Director of Training & Placement - Phoenix AZ

You're looking to be inspired. We're looking to make a difference. At UnitedHealth Group, we're on a mission to help people live healthier lives and we're looking for ways to drive innovation. As a Director of Job and Training Placement, you'll work to not only challenge the status quo, but change it. If your heart starts pounding when you realize the impact projects will have on people, you have found the right place to help heal the health care system.      

   

UnitedHealthcare Community & State, uniquely positioned to become a recognized leader in the rapidly emerging social services space, is building an integrated model for the provision of social services. Through improved coordination, integration, analytics and execution, Community & State will expand its business to include additional government assistance programs for the underserved. Ultimately, this will reduce the overall number of underserved people and the amount of government assistance required to serve this population.

The Director of Job Training and Placement will be responsible for the operation, partner relationships, outcomes, and successes of job-related services across CCC sites nationwide (i.e., the Job Corps component of CCC pilots). They are the general manager of all jobs-related business operations, helping to define the strategy and oversee the execution across all CCC pilot sites in various states / markets. Specific responsibilities include helping to define the target population, target radius / location, key services, key partners, employer relationships for job placement, etc. The Director of Job Training and Placement will be the face of Job Corps externally to site partners and community stakeholders, as well as internally to Cardinal / Job Corps management.   

   

The Director of Job Training and Placement will also play a role in shaping the broader initiative strategy along with the CCC and Job Corps initiative leadership / management.

The Director of Job Training and Placement will be responsible for the operation, partner relationships, outcomes, and successes of job-related services across CCC sites nationwide (i.e., the Job Corps component of CCC pilots). They are the general manager of all jobs-related business operations, helping to define the strategy and oversee the execution across all CCC pilot sites in various states / markets. Specific responsibilities include helping to define the target population, target radius / location, key services, key partners, employer relationships for job placement, etc. The Director of Job Training and Placement will be the face of Job Corps externally to site partners and community stakeholders, as well as internally to Cardinal / Job Corps management.   

   

The Director of Job Training and Placement will also play a role in shaping the broader initiative strategy along with the CCC and Job Corps initiative leadership / management.  

Primary Responsibilities:

• Managing day-to-day operations of Job Corps services nationwide 
• Implementing the data tool across Job Corps partners  
• Overseeing community outreach 
• Managing all jobs-related partner relationships 
• Building relationships with national and local employers for job placement 
• Identifying new jobs-related partners in future markets 
• Managing the Job Corps P&L 
• Responsible for jobs-related outcomes including partner outcomes, client outcomes, and UHG outcomes (e.g., signups, cost savings, etc.) 
• Coordinating with CCC sites / Directors to ensure strategies align 
• Working with market-wide and initiative-wide resources (e.g., helping grant writers include their jobs-related outcomes in RFPs) 
• Service and process decisions most directly impact the external jobs partners and CCC site

 

The Director of Job Training and Placement will be responsible for multiple specific functions:   

• Managing day-to-day operations of Job Corps services nationwide 
• Implementing the data tool across Job Corps partners  
• Overseeing community outreach 
• Managing all jobs-related partner relationships 
• Building relationships with national and local employers for job placement 
• Identifying new jobs-related partners in future markets 
• Managing the Job Corps P&L 
• Responsible for jobs-related outcomes including partner outcomes, client outcomes, and UHG outcomes (e.g., signups, cost savings, etc.) 
• Coordinating with CCC sites / Directors to ensure strategies align 
• Working with market-wide and initiative-wide resources (e.g., helping grant writers include their jobs-related outcomes in RFPs) 

   

Required Qualifications:

• At least 10 years broad experience in Management  

• Bachelor 's degree or equivalent work experience  

• Experience in community relations   

• Ability to influence decision makers and work with internal and external parties  

• Vendor management experience  

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills  

• Ability to build effective relationships / partnerships  

• Ability to work effectively with a wide range of constituencies in a diverse community  

• Experience reporting to executive leadership in a strategic partnership capacity 

• Ability to complete complex projects and influence change in a complicated, fast paced, matrix environment 

• Demonstrated success partnering with, leading and influencing multiple cross-functional teams responsible for complex operations 

• Experience working within a highly matrixed environment and managing indirect resources 

• Ability to highlight issues/problems and convey complex thoughts, written and oral, in a clear, concise and timely manner 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced knowledge of the health care industry, Medicaid, Long Term Care

Careers at UnitedHealthcare Community & State. Challenge brings out the best in us. It also attracts the best. That's why you'll find some of the most amazingly talented people in health care here. We serve the health care needs of low income adults and children with debilitating illnesses such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, HIV/AIDS and high-risk pregnancy. Our holistic, outcomes-based approach considers social, behavioral, economic, physical and environmental factors. Join us. Work with proactive health care, community and government partners to heal health care and create positive change for those who need it most. This is the place to do your life's best work.(sm)

 

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

 

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