Workforce Development Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in North Dakota, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Contribute to a strategic workforce plan spanning three to five years, incorporating forecasting, scenario planning, environmental scans, and gap analysis.

• Track the progress of the workforce plan and propose strategies to address both current and anticipated needs.

• Collaborate with Operations, Nursing, Finance, Internal Mobility, and HR Business Partners regarding headcount, budget, and skills requirements.

• Create, implement, and assess career pathways, earn-while-you-learn apprenticeships, internships, educational partnerships, and programs for internal advancement.

• Establish and cultivate partnerships with medical, educational, workforce, government, and community organizations.

• Work alongside Physician Recruitment and Graduate Medical Education to predict provider needs and link training to practice.

• Represent Essentia Health at workforce coalitions, meetings with educational partners, and community events.

• Ensure alignment of development programs with hiring needs and facilitate participant transitions into available roles.

• Develop and uphold workforce supply and demand models, dashboards, and metrics in collaboration with HRIS and analytics teams.

• Assess participation, completion, employment transitions, and retention outcomes.

• Identify and pursue grant and public funding opportunities.

• Oversee program budgets and agreements with educational partners.

• Compile reports and present insights and recommendations to organizational leaders.

• Lead, mentor, and nurture the workforce development team members.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Healthcare, or a related discipline.

• A minimum of four years of experience in workforce recruitment, development, or strategy within the healthcare sector.

• Proven experience in leading teams and developing programs.

• Proficient in utilizing workforce data, assessments, models, and trends to create actionable recommendations.

• Strong knowledge of contemporary workforce development and talent pipeline practices.

• Experience in program design, building consensus, and executing program or process changes from conception to implementation.

• Ability to forge trusted working relationships with leaders, educational partners, and community organizations.

• Skills in motivating and developing team members while ensuring accountability for outcomes.

• Experience in physician or advanced practice provider recruitment, Graduate Medical Education, or partnerships with medical schools is highly preferred.

• Capability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.

• Options for supplemental insurance.

• 401(k) plan with employer contributions.

• Training, tuition reimbursement, and educational programs.

• Flexible scheduling.

• Generous time off.

• Wellness resources focused on physical, mental, and emotional health.