Black River Technical College is seeking an enthusiastic, highly motivated person to serve as the Executive Director of Workforce Training. This position works under the supervision of the President and serves as a member of the President’s Cabinet. This is a full time, 12-month position primarily housed in Pocahontas, but responsible for the entire service area of the college.

The primary responsibility of the Executive Director of Workforce Training is to work with the President to provide strategic vision for workforce and professional skills training programming that aligns with regional economic shifts. The Executive Director acts as the external enterprise sales engine, securing corporate training commitments and high-level regional workforce partnerships. This position designs custom agreements, negotiates profit margins, and manages executive employer relations. This position supervises and directs the workforce team in all aspects of training, delivery, and customer service.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO):

• Direct all aspects of workforce training for our service area including program and course development for the training requests of local industry and the local community.
• Oversee development of workforce training adjunct faculty contracts and evaluate performance reviews.
• Responsible for guiding curriculum development for new professional skills training programs
• Oversee development of the departmental budget, including analysis of forecasted revenue and expenditures to determine profit margins.
• Review information to be submitted to Arkansas Division of Higher Education.
• Serve as a member of the President’s Cabinet
• Direct the development of MOUs to partner with local industries for professional skills training
• Serve as a voting college representative on the board of the Greene County Industrial Training Consortium.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited University.
• Related experience in workforce training delivery, and leadership or management experience in higher education administration or industry, with increasing levels of responsibility in all or most of the following areas:
  • development of collaborative training partnerships with industry,
  • program and curriculum development and delivery,
  • budget development and administration,
  • strategic planning, and
  • economic development.
• Strong communication skills, both oral and written.
• Valid Arkansas Driver’s License

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s degree from a regionally accredited University.
• Teaching experience and working knowledge of the most current methods of successful delivery of training programs
• Community college administrative experience.

TYPICAL QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty mentioned satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Responsibility for Funds, Property and Equipment
Directly responsible for the accountability of the revenue generated and budget expenditures as well as departmental assets.

Supervisory Responsibilities
Directly supervises multiple employees and carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organizations policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring and training employees; planning, assigning and directing work; appraising performance, rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Communication Skills
Ability to read, analyze, and understand the most complex documents; Ability to respond effectively to the most sensitive inquiries or complaints; Ability to write speeches and articles using original or innovative techniques or style; Ability to make effective and persuasive speeches and presentations on controversial or complex topics to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.

Mathematical Skills
Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, and volume. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

Critical Thinking Skills
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Planning
Considerable responsibility with regard to general assignments in planning time, method, manner, and/or sequence of performance of own work, in addition, the organization and delegation of work operations for a division of employees engaged in widely diversified activities.

Decision Making
Performs work operations which permit frequent opportunity for decision-making of major importance which would have considerable effect on the final attainment of multiple major activities.

Mental Demand
Highly intense mental demand. Continual involvement with strategic and operational management functions which relate to both the short-term and long-term time periods.

Analytical Ability / Problem Solving
Solves problems in novel, non-recurring or swiftly changing situations in which the approach is not fully defined. Guidance by College President.

Accuracy
Accuracy which is critical in scheduling, planning, budgeting, and projecting revenue. Though frequent possibilities of error exist at all times, they must be detected and addressed.

Public Contact
Extensive contacts with various diversified sectors of the public environment; wherein, the contacts are of extreme importance and failure to exercise proper judgment can lead to substantial losses to the organization.

Employee Contact
Establishes company culture by setting tone of interactions and communication with senior level internal officials and employees throughout the organization.

Software Skills Required
Accounting, Contact Management, Resource Planning, Presentation/PowerPoint, Spreadsheet, Word Processing/Typing, Basic Database.

The College is committed to a quality work environment and experience by providing the following benefits in addition to compensation:

• COLA and/or bonuses are provided whenever fiscally responsible
• Eight hours of sick leave monthly after fulfilling all work hours in a pay period
• Eight hours of vacation leave monthly after fulfilling all work hours in a pay period
• Vacation leave increases according to years of service schedule
• Eight hours per calendar year of education leave
• A portion of health insurance premium paid by BRTC
• $20,000 life insurance policy with premium paid by BRTC
• 14% minimum retirement contribution from BRTC each pay period
• 11 paid State Holidays per calendar year if employed full time during the date of those holidays
• Tuition Waiver for employee and dependents to BRTC

Applications will be accepted until August 28, 2026 or until the position is filled. Interested candidates should submit a cover letter, resume, state application, certifications, unofficial transcripts, and a minimum of three professional references to:

BLACK RIVER TECHNICAL COLLEGE
Julie Edington, Executive Director of Human Resources
P.O. Box 468
Pocahontas, AR 72455
Telephone (870) 248-4000, Ext. 4032

BRTC is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer
BRTC is a Tobacco Free Campus