Center/Academy Director

When you work at Chugach Government Solutions (CGS), you join a proud legacy of supporting missions while sustaining culture.

The federal division of Chugach Alaska Corporation, CGS has been supporting critical missions as a government contractor for over 25 years. Our focus is to support facility maintenance, IT/technical services, construction and education. We are proud to have built, and continue to foster, an incredibly talented team spanning across the globe in hundreds of different fields - each team member proud to serve our country with first-class business services, while also making a difference for our Chugach shareholders.

At CGS, empowering employees is a part of our core, and that focus is one of the ways we build and foster high-performing teams. We empower our employees through competitive compensation and benefits package, professional growth opportunities, truthful communication, and more!

If you are looking for an opportunity to serve something bigger than yourself; if you want your day job to be one that creates meaningful value; if you are looking for an environment that highly values employees and respects individual differences - then Chugach Government Solutions may be the right fit for you!

South Bronx, NY & Brooklyn, NY

The Center/Academy Director is responsible for the overall management, performance, and environment of the Center to create an effective employability delivery system for student training in compliance with government, corporate, and management directives.

Essential Job Duties:

• Plan, coordinate, direct and supervise the administrative, programmatic and behavior management activities of the behavior management system.
• Provide staff training; evaluate staff performance, and implement organizational and personnel actions.
• Coordinate with corporate and Department of Labor (DOL) personnel to ensure efficient Center functioning and contract compliance, including audits and reviews.
• Establish Center plans, programs, goals, and objectives to ensure achievement through management controls.
• Recommend and execute final decisions on contract, budget, organization, program, and administrative issues.
• Maintain communication with student body via Student Government Association and conduct scheduled or spontaneous meetings on a group or individual basis.
• Establish and provide control of Center reports, policies, operating procedures, torts, and other claims, staff travel, student terminations, disclosure of information, experimental projects, and emergency use of personnel, equipment and facilities.
• Analyze DOL Center, Outreach/Admissions and Career Transition Services reports on a monthly basis and implement program modifications as appropriate to meet and exceed all outcome measures.
• Review accident/injury reports for staff and student job related injuries. Promote staff and student safety, identify unsafe practices, ensure that corrective measures are implemented to minimize risk and lost time accidents in accordance with corporate, government and Job Corps regulations.
• Maintain accountability of students and property; adhere to safety practices.
• Cultivate and maintain a climate on Center which is free of harassment, intimidation, and disrespect to provide a safe place for staff and students to work and learn.
• Promote student attainment of career success standards through modeling appropriate skills, mentoring students, monitoring skill acquisition and intervening when inappropriate behavior is observed.
• Work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner.
• Perform all other duties as requested.

Key Responsibilities:

• Completing all mandated training requirements per government and management directives.
• Timely and cost-effective performance of duties.
• Ability to effectively communicate and present information to students, management and line staff, corporate and DOL personnel and public groups.
• Strong analytical skills to interpret and manage data.
• Ability to develop rapport and positive working relationships with all departments
• Timely completion and accuracy of all departmental work.
• Dealing with a variety of people in a professional, courteous manner in diversified situations.
• Adherence to established company safety policies and ability to work in a safe manner, using any required personal protective equipment (PPE) as may be required.
• Compliance with company standard operating procedures and personnel policies and procedures.

Mandatory:

• Bachelor's degree in vocational, academic training or related field.
• Five (5) years related experience in program management and direction; three (3) of which must be in a Job Corps managerial capacity.
• Four (4) years' experience working with young adults in and educational setting.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel, Publisher, and Outlook at an intermediate level.
• Successfully pass background check and drug test required on the contract.
• Current, valid driver's license and an acceptable driving record

Preferred:

• Master's degree in vocational, academic training or related field.
• Previous experience with Job Crops at the center director level.

Salary Range: 95,000-130,000

Chugach Government Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, disability, genetic factors, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Chugach will provide reasonable accommodations, according to applicable state and federal laws, to all qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities. In compliance with the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position with Chugach Government Solutions or any of its subsidiaries, please email ada@chugachgov.com.

Chugach Government Solutions supports pay transparency and is committed to equitable and competitive compensation practices. Compensation for this role will be determined based on factors including job responsibilities, experience, skills, internal equity, geographic location, and applicable contract requirements. Where required by law, compensation ranges will be provided to candidates during the hiring process.

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