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Thank you for your interest in joining the Greater Waco Chamber of Commerce's professional team.

The Director of Workforce and Talent works in tandem with the Senior Director to lead the Chamber’s workforce + talent initiatives by working with other members of the Chamber’s professional team, strategic partners, and other stakeholders to strengthen and grow the talent pipeline in our region.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Assist with all appropriate workforce and talent providers and other key stakeholders to strengthen and grow the region’s workforce and talent pipeline.
    • Areas of focus include:
      • Review current and/or implement effective TPM (Talent Pipeline Management) tracking program(s)
      • Have experience and be knowledgeable of workforce trends and data-driven best practices
      • Assist as needed in the organizational needs of the small working groups
  • Plan and implement work-based learning opportunities that include:
    • LEAD (Leadership, Education and Development) mentoring program: LEAD is a business to education partnership that connects local high school students with business professionals to foster mentoring relationships that educate and expose students to various business fields and educational opportunities in the Greater Waco area.
      • Student/Mentor paperwork
      • Scheduling tours
      • Website upkeep
      • Kick Off Celebration coordination
      • Senior trip coordination
      • Real World event coordination
      • Scholarship Banquet coordination
      • Engagement with mentors, students, liaisons and parents through newsletters, social media and website
      • Develop and streamline processes related to student/mentor forms, mentor website, student post tour evaluation
    • CTE (Career and Technical Education) Tours and Job Shadowing
      • Work closely with industry partners to schedule tours
      • Communicate tour schedules with schools
      • Plan logistics (room reservations, food, forms)
      • Meet & greet tours, post event recap with students
      • Data entry for tour participants to track outcomes and ROI’s
    • Internships
      • Maintain and grow the work of the Youth Internship Collaboration
      • Continue to connect collaboration partners with industry partners for successful internships
      • Help connect LEAD students with internship opportunities
    • Teacher Externships
      • Grow the externship program by securing more employer involvement, allowing more teachers to participate
  • Strategically support the Chamber’s Vice President of Public Policy and Chamber Foundation to help build financial capacity by assisting with grant writing in support of the Chamber’s workforce and talent initiatives.
    • Drafting grant applications for Senior Director and Chamber Foundation VP to finalize
    • Drafting grant reports for Senior Director and Chamber Foundation VP to finalize
    • Maintain the reporting/payment and application deadlines of all grants
  • With the help of the Senior Director, work closely with the Chamber’s Economic Development team on the organization’s Business, Retention and Expansion (BRE) program by attending meetings and responding to the needs of the businesses and industries.
  • Planning and execution of the Workforce and Talent annual events and programs (for example the Workforce Forum)

A bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience are required.

Reports To: Senior Director of Workforce & Talent

Interested candidates should send a cover letter and resume to:

Rachel Martinez
Senior Director of Workforce & Talent
rmartinez@wacochamber.com

About the Waco Chamber of Commerce

The Waco Chamber of Commerce is the lead economic development organization in Waco/McLennan County, Texas. The Chamber’s work is undertaken in partnership with the regional business community, the City of Waco, McLennan County, the Waco Industrial Foundation, the Waco-McLennan County Economic Development Corporation, our workforce, educational institutions and other organizations dedicated to working in a collaborative manner to make the Greater Waco region the perfect place for business, industry and people to grow and prosper. The Chamber is a not for profit, membership‐driven organization comprised of nearly 1,500 businesses.

Greater Waco, located in McLennan County, Texas, along the Interstate 35 corridor is home to more than 14,000 companies, 272,000 people and a regional workforce of approximately 330,000. Greater Waco’s centralized location, with access to Dallas and Austin (90 miles) and Houston and San Antonio (185 miles), makes it a regional center of economic activity and an ideal community for businesses and individuals.

Since 2006, Greater Waco has seen more than $5 billion in new industrial capital investments and over $1 billion in riverfront and downtown development, making it an attractive place to live, work and play. Greater Waco is landscaped with top-rated higher educational institutions, including Baylor University, McLennan Community College, Texas State Technical College – Waco, Tarleton State University – Waco and Texas Tech University at Waco, representing more than 40,000 students.

The Greater Waco Chamber leads economic development efforts for the area focusing on talent development and targeting six key industries for growth: Advanced Manufacturing, Aerospace and Defense, Health Care, Innovation, Professional and Financial Services and Supply Chain Management.