Director Of Workforce Alignment

Director of Workforce Alignment
Job Description

About Us: 

Achieving the Dream is a partner and champion of more than 300 community colleges across the country. Drawing on our expert coaches, groundbreaking programs, and national peer network, we provide institutions with integrated, tailored support for every aspect of their work — from foundational capacities such as leadership, data, and equity to intentional strategies for supporting students holistically, building K–12 partnerships, and more. We call this Whole College Transformation. Our vision is for every college to be a catalyst for equitable, antiracist, and economically vibrant communities. We know that with the right partner and the right approach, colleges can drive access, completion rates, and employment outcomes — so that all students can access life-changing learning that propels them into community-changing careers.

Achieving the Dream (ATD) believes that equity — our core founding principle — is the driving force to achieve the educational, economic, and social benefits of higher education for the students we serve. We believe that when colleges intentionally design and implement antiracist and just structures, policies, and practices that combat oppression, students and their communities thrive. Higher education must interrogate the disconnect between institutionalized practices that impact student success and the systemic structures and processes that continue to oppress and exclude students based on the intersection of race, ethnicity, gender identity, language, (dis)ability, sexual orientation, economic status, and/or religion. 

Achieving the Dream remains steadfast in our commitment to delivering student-centered strategies to guide and support colleges to disrupt and dismantle historical systemic discriminatory legacies, structures, and barriers that prevent community members from prospering. We expect ATD Network colleges to honor their institutional responsibilities to create and invest in thriving local communities by leveraging their leadership positions to actualize social, economic, and racial justice. Through bold actions, colleges must transform their practices to target and eliminate specific barriers to student success and address their students’ needs by centering equity within their local context.

To learn more about ATD’s commitment to equity, review our Equity Statement: ATD’s Equity Statement  

To learn more about our organization and mission, visit our homepage: www.achievingthedream.org 

About This Role: 

Job Overview

Reporting to the Executive Director of Program Development, the Director of Workforce Alignment is responsible for leading, designing, and implementing ATD’s innovative Texas-based Professional Learning Communities and Equipping Texas Students to Earn Industry-Aligned Credentials projects. The Director will work closely with leaders across programs including network engagement, holistic student supports, teaching and learning, equity and K-12 programs to analyze institutional and program data and set clear goals aligned to project expectations and milestones. The Director will also manage the projects’ overarching goals and deliverables, anticipate potential challenges to guarantee the on-schedule fulfillment of tasks and projects, and monitor program effectiveness. This also includes leading efforts to strategically disseminate project findings and high-impact practices externally with support from ATD’s marketing and communications team and integrating lessons learned with ATD’s overall approach to institutional and community transformation.

This position includes budgetary and supervisory responsibility for consultants and staff as the work progresses. This position also represents the organization and external-facing capacities. The Director engages in various educational events and shares responsibility with the program team and the marketing team in curating learning to advance thought leadership in the field.

Duties and Responsibilities

Program Management, Implementation and Service Development and Team Supervision (40%)