Regional Director job in Rochester

Regional Director

Greyston Center for Open Hiring in Rochester

Greyston is bringing the Open Hiring® Model to companies and communities throughout greater Rochester. Providing employment opportunity to those ready, willing and able to work is at the heart of Open Hiring®. Getting a job opportunity is a critical first step for an individual to change their life. However, maintaining that job is essential for someone to become a thriving individual, especially in Monroe County’s urban centers that struggle with unemployment rates that are well above the county, state and national averages.

Since 1982, Greyston has provided individuals in Southwest Yonkers, NY with employment, skills and resources to lift themselves out of poverty. Greyston’s internationally recognized world-class bakery provides jobs to individuals who are often excluded from the mainstream workforce, and our wrap-around community programs help individuals maintain employment and begin climbing the economic ladder. Rather than investing in the exclusion of applicants, Greyston invests in an inclusive model that ensures everyone willing to work has a fair chance to obtain and keep a job, regardless of their past.

Greyston is now expanding the model to Rochester in order to support Rochester residents who face barriers to employment. The Center for Open Hiring in Rochester will be home to an innovative business model where those who face barriers to employment can find job opportunities while accessing support services that will enable them to be successful on the job. The Center will work with Rochester area employers to adopt Open Hiring and then develop an employee support model in partnership with community resources. For more information, please visit Greyston’s website at greyston.org.

JOB ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The Regional Director is responsible for bringing Open Hiring to businesses across greater Rochester. This will be accomplished by working closely with regional employers to facilitate the adoption of Open Hiring, while developing an employee support model through partnerships across the community. This role will also interface directly with the employees who come to the Center looking for work.

Core components of the Regional Director’s role include:

• Develop a business development strategy for attracting new clients and business partners to Greyston’s Center for Open Hiring in Rochester.
• Foster and leverage relationships to build a pipeline of businesses for the expansion and adoption of Open Hiring across multiple industries in Rochester.
• Cultivate new and existing relationships with key community partner organizations that are essential to implementing these new hiring practices.
• Oversee the execution in each of the three areas of care coordination (PathMaking), training, and research.
• Care coordination: leverage Greyston’s existing PathMaking framework to build partnerships with community organizations and develop an employee support model that leverages these resources to address employee challenges while meeting the needs of employers.
• o Training: conduct trainings on Open Hiring for employers, using the curriculum developed at Greyston.
• Research: work with local research institutions to track impact and outcomes associated with Open Hiring in Rochester and collaborate with Greyston’s national research partner
• Develop organizational goals and KPIs aligning funding, staff, and other resources necessary to implement strategies and achieve impact goals.
• Ensure that The Center for Open Hiring in Rochester serves as a catalyst for economic inclusion and social equity through the design, measurement, and refinement of Open Hiring methods, sustainable business practices, and innovative provision of essential community programs.
• Build a community of Open Hiring practitioners through strategic partnerships with other organizations.
• Drive the execution of multiple initiatives by using strategic thinking, strong communication, and data-driven problem-solving skills to “connect the dots” between projects. Actively engage with initiative leads and others to manage delivery of deadlines.
• Actively promote through speaking engagements, articles, and social media the Open Hiring business model and The Center with the goal of having Open Hiring become common lexicon to every organization in Rochester.
• Design and implement long-term strategic plan in partnership with key internal and external strategy stakeholders
• Connect with relevant organizations/groups and state grants, funding opportunities to embed people into the working community again.
• Provide leadership internally and externally to foster and implement these complex partnerships.

QUALIFICATIONS:

EXPERIENCE

Demonstrated high performance, 8+ years of relevant experience in a partnership/coalition building and project management capacity. Strong understanding of relationship building, complex partnership and project strategy, human resources and new hiring practices preferred. All candidates should have experience designing and implementing complex partnerships, leading teams, managing workflows and daily operations of complex program.

SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS INCLUDE:

• Passionate about Greyston’s Open Hiring® mission and values and dedicated to social and economic justice
• Understanding of the social service landscape serving vulnerable populations in the Greater Rochester region
• Strong business acumen with the ability to speak to the needs of businesses and HR leaders employing entry-level workers
• Experience with the RMAPI Anti-Poverty Initiative and Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council (FLREDC) a plus
• High EQ with demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships with a wide array of individuals and organizations and manage coalitions of diverse people
• Demonstrated experience building, implementing and maintaining successful partnerships with a range of entity/institution types
• Demonstrated experience working with New York State agencies, nonprofit organizations, and non-traditional organizations
• Knowledge of and experience with new inclusive hiring practices (at a minimum, passion and desire to learn about innovations in this field)
• Strong project management skills with success managing complex, multifaceted programs
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
• Track record delivering project/program results and assuming leadership/management roles
• Entrepreneurial with a focus on measurable outcomes and impact, as well as process improvement.
• Decisive, proactive, engaging and thoughtful.
• Advanced proficiency Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel. Experience with Salesforce a plus.

Greyston is committed to creating equitable employment opportunities for all individuals. We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

BENEFITS:

We offer a competitive salary and excellent benefits package including medical, vision, prescription, dental insurance, company paid life insurance, long-term disability, flex spending, generous paid time off, 401k, and employee assistance program.

EEO STATEMENT:

Greyston is committed to creating equitable employment opportunities for all individuals. We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for

employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

HOW TO APPLY:

If your background and qualifications match the Regional Director’s role and you are passionate about Greyston’s social justice mission, we would love to hear from you. Kindly, send your resume and cover letter, including salary requirements, to jobs@greyston.org.