Workforce Partnerships Manager

Domus is a nonprofit helping nearly 1300 young people achieve self-sufficiency through school engagement and workforce development services. Our workforce development program equips young people who are disengaged and disconnected from school or work with the tools to succeed. Through a mix of job readiness training, hands-on work experience, and coaching on essential life and professional skills, youth gain the foundation needed for career and personal growth.

Position Overview

The Workforce Partnerships Manager develops and manages partnerships with businesses, municipalities, and educational institutions to create meaningful paid work experiences for young adults enrolled in our workforce development program. This role focuses on identifying and securing new worksites that contract with our organization to host supervised work crews, financially supporting our workforce development program, while providing valuable on-the-job training for participants and meeting the partner’s project or staffing needs. The Workforce Partnerships Manager collaborates with the Director of Workforce Development to ensure that both the worksite partners and participants have a positive, productive experience.

Essential Responsibilities

Outreach to cultivate new work sites – Typical time spent: 70%

• Identify, recruit, and maintain partnerships with employers, municipalities, and community organizations that contract with Domus to host paid work crews.
• Develop and sustain new business opportunities by promoting the value, quality and community impact of our workforce crews to potential partners.
• Negotiate and manage partnership agreements, scopes of work, and service contracts in coordination with leadership.
• Represent the organization at community, business, and workforce events to promote services and cultivate new leads.

Employment site relationship management - Typical time spent: 20%

• Conduct regular site visits and maintain open communication with partners to monitor satisfaction, project outcomes and opportunities for renewal or expansion.
• Collaborate with program staff to ensure crews are appropriately trained, scheduled and deployed to meet partner expectations.
• Gather feedback from partners to continuously improve program delivery and customer satisfaction.
• Build strong, mutually beneficial relationships that support both the partners's operational needs and our goal of preparing young adults for sustainable careers that will lead to unsubsidized employment.

Contract management, performance tracking and reporting - Typical time spent: 10%

• Work closely with finance and operations teams to ensure accurate billing, contract tracking, and reporting of earned revenue.
• Track and report performance metrics related to employer engagement, contract volume, revenue generation and participant outcomes.
• Present data in a meaningful and relevant way to Leadership Council and Board of Directors.
• Develop effective partnerships with internal teams and stakeholders.

This is a full-time, exempt position. Work will be performed inside of a Domus administrative building or alternative venue as established by the Director of Workforce Development.

Qualifications

• • Bachelor’s degree in business, sales, communication or related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Experience in sales, employer relations, fundraising, workforce development or partnership management.
  • Strong relationship building and negotiation skills with demonstrated ability to engage employers or municipal partners.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills; confident presenting to diverse audiences.
  • Highly organized and detail oriented with ability to manage multiple contracts and relationships simultaneously.
  • Driven to advance workforce equity by connecting disengaged and disconnected young people to hands-on learning and career opportunities.
  • High emotional intelligence, able to develop strong relationships with diverse individuals.
  • Ability to receive and respond to constructive feedback.
  • A great sense of humor!
  • Commitment to the Domus mission, values and core principles

Domus is an equal opportunity employer.

Domus is committed to creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment. Domus does not discriminate based on race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.

Domus has comprehensive health benefits package, 403b with an employer match after 1 year and paid time off.