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[Building a Stronger Montana] Note: Employees for the State of Montana must reside within Montana. MISSION STATEMENT: Empowering all Montanans through work and opportunity. DLI CORE VALUES: * Responsiveness * Respect * Integrity * Excellence<> * Cohesiveness It's about the people and the impact we make in our communities every day. We are proud of our open, team-based, supportive, and collaborative work environments. Learn more about DLI here. Watch this short video to see why people love working for DLI:DLI Employee Testimonials BENEFITS: Being able to enjoy the quality of life in the beautiful state of Montana is one of the benefits you will love about this opportunity! Our mountains, waterways and open spaces provide not only beautiful scenery but year-round recreational opportunities including hiking, camping, biking, fishing, boating, hunting, skiing and snowmobiling. Montana boasts a high-quality education system and a variety of entertainment including fairs, rodeos, and theaters. Read more about our great statehere. See our other incredible benefitshere. These are some of our benefits just to name a few: * Work/life balance with hybrid schedules or partial telework may be available within the state of Montana. * 38 paid days off a year including vacation, sick leave and holidays. * Military leave: You’ll get up to 15 days of military leave with full pay. * Longevity raises with continuous service, as well as any negotiated market increases and state statutory raises. * Health, dental, vision, life insurance coverage, flexible spending accounts, EAP - click hereto learn more. * Free telehealth and access to free employee medical clinics through our medical plan - clickhereto learn more. * Choice between two retirement plans with an employer contribution between 8.73% - 9.07% of your annual salary. A third optional 457(b) deferred compensation plan is also available. – Clickhereto learn more. * Public Service Loan Forgiveness- Employment with the State of Montana may qualify you to receive loan forgiveness- click hereto learn more! * Career progression, training opportunities and room for professional growth. * State employee discounts at various businesses across the state. This position may be covered by a Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association (VEBA) *JOB DUTIES: The business engagement team director will lead the business engagement team to deliver a formal and deliberate focus on the market-driven aspect of Montana’s Public Workforce System (PWS) and to strategically engage Montana’s business community and better support local service delivery. As a Business Engagement Team Director, you will: * Provide leadership and management to the Business Engagement Team, enabling the creation of strategic statewide workforce development plans and tools for industry sectors to better connect to workers. * Encourage innovative thinking, networking, and a business mindset to find solutions to the workforce challenges faced by Montana businesses. * Align services with local business workforce needs through the development of partnerships with employers, training providers, community groups, and workers. * Sell available workforce programs to Montana businesses and provide excellent customer service through the customization of training solutions. * Collaborate with Job Service to support the administration of workforce programs. * Build and maintain relationships with team-members, businesses, and other community partners. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITES: If you are the right person for this opportunity, you will have the following knowledge, skills or abilities: * A business-focused sales mentality, as demonstrated by the ability to identify the workforce needs of businesses, find solutions using workforce programs, and develop and execute a pipeline by negotiating with employers, training providers, and community partners to meet business needs. * Collaboration and win-win negotiation with team members, workforce programs, education and training providers, and employers. * Ability to identify opportunities and solutions to meet current and future workforce needs of Montana businesses. * Leadership and management of the team, including facilitation for the team in initiating and maintaining relationships with: o Employers and employer groups o Trade or industry associations o Secondary, post-secondary institutions and tribal colleges o Chambers of Commerce o Economic development organizations o Tribal entities * Knowledge of the workforce system, including use of labor market information, strengths of workforce programs, organizations and partners, and ability to streamline bureaucracy to benefit businesses. * Working with the department’s economists to understand the targeted and growing occupations and industries of the future. * Engaging education entities to help shape and empower the workforce of tomorrow. The business engagement team director should be knowledgeable of the challenges and opportunities facing Montana’s economic landscape, aware of the needs of private industry, have the ability to sell workforce programs to the business community, and able to develop innovative pathways to cut through bureaucracy and meet business needs. The director guides and directs the business engagement team’s efforts based on Industry needs and agency vision. The team identifies those needs through direct communication with industry associations, chambers of commerce, tribal entities and economic development organizations. The business engagement team director should expect to work at least 25% on the road, if not more, visiting with members of the team, conducting site visits, working with local resources partners, and attending meetings or industry conferences. To meet those private industry needs, the team coordinates internally within DLI, and externally with employers, employer groups, other state agencies, Federal resources, and educational institutions. The program manager should not only be aware of these agencies and resources, but their key staff, programs, and financial capabilities. The business engagement team director will actively support intensive collaboration and communication among the engagement team and local job service teams, other department teams, including registered apprenticeship, career development specialists working with schools, Jobs for Montana’s Graduate program, Data and Operations, Montana Career Information System and department leadership. The director should possess excellent supervisory skills including interpersonal communication, organization, conflict resolution, time and priority management and problem solving. Outstanding organizational and leadership skills are required for leading this diverse, state-wide business engagement team both in person and remotely. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: The essential duties of this position are typically acquired through the following combinations of relevant education and experience: * Bachelor's degree in Public Administration, Business Administration, or a related field. * Two years of directly related experience in progressive positions or * Six years directly related experience Equivalent combinations of education and experience will also be considered. HOW TO APPLY FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY: A complete state application is not required; however, you will need to initiate the application and attach the resume, cover letter or other required documents at time of application to be considered for this position. Resume will auto fill the application, but the application will not be scored or reviewed. Failure to attach the cover letter and resume will result in your application being considered incomplete and will not be considered further. Materials submitted but not requested will not be considered in the selection process. Tip:When attaching your resume, cover letter or other required documents you must mark the attachments as “RELEVANT” or we will be unable to view your documents. Required application materials: o Cover Letter- In your cover letter, describe how your education, knowledge, and skills have prepared you for this position. o Resume- include all work experience you have held that would help you qualify for this position, including duties, dates of employment. Only online applications will be accepted. By applying online, you can receive updates and monitor the status of your application. All documents for Veteran or Disability preference must be received or date stamped by the closing date. You will receive an email with instructions on how to submit such documents. If you need an accommodation with the application process, please contact the HR office. Title: Business Engagement Team Director Location: Helena Requisition ID: 24143414 Other Locations: Billings, Missoula, Miles City, Kalispell, Polson, Columbus, Havre, Lame Deer, Big Timber, Livingston, Libby, Sidney, Thompson Falls, Glendive, Lewistown, Cut Bank, Wolf Point, Butte, Bozeman, Great Falls

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