Workforce Development Manager

Job Summary

- Collaborates with HR, business leaders, and hiring managers to align diversity sourcing, workforce development, and college relations strategies with overall talent acquisition and business goals.

- Responsible for developing and executing on programs that promote workforce planning and development and college relations initiatives.

- Actively engages with external partners including schools, unions, and community organizations to build a robust talent pipeline.

- Ensures the company has the right talent, in the right roles, at the right time while fostering a skilled, engaged, and diverse workforce.

Job Responsibilities

- Actively identifies and attracts top talent from underrepresented communities within the workforce, utilizing targeted strategies to build a diverse candidate pool. This includes partnering with organizations, associations, and community groups focused on promoting diversity in the workforce to access a wider candidate pool. This also includes creating and executing on new and high-impact programs to expand access to jobs at PSEG like the entry-level PREP program and Women in Skilled Trades Initiative.

- Partner with the lines of business to understand their hiring needs. Identify external organizations whose constituents can fill those needs and develop partnerships with those organizations to be a tier 1 partner. In addition, work with external partners (schools, unions, workforce development boards) to develop and execute on programs that will create a pipeline of applicants that can fill roles in the future. This work is focused on hard to fill roles critical to operations where talent pools are limited.

- Responsible for the Company's internship program which includes ~150-200 interns per year. Manages all phases of the program including recruiting (on and off campus), onboarding, programming for the interns during the summer, appraisals, and conversion/hiring into full-time roles. In between each cycle, maintain and strengthen relationships with existing schools and build relationships with new schools. Maintain and expand the company's recruiting network of Historically Black Colleges & Universities and Hispanic Serving Institutions.

- Work with Community Colleges, trade schools, and high schools to build new programs that will create a pipeline of candidates for PSEG jobs who require less training to minimize impact to O&M dollars.

- People management

- Lead and mange a team of professionals, providing coaching, mentorship, and development opportunities

- Oversee day-to-day team activities, including setting goals, evaluating performance, and managing workload distribution

- Support team members in their career growth and ensure alignment with department objectives and company culture

- Foster a collaborative and inclusive team environment that values diverse perspectives and ideas Create and track metrics and KPIs to measure the effectiveness of the above programs and to drive program performance

Job Specific Qualifications

- 10 years experience with Bachelors degree; Experience in diversity sourcing, workforce development, college relations or other position with relevant skills and experience

- In lieu of degree - 15 years’ experience; Experience in diversity sourcing, workforce development, college relations or other position with relevant skills and experience

Specific Skills/Other Basic Qualifications

- Experience supervising or managing others

- Strong understanding of talent acquisition, diversity sourcing, employee development strategies, and external community engagement

- Proven ability to lead and develop teams, providing clear direction and fostering a collaborative work environment

- Excellent communication, analytical, and project management skills Experience building community partnerships and collaborating with external organizations to develop talent pipelines

- Experience developing and executing on innovative sourcing programs

- Proficient use of Microsoft Office applications (including SharePoint, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)

- Ability to work independently and exercise discretion and independent judgment

- Ability to develop creative solutions