Director, Skilled Trades & Clean Tech

April 2026

SUMMARY: The Director, Skilled Trades & Clean Tech position partners with the Strategic Workforce Initiatives Lead on growth, innovation, and execution efforts for national Skilled Trades workforce development initiatives that are driving economic mobility and access to career pathways in the Construction, Energy, and Manufacturing segments. This includes leading operations for the Goodwill Clean Tech Accelerator (TM) national training academy. Key responsibilities are collaborating with industry and philanthropic partners and advancing program models to incorporate leading workforce development practices to expand adoption throughout the Goodwill network and amplify national impact.

This position delivers technical assistance, project management, subject matter expertise, and quality standards support for Goodwill member organizations, especially at the executive level, throughout the U.S and Canada. This includes consultation for social enterprise and Mission business models for Goodwill members, which includes feasibility planning, funding development, policy assessment, financial modeling, staffing, training and funding partnerships, industry hiring partnerships, workforce development leading practices, scaling and growth strategies, and strategic knowledge and relationships that advance key sector initiatives.

NOTE: This position is supported by grants. The position’s establishment and continuance may be dependent upon on-going grant funding.

BASIC FUNCTION:

SPECIFIC DUTIES:

1. Manage growth efforts and coordinate projects, partnerships, and responsibilities with the Strategic Workforce Initiatives team and the Development team.

2. Collaborate on subgrantee selection through GII Request for Proposal competition process.

3. Lead program implementation through on-site consultation, arms-length consultation, web-based training, and other mediums as appropriate. This includes regular travel to program sites throughout the US and Canada.

4. Convene and lead regular meetings with the GII team and subgrantees to monitor and report grant programmatic and fiscal progress to facilitate timely course corrections.

5. Develop and manage budgets and spending plans to ensure funds are spent according to funder requirements.

6. Apply detailed knowledge of all relevant laws, rules, regulations, and instructions to guide national subgrantees in grant implementation. 

7. Oversee data collection and reporting efforts and prepare progress reports with analysis for GII senior leadership, subgrantees, and philanthropic, corporate, and government funding partners.

8. Leverage external technical assistance from partners as needed to ensure success.

9. Ensure the successful completion of project deliverables and alignment with quality standards for the strategic workforce initiatives through consultation, action plans, or program improvement plans.

10. Lead identification and documentation of effective practices to facilitate replication, scaling, and continuous program improvement.

11. Collaborate to develop and deliver informational, promotional, and instructional presentations for learning events and national conferences to build partner and funder relationships, increase program adoption, elevate impact, and facilitate peer learning.

12. Act as a primary liaison between GII and other national grantees or partners and support the development and growth of funding and industry relationships under the direction of the Strategic Workforce Initiatives Lead. 

RELATIONSHIPS:

Internal: Daily contact with department staff to carry out department activities. Work as a member of the GII team. Frequent contact with other GII staff to coordinate projects and support activities.

GII Members: Frequent contact with Goodwill member organizations, especially at the executive level, engaged in the Goodwill programs and grant(s) with some contact with members to provide other support and assistance in related mission services and product delivery.

External: Contact with funding partners and industry partners. Present at national conferences.

SKILLS NEEDED: 

1. Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills with the ability to establish trust, build relationships, and demonstrate integrity and credibility with GII colleagues, local Goodwill members and executives, partners and other stakeholders.

2. Excellent management and leadership skills with the demonstrated ability to achieve goals with a wide array of team members from different departments and levels (e.g., within GII, local Goodwill organizations, partners, collaborators and others).

3. Deep understanding of Goodwill Mission and workforce development business models and expertise in evaluating and advising on their core components.

4. Strong oral and written communication skills required.

5. Excellent project management and prioritization skills.

6. Effective consulting, group facilitation, and training/teaching skills.

7. Grant management expertise.

8. Experience with various online project management and media software applications(e.g.,Smartsheets or Power BI).

9. Strong Microsoft Office skills including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams; experience creating and delivering professional virtual and in-person presentations.

10. Ability to perform moderately difficult mathematical operations to track and report performance and grant spending.

Our Values

We believe everyone deserves an opportunity to thrive. Goodwill’s mission grounds us and happens through each one of us. This aspiration applies to each GII team member as much as to the people we serve. GII’s organizational values guide all that we do; how we do our work and make decisions, and how we interact with each other, Goodwill members and all stakeholders.

Our mission happens through me (Passion)

We have a fire for our mission. We bring our energy, creativity and passion to all that we do. By contributing the best of what is within each of us, we inspire the same in our peers, and multiply Goodwill’s impact.

Drive to make a difference (Impact)

We believe that our work must lead to a measurable difference in the lives of the people Goodwill serves. We are committed to performance excellence in all that we do. Our strategy focuses our work to achieve that impact, and we say no to things that do not align.

You before me (Respect)

We treat all people with dignity, kindness, appreciation and respect. We are curious without judgment, and we actively listen to ensure mutual understanding. We give everyone a caring and safe place to share their opinions, their talents, and their questions. We build trust through direct, clear and transparent communication. We are open and humble.

Thriving begins at home (Well-being)

We respect the contributions and the needs of our individual team members equally, and we understand that each one of us needs different things at different times to thrive both in and out of the workplace. We strive to make genuine and continuous investments in one another and ourselves. As such, we adopt healthy, holistic approaches to our work. We proactively care for one another and ourselves by speaking up for what we need and supporting one another in achieving it.

Out of many, One Goodwill (Advancing our mission together)

We embrace all people and perspectives as we advance Goodwill’s mission to help people reach their full potential through the power of work. We acknowledge historical inequities still exist and are intentional in breaking barriers. We are committed to being part of the solutions, leaning into courageous conversations, and providing inclusive spaces and equal opportunities for real change in all of our endeavors. Our diversified reflection shall shine as one Goodwill.

Be bold, learn and grow (Agility)

We are open, creative, innovative, agile and willing to take risks. We operate with a sense of urgency, without rushing for the sake of speed.  While we do our best to make good decisions, we embrace failure for the learning it affords and adapt quickly to move ahead.  We are one unified team that succeeds and stumbles, and learns and grows together with humility and grace.