Community Initiatives Manager at WS ALAMO – San Antonio, Texas

Under the direction of the Director of Ready to Work, The Community Initiatives Manager performs complex program management activities and supports strategic operations and planning. Work involves assisting with the development of the organizations efforts by successfully implementing local community initiatives and programs and supporting strategic partnerships. The Community Initiatives Manager will be expected to attend all program meetings, planning sessions and relevant community events for the purpose of ensuring WSA is engaged and represented. CIM will be responsible for working with Programs staff and Contractor staff to develop and incorporate strategies that contribute to the successful implementation of WSA operations. CIM will need to fully understand all WSA programs and grants and ensure that the organization is allocating resources to serve the community efficiently and effectively. CIM will be responsible for responding to all partner and subgrantee requests for information, services, or support in a timely manner and will collaborate closely with the Director of Ready to Work to develop strategies to innovate and improve practices related to successfully implementing programs and initiatives.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

The Community Initiatives Manager may have a direct report base on the needs of the organization.

Quality/Compliance: Achieving a standard of excellence with our work processes and outcomes, honoring WSA policies and all regulatory requirements.

Communication: Balancing listening and talking, speaking, and writing clearly and accurately, influencing others, keeping others informed.

Initiative: Taking ownership of our work, doing what is needed without being asked, following through.

Efficiency: Planning, managing time well, being on time, being cost conscious, thinking of better ways to do things.

Customer Focus: Striving for high customer satisfaction, going out of our way to be helpful and pleasant, making it as easy as possible on the customer rather than our department or Workforce Solutions Alamo (WSA).

Collegiality/Collaboration: Being helpful, respectful, approachable, and collaborative, cooperating with others, inside and outside the organization, to accomplish objectives to build and maintain mutually beneficial partnerships, leverage information, and achieve results.

Integrity/Transparency: Upholds social, ethical, and organizational norms and values; firmly adheres to codes of conduct and ethical principles; behaves consistently, and is open, honest, and trustworthy; acts without consideration of personal gain.

Continuous Learning & Self Development: Being receptive to feedback, willing to learn, embracing continuous improvement, proactively investigating new perspectives, approaches, and behaviors.

People Management (for those with direct reports): Setting clear expectations, reviewing progress, providing feedback and guidance, holding people accountable.

Problem Solving: Identifies problems and uses logic, judgment, and data to evaluate alternatives and recommends solutions to achieve the desired organizational goal or outcomes.

Decision Quality: Makes sound decisions that consider objectives, risks, implications, and agency and governmental regulations.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university in Business Administration, or related field preferred. Minimum three (3) years experience in community-based partnerships and /or managing grant-based programs. Eight (8) years of experience may be substituted for a degree.

The physical demands 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. See the Job Activity Requirements for the Essential Job Functions attached and description of the work environment.

Workforce Solutions Alamo is an equal opportunity employer/program. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities. The position will close when filled.