Title: Director of Program and Grants Management - Richmond, Virginia

State Role Title: 11-9199

Hiring Range: $95,000 - $115,000

Pay Band: 6

Agency: Department of Workforce Development and Advancement

Location: DWDA Central Office

Agency Website: virginiaworks.virginia.gov

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

Come join our team at the Department of Workforce Development and Advancement (DWDA)! In 2023, bipartisan legislation consolidated a dozen workforce development programs and data systems from various existing Commonwealth of Virginia agencies to create the Department of Workforce Development and Advancement (DWDA), known as Virginia Works. On July 1, 2024, Virginia Works stood up as an independent agency dedicated to creating, sustaining, and retaining a highly skilled workforce, and committed to making sure Virginia Works for everyone.

Provides leadership and effectively manages the agency's portfolios of WD programs; directs budget development, management, and execution; oversees grants management activities; manages professional staff supporting program administration activities; oversees provision of technical assistance and training to field staff; and collaborates daily with this position's key counterpart, Director of Service Delivery, to ensure effective, customer-centric, coordinated, and compliant delivery of program services statewide.

Minimum Qualifications

• Comprehensive knowledge of state and federal statutes (e.g., Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act-WIOA) and established policies governing WD service delivery, grants and programs administration, quality assurance standards and techniques, and governmental operations.

• Strong executive management leadership, strategic management, interpersonal, oral and written communications, facilitation, work planning, and computer (e.g., MS Office or comparable software) skills.

• Demonstrated ability to manage a successful team of professionals with different backgrounds; build and maintain positive working relationships and partnerships internally and externally; identify and implement strategies to achieve goals and objectives; represent agency to various parties; make sound decisions; interpret regulations and policies.

• Collect, analyze and report data; develop and implement technical assistance provision plans, reports, policies and procedures; manage budgeting, grants, and financial reporting functions; evaluate performance, form and recommend strategies to enhance performance, and implement corrective action; prepare reports; and make formal presentations.

Additional Considerations

• Progressively responsible experience managing WD programs and administrative functions in a governmental setting.
• Substantial expertise in upper-level management overseeing diverse personnel and resources, large fiscal operations and complex administrative functions; administering strategic management plans; and working with WD service programs.• Statement of Economic Interests form and training required.

• Certified Workforce Development Professional (CWDP) or related certification in workforce services.

Special Instructions

The position is physically located at 2221 Edward Holland Drive, Richmond, VA  23230

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

Diversity and inclusivity are at the heart of what we do in Virginia, and the Virginia Works is committed to upholding these values in our employment opportunities across the Commonwealth to people from all backgrounds, including all races, ethnicities, genders, and abilities.

The Department of Workforce Development and Advancement. Is an Equal Opportunity
Employer/Program, and a Virginia Values Veterans certified employer. AmeriCorps, Peace Corps, and other national service alumni are encouraged to apply.

The selected candidate must successfully pass a comprehensive background check including an FBI fingerprint background investigation.

Applications for this position must be submitted electronically through this website. Mailed, emailed, faxed, or hand delivered applications and résumés will not be accepted.
Applications are not accepted after the recruitment closing date.

Please carefully review the details of this recruitment including the location of the position and the posted salary before applying. DWDA does not provide relocation assistance, and no salary will be offered outside of the posted salary range / flat rate.
Consideration for an interview is based solely on the information within the application (and/or resume).

You must ensure your application/resume includes the scope of your experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities as it relates to the position you are applying for. Information not stated will not be assumed.
This website will provide a confirmation of receipt when the application is submitted for consideration.

For the status of your application and this position, please refer to your Jobs.Virginia.Gov account. We do not provide application status updates via email or telephone.
Auxiliary Aids and Services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities.
Applicants needing accommodations should contact the Human Resource office for additional information.

The DWDA does not provide sponsorship; therefore, applicants must be a citizen or national of the U.S., a Lawful Permanent Resident, or an alien authorized to work in the US.
NOTICE: VEC will record information from each new employee’s Form I-9 (Employment Eligibility Verification) into the Federal E-Verify system to confirm identity and work authorization.

Contact Information

Name: Human Resources / Recruitment

Phone: For the most up-to-date status of your application, please refer to your Jobs.Virginia.Gov account. We do not provide application status updates via phone

Email: Careers@vec.virginia.gov for recruitment related questions. Emailed applications, resumes, or cover letters will not be accepted. For the most up-to-date status of your application, please refer to your Jobs.Virginia.Gov account.

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.