The Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) Warriors to Work Regional Director leads a team of Warriors to Work teams in regional offices and field offices to provide career transition guidance and help warriors obtain gainful employment and meaningful career opportunities. The Warriors to Work (WtoW) Regional Director develops employer relationships, identifies employer points of contact to be shared with WtoW teams, and provides advice to employers on best practices to hire and employ veterans.
Note: The Warriors to Work program objective is to help warriors to secure rewarding and successful careers leading to long-term financial security and financial wellness for themselves and their families.
Areas of Responsibility:
- Lead and manage Warriors to Work (WtoW) regional team across multiple offices and field locations guiding the team’s performance to achieve Warriors to Work program goals and objectives and effectively deliver career transition guidance and employment activities for wounded servicemembers (warriors) and their families. Lead the regional team to be mission driven, guided by core values, and a pleasure to work with.
- Perform business development activities including sourcing and qualifying employer partners, identifying decision makers, establishing lasting relationships, working closely with employer recruiters, marketing the value and skills of WtoW alumni and family members to employers, and scheduling visits to business locations in support of their veteran hiring initiatives.
- Actively engage with regional executive corporate decision makers to show them the value to their organization of hiring wounded veterans and family members.
- Establish and maintain clear and precise communication, including cascading messages, providing feedback to direct reports, and ensuring regional specialists and coordinators in all locations understand program priorities.
- Collaborate with other WtoW Regional Directors and other WWP programs and departments to ensure WWP and program priorities are successfully communicated and achieved.
- Ensure Warriors to Work activities are aligned with WWP’s strategic and operational plans by working collaboratively with the WtoW Director and other WtoW Regional Directors to positively impact overall programmatic growth and drive team performance to its highest achievable level.
- Oversee all employment program delivery across assigned region with an emphasis on standardization and full adherence to policy and procedure.
- Lead WtoW teammates to focus on achieving goals and outcome measurements to establish and continuously improve the effectiveness of WtoW programming and delivery.
- Collaborate with other WWP programs and departments to ensure warrior needs are met in a collaborative and holistic manner.
- Provide guidance to managers in development and execution of regional locations’ budgets.
- Travel to regional offices and locations to support team training and warrior events as needed.
- Other related duties as assigned.
Educational Background:
Bachelor’s degree. An equivalent combination of applicable education, training, certification, and experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
Skills/Experience:
- Proven leadership skills and ability to lead, motivate, coach, and educate staff member, especially with geographically dispersed subordinates. Demonstrated ability to manage through vision and values.
- Demonstrated understanding of relationship management and partnering. Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain professional relationships.
- Demonstrated ability to work in a collaborative, team environment
- Exceptional interpersonal skills. Ability to interact effectively with diverse individuals and build effective working relationships.
- Demonstrated understanding of budget management and fiduciary oversight principles.
- Strong networking skills to build working relationships with community leaders including employers, VSOs, military, and vocational and training organizations.
- Effective organizational and time management skills. Demonstrated ability to effectively manage multiple tasks, assignments, and priorities within deadlines.
- Demonstrated ability to establish credibility, be decisive, influence others, and influence change.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Demonstrated ease and confidence in public speaking. Strong presentation skills. Confident communicator with demonstrated ability to present information effectively to large audiences, small groups, and individuals.
- Well-developed critical thinking, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
- Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality.
- High energy level. Self-starter; willing to take initiative.
- Unequivocal commitment to the highest standards of personal and business ethics and conduct.
- Mission-driven, guided by core values, and a pleasure to work with.
- Five years of WWP Programs experience (e.g., Alumni, Mental Health & Wellness, Physical Health & Wellness) or business recruitment experience in a corporate environment.
- Five years of staff leadership and management experience.
- Must be able to travel up to 35% of the time including overnight and weekend travel
Preferences
- Master’s degree in business or management.
- Five years of experience managing virtual or remote teams.
- Five years of experience successfully creating and maintaining long-term business partnerships.
- Five years of experience growing and developing outcome-oriented career goals for veterans.
- Two years of business development experience in a nonprofit environment.
Certifications & Licensure
- Valid state-issued driver’s license.
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Sep 11 2019
Active Until:
Oct 11 2019
Hiring Organization:
Wounded Warrior Project, Inc.
industry:
Nonprofit