Title: Agriculture & Foreign Labor Program Manager

State Role Title: Prog Admin Specialist II

Hiring Range: $70,000 - $90,000

Pay Band: 5

Agency: Department of Workforce Development and Advancement

Location: LYNCHBURG

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

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

This position serves as the Foreign Labor Certification (FLC) program manager, ensuring compliance with agency obligations under H-2A and H-2B guest worker programs. Manages program activities and workload (job order review and processing, H-2A housing inspections, prevailing wage, and practice surveys). Manages FLC budget and prepares annual grant application. Provides technical assistance to employers. Collects, analyzes, and reports data. Prepares training materials and conducts staff training. Coordinates with the State Monitor Advocate to process complaints in accordance with the Employment Service Complaint System.

Minimum Qualifications

• Knowledge of agricultural issues, trends and business practices; program management and evaluation principles; and management practices.
• Strong interpersonal, leadership, problem solving, computer, oral and written communitication, and consulting skills.
• Ability to manage grant and budget activities; interpret laws and regulations; implement related policies and procedures; work effectively with diverse groups; conduct interviews and surveys; make presentations; collect and analyze data; recommend strategies to enhance program performance; prepare reports; provide technical assistance; create training curriculum and effectively present new information to diverse audiences; examine FLC applications and issue clear written decisions based on regulatory requirements; delegate tasks and manage workload of staff; analyze program processes for effectiveness and efficiency and recommend/implement improvements; and ensure program compliance to fulfill federal grant obligations.

Additional Considerations

• Spanish oral and written fluency.
• Knowledge of the FLC programs and agricultural trends and business practices especially as related to Virginia.

Special Instructions

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.

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: DWDA 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@virginiaworks.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.