Department: Corporate Education

Location: Framingham

MassBay fosters educational excellence and academic success to prepare students for local and global citizenship, to meet critical workforce demands of communities, and to contribute to the region’s economic development.

Massachusetts Bay Community College values diversity, inclusion, and collaboration. We strongly encourage members of underrepresented communities to apply to join our community.

Located in Greater Boston, MassBay is a comprehensive, open-access community college offering associate degrees and certificate programs on three campuses in Wellesley Hills, Framingham, and Ashland, Massachusetts.

Position Summary:

The ideal candidate will join a vibrant and inclusive educational community and have a desire and ability to work with a diverse population.

The Director of Community Education and Workforce is a new position that will build out engagement and non-credit certificate education programs to support all immigrant newcomers, non-traditional adult learners, and recent ELL high school graduates in the community. The end goal for all engagement and enrollment is completion of ELL and workforce skills certificate training programs and beyond. The director will continue to develop and support the success important infrastructure and curriculum that supports newcomers to communication proficiency and job success cocurricular ESL and Skills Based certificate training and new workforce certificates. Focus areas of intensive non-credit coursework to be continued and scaled under this new director are new trainings for working families, pipelines to careers for immigrant laborers and new ELL graduates from high school. The Director will continue to build out the intensive ELL language bridge, leadership communication, administrative career skills, written management skills, Auto Damage Adjuster, Newcomer Cultural Exploration, pipeline to Behavioral Health, Pipeline to Early Childhood, Pipeline to Hospitality, Pipeline to Property Management, Pipeline to Green Energies, Pipeline to Healthcare Suite.

In addition to new program, coursework development and support, this administrative role will focus on the supervision of staff members and faculty, lead grant budget and management. Coordinate and develop student interns, professional interns and volunteers. The new director will be a liaison for the data coordinator and help oversee the management of the registrations, tuition and purchase approval. The Director will lead an annual Forum on Immigration Workforce Summit and participate in and create new community events. This position will also be a key leader at MassBay and collaborator for community events, onramp bridge to industry kiosks, partnership fairs and assimilate as a participant into successful events upon partner requests.

Key Responsibilities and Duties:

• Provide daily support and supervision of program staff members and area faculty including full-time and part-time instructors, program assistants, and volunteers;
• Lead grant writing initiatives for federal, state, city, and contract training proposals, including setting up special initiatives such as the National Immigration Forum program for workers and English language classes for employees for industry partners both on and offsite;
• Help to oversee the various grant budgets; including payroll, expenditure tracking, and reporting;
• Develop strategic plans for meeting funder requirements as related to reportable categories such as enrollment, pre-and post-testing, and average daily attendance to ensure outstanding program evaluation and continued refunding throughout the grant cycles;
• Supervise successful delivery of ESOL instruction for grant-funded programs for immigrant adults in Citizenship, Civics as these programs grow and develop;
• Act as one of the team members to liaise between the CPWDCE department, the college and university leadership, and the professional teams;
• Serve as an expert and coach on CPWDCE program mission and approach to student support and instruction;
• Oversee student workers and volunteers working with CPWDCE and the Institute;

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  Ensure accreditation for all certifications;
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  Collect and Analyze Data, write data-driven reports.

Commitment to Equity:

• Support MassBay’s commitment to the Equity Agenda; collaborating with faculty, staff, and students on the College’s strategic initiatives dedicated to closing the equity gap related to student outcomes;
• Support MassBay’s commitment to being anti-racist; embracing a community free of bias and inequality;
• Contribute to discussion and review of applicable College policies with a critical lens toward diversity, equity, and inclusion;
• Further the examination of pertinent practices that are culturally responsive and reflective of inclusive perspectives; and
• Engage in conversations with colleagues and students regarding best practices within the discipline or programmatic related to equity and inclusion.

This list is not to be considered all-inclusive. A supervisor may assign other duties as required to meet the needs and foster the mission of the College.

All employees of MassBay are expected to work collegially and collaboratively within a community that values and celebrates diversity.

Required Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree;
• Programming experience building ESL bridges, language workshops and working with community and industry partners;
• Experience building credit and non-credit programming in higher education outside of the traditional higher education system;
• Significant experience in budget management with extensive experience managing grant budgets and state system budgets;
• Ability to generate reports and maintain compliance with multiple grants from multiple funders;
• Ability to support external constituents from many diverse backgrounds, prioritizing varying agendas;
• Able to work evenings and weekends and travel regionally;
• Ability to direct, promote and manage large community events;
• Experience supervising multiple staff members in multiple sites at the same time;
• Ability to research and solve problems as barriers present themselves;
• Skills in prioritizing multiple tasks, organizing and working with technology LMS and CRM;
• Experience building successful immigrant programming and advocacy supports across regions;
• Existing relationships with state agencies and funders.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Sensitivity and commitment to the goals of Affirmative Action and workforce diversity;
• Experience working in a diverse environment;
• Demonstrated commitment to working with underserved students;
• Bilingual in Spanish;
• Superior experience building community programs through a Community Development lens;
• Proven success in leading projects following statewide initiatives or large regional programming;
• Advanced skills in Salesforces, Excel, and Coursestorm;
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with Newcomers, refugees, English language learners, adult learners, new graduates, and students who need support to enroll in certificates and college.

Additional Information:

Salary Range: $98,000 - $108,000 annual salary

As a Massachusetts State Employee, you are offered an outstanding suite of benefits adding value to your salary.

• Array of choices for health insurance plans to meet individual/ family needs
• Affordable Dental Insurance and vision discount program
• 12 paid State/ Federal holidays
• Generous sick, vacation, and personal time
• Telework option depending on the role/department
• Flexible Spending Plans to reduce your taxable income
• Low-cost basic and optional life insurance
• Defined Benefit Pension Plan, providing a fixed, pre-established benefit for employees at retirement
• Thinking to save more money towards retirement: consider Deferred Compensation plans i.e., 457(b) or 403(b).
• Tuition Benefits for employees and dependents at state colleges and universities
• Free Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Eligibility towards Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)
• Free gym and parking on campus

Need more info: https://www.massbay.edu/employment/benefits

Position Type: Non Unit Professional

Application Deadline: July 20, 2024, or thereafter until filled.

To Apply: Please include a letter of interest and resume with your online application.

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This is a grant funded position, and position is contingent on funding.

Final candidates are required to provide sealed transcripts and/or certifications.

Hiring is contingent upon a successful CORI clearance.

Massachusetts Bay Community College is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, religion, age, veteran or military status, genetic information, gender identity, or sexual orientation in its programs and activities as required by Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and other applicable statutes and college policies. The College prohibits sexual harassment, including sexual violence. Inquiries or complaints concerning discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or sexual violence shall be referred to the College’s Affirmative Action and/or Title IX Coordinator, Lisa MacDonald, Director of Equity Compliance, [email protected], (781) 239-3147, the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission or the United States Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights.