Title: Manager of Career and Workforce Development Division - #WWRW0312

State Role Title: Prog Admin Manager III

Hiring Range: The anticipated minimum salary starts at $93,953 and is commensurate with experience.

Pay Band: 6

Agency: Dept for Aging & Rehab Svcs

Location: Wilson Wkfc Rehab Ctn

Agency Website: https://www.wwrc.virginia.gov/

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

About the Agency: 

Wilson Workforce and Rehabilitation Center (WWRC provide people with disabilities comprehensive, individualized services to realize optimal personal independence and employment. We strive to be the preferred provider of comprehensive vocational rehabilitation for Virginians with Disabilities. We apply our shared values; Ethical, Engaged, and Effective, to everything we do.

Job Duties:

The CWDD Manager serves as the Superintendent’s Designee for Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) State Operated Program (SOP) and special education compliance, including teacher licensure requirements. This role ensures that WWRC’s workforce preparation services meet or exceed Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) and Virginia Works performance standards while fostering innovation, community integration, and strong outcomes for vocational rehabilitation participants.

Job responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

Strategic Leadership and Program Oversight

• Collaborate with all relevant stakeholders to address in a timely manner any identified gaps in census/utilization targets, including program development or discontinuation.
• Lead the planning, delivery, and evaluation of PERT, Vocational Evaluation, and Vocational Training programs in alignment with WIOA, SOP, and Virginia Works requirements.
• Ensure programs reflect industry needs, labor market trends, and participant goals, integrating community-based training, pre-apprenticeships, and apprenticeships.
• Monitor and achieve performance metrics including program utilization, participant completion, credential attainment, and employment placement.
• Collaborate with internal data partners to identify and track performance measures to enable data-informed decision-making across all areas of CWDD.
• Actively engage the WWRC Managers and Marketing Teams, DARS/DRS District Managers, Business Development Managers and Employment Service Teams, Virginia Department of Education (VDOE), and other WIOA partners in outreach initiatives that facilitate a steady flow of consumers utilizing WWRC.

Workforce and Community Partnerships

• Build and maintain strong relationships with employers, workforce agencies, education providers, and other WIOA partners.
• The individual is responsible for providing marketing and outreach—referral development, marketing, and outreach.
• Expand opportunities for participants through work-based learning, corporate partnerships, pre-apprenticeships, and registered apprenticeships.
• Represent WWRC in statewide workforce development initiatives and serve as a liaison to VDOE SOP leadership.

Performance Management and Continuous Improvement

• Use data-driven decision-making to assess program performance and implement improvement strategies.
• Lead professional development initiatives for staff to ensure instructional quality and service innovation.
• Promote excellence, accountability, and a high-performance culture across the division.

Administrative and Compliance Functions

• Manage budgets, cost codes, procurement, and fiscal compliance in accordance with Commonwealth and agency policies.
• Ensure SOP compliance in curriculum, instruction, assessment, and staffing requirements.
• Conduct routine and customized tours for the agency and workforce/education/business partners that promote the availability, accessibility, and quality of WWRC assessment, transition, and workforce preparation/training services.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master’s or post-graduate degree in Special Education, Vocational Rehabilitation, Career and Technical Education, or related human services field.
• Valid Virginia Postgraduate Professional License (or eligible) with endorsement in Administration and/or Educational Leadership.
• Demonstrated leadership in education, workforce development, or vocational rehabilitation settings.
• Experience managing multi-disciplinary teams, developing strategic initiatives, and driving measurable performance outcomes.
• Strong skills in partnership building, systems change, fiscal management, incubation and evaluation of new services, and effective communication with diverse stakeholders.

Additional Considerations:

Training in Career and Technical Education, Vocational Special Needs Education, or closely related field. Extensive experience in administration and supervision of an educational or rehabilitation institution.

Special Instructions:

• This has been designated a sensitive position under Va. Code § 2.2-1201.1.
• A fingerprint-based criminal history check will be required of the finalist candidate.
  
  Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during the application and/or interview processes per the Americans with Disabilities Act. Contact recruitment@dars.virginia.gov for assistance.
  
  Minorities, Individuals with disabilities, Veterans, AmeriCorps, Peace Corps, and other National Service Alumni are encouraged to apply.
  
  To Apply:
  
  Equal Opportunity Employer State applications will only be accepted as submitted online by 11:55 p.m. on the closing date through the Commonwealth of Virginia’s New Recruitment Management System. Mailed, emailed, faxed, or hand-delivered applications and/or résumés will not be accepted. PageUp will provide you with 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.
  

Contact Information:

Name: Human Resources

Email: Recruitment@dars.virginia.gov

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.