement
This position is security-sensitive and thereby subject to the provisions of the Texas Education Code §51.215, which authorizes the employer to obtain criminal history record information.
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