Nova Scotia Community College

What you will be doing…

The Director, Workforce Development provides vision and leadership for NSCC's Workforce Development Unit, which includes continuing education, customized, and contract training. The Director will plan and co-ordinate the delivery of education and training initiatives with a view to addressing the training and workforce needs of client organizations and the Province of Nova Scotia.

The Director Workforce Development reports directly to the Associate Vice-President of Research, Innovation, and Workforce Development and is accountable for strategizing, shaping, and nurturing the relationship between the NSCC and its many industry and community partners in the promotion, contracting and delivery of Workforce Development programming (continuing education, customized, and contract training). Collaborating with others in facilitating and stewarding these relationships, the Director holds the strategic view of, and responsibility for, the framework to support these relationships to further the mission and vision of the NSCC. The incumbent will be a leader of the College within partner communities and sectors, liaising regularly between these partners, government agencies, and the NSCC. The Director will also be a leader across the College, stimulating engagement across business areas, schools and campuses.

This position plays a supportive role to the entire Research, Innovation, and Workforce Development portfolio by participating in campus planning activities and serving to anchor NSCC's Workforce Development strategy as responsive to local, regional, and sector needs and opportunities.

Qualifications and Occupational Experience:

• The minimum educational qualification for this position is an Undergraduate degree in Business, Law, Arts, or other discipline cognizant of economic and social development activities. An MBA, MPA, MEd, or MA in Community Development would be considered an asset.
• You have a minimum of seven (7) years of recent and related occupational experience in business development and an emphasis on community economic and social development.
• You possess recent experience in a leadership role ideally in a large, complex organization.
• You have broad general knowledge of community, government, business & industry engagement.
• Experience partnering with communities, business, government, funding agencies and other post-secondary institutions.
• You possess demonstrated knowledge of human resources management principles with the ability to create an engaging and inclusive and effective working environment for employees through hiring, orientation, development, and mentorship.
• You have a proven track record of leadership by effectively managing and inspiring staff.
• Experience managing physical and financial resources to ensure effective service delivery.
• High level of proficiency in digital environments including Microsoft Office, Outlook, etc.
• Proven ability to quickly establish effective and credible relationships, both internally and externally, is also essential in this role.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with demonstrated creativity in idea generation and solution implementation.

Relevant Skills and Knowledge

• You demonstrate a commitment to inclusion, diversity, equity, accessibility and anti-racism
• You possess excellent interpersonal skills that enable you to interact at all levels of an organization
• You are known for your superior customer service skills and are able to create a relationship of trust beyond the immediate interaction
• Your superb team working skills enable you to contribute positively to a team environment
• You have specific technical occupational knowledge and skill in postsecondary education and academic program planning
• You are known for your problem solving and critical thinking skills
• You are a strong communicator both written and oral
• You possess excellent coordination skills specifically related to coordinating multiple projects/programs simultaneously, sometimes with exceptionally large contract value (e.g. >$1M).
• You have proven records and information management skills and abilities to track awards, budgets, contracts, and deliverables across a breadth of activities
• You have strong project management skills and can lead a team of project managers.
• You are dedicated to life-long learning and embrace a philosophy of continuing education and professional development for yourself and your team.

We value Diversity and Inclusion

The College values diversity and inclusion and is committed to employment equity. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates including Aboriginal/Indigenous Persons, Black/African Nova Scotians, members of racially visible communities, persons with disabilities, persons of a minority sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, and women. Applicants from these communities wishing to self-identify may do so by completing the online questionnaire within the application.

All NSCC positions are advertised every Tuesday and Thursday. To learn more about us and our hiring process, please follow this link.

Candidates selected for interviews will be expected to provide at least three recent, occupational references. The successful candidate will be expected to provide official transcripts to show proof of academic achievements.

NSCC is committed to the full inclusion of all applicants. As part of this commitment, NSCC will ensure that applicants are provided reasonable accommodations, as required. If accommodation is needed to participate in the job application process, please contact Nikki Berrigan, HR Generalist at [email protected]. Our Employee Workplace Accommodation Policy can be found here.