Associate Dean, Corporate Training and Economic Development

Northeast Wisconsin Technical College is a nationally recognized and locally trusted college dedicated to advancing the success of all students and economic vitality of the communities we serve through access, high-quality education, and strategic partnerships.
The community that we serve is home to people with a rich range of backgrounds and experiences. We are committed to supporting an environment where all students and employees thrive and succeed. We believe every team member enriches our organization with unique skills, perspectives, and solutions. We seek applicants who are motivated and equipped to support all students, to work effectively with colleagues from a range of backgrounds, and to build the vibrancy of our community.
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Department: Academic Affairs and Workforce Development
Reports To: Dean, Corporate Training and Economic Development
Travel: Day-8/month; Overnight-2/month
Positions Supervised: Direct supervision of benefit eligible and part-time trainers and benefit eligible and part-time support employees.
LOCATION: Green Bay with regular travel to other district locations as necessary.
STANDARD HOURS: 40 hours per week. Typical hours Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm; Flexibility required to include other hours, as necessary.
SALARY: $105,768 - $113,994 per year
*Salaries/Wages for all finalists (internal and external) will be placed within the range based upon education, experiences, current wages, and internal equity.
A cover letter and resume are required with application submission; applications received by Sunday, November 1, will receive preferred consideration.
POSITION SUMMARY
Serve as an instructional and operational leader responsible for advancing teaching excellence, learner success, and workforce impact across customized contract training programs. Under the direction of the Dean of Corporate Training and Economic Development, translate College, workforce, and customer priorities into effective learning experiences. Through trainer hiring, onboarding, observation, evaluation, coaching, curriculum oversight, and assessment of learning, ensure customized training reflects effective instructional practices, industry standards, College quality expectations, and customer and workforce needs.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Instructional Quality & Workforce Training
Serve as an instructional leader responsible for advancing teaching and training excellence across customized contract training programs in alignment with College frameworks, quality standards, and workforce priorities.
Lead trainers and teams in the design, development, implementation, and continuous improvement of customized curricula and learning experiences that address learner, customer, workforce, and College priorities.
Ensure viable, relevant, industry-aligned, and high-quality curriculum, instructional practices, and assessments are implemented and maintained across customized contract training programs.
Advance the consistent use of effective, evidence-based instructional practices that address learner needs across delivery locations and modalities.
Lead trainers and teams in establishing meaningful assessment of learning and using assessment results to improve curriculum, instructional practice, and learner outcomes.
Use learner, instructional, customer, and program data to identify opportunities to strengthen training quality, learner engagement, completion, satisfaction, and workforce outcomes.
Collaborate with Academic Affairs &Workforce Development, and College leadership to ensure customized training programs align with applicable College frameworks, instructional quality standards, and learner success priorities.
Develop and strengthen pathways from customized contract training to associate degrees, technical diplomas, certificates, and other College learning opportunities in collaboration with Academic Affairs & Workforce Development.
Talent Leadership & Organizational Effectiveness
Cultivate an engaged and high-performing team through effective hiring, onboarding, coaching, performance management, communication, and professional development while fostering an inclusive, collaborative, and accountable workplace culture.
Cultivate a team climate that engages staff and trainers to live NWTC's values and accomplish CTED and team goals and objectives.
Establish clear instructional and performance expectations for trainers and provide ongoing coaching, feedback, observation, and professional development to strengthen teaching effectiveness and learner outcomes.
Conduct performance reviews and training observations to evaluate instructional effectiveness, provide meaningful feedback, establish performance expectations, and support continuous improvement in teaching practice and learner outcomes.
Collaborate with Talent & Culture and CTED leadership to attract, select, onboard, and retain qualified trainers who demonstrate industry expertise and a commitment to effective teaching and learner success.
Provide leadership for resolving employee, customer, learner, trainer, and business partner concerns using effective communication, problem-solving, and customer service practices, escalating complex or significant concerns to the Dean as appropriate.
Operational & Resource Management
Make recommendations regarding budgeting, resource allocation, facilities, equipment, purchasing, and scheduling to maximize operational efficiency and effectively support contract training fulfillment.
Manage and implement approved resource allocation, facilities, equipment, purchasing, and scheduling priorities to support effective delivery of customized contract training and workforce development programs.
Monitor departmental expenditures and resource utilization to ensure alignment with approved budgets, operational priorities, and College requirements.
Utilize operational and financial data to evaluate effectiveness, identify trends and opportunities, and inform planning and resource decisions.
Determine workload for shared faculty among academic programs and provide recommendations regarding course scheduling to meet training needs across the district.
Learner Success & Learning Environment
Promote learner success by ensuring customized training programs provide safe, inclusive, engaging, and effective learning environments across delivery locations and modalities.
Provide leadership in addressing learner concerns, challenging classroom behavior, complaints, and other barriers to learning in collaboration with trainers, CTED leadership, and appropriate College partners.
Partner with Academic Affairs & Workforce Development, Student Affairs, and other internal stakeholders to align customized training with College policies, learner-support practices, instructional quality expectations, and pathways to additional College learning opportunities.
Use learner, instructional, customer, and program outcome data to identify opportunities to strengthen learner engagement, completion, satisfaction, instructional quality, and workforce outcomes.
College, Community & Continuous Improvement
In coordination with the College’s Community Impact Coordinators, leaders, and other staff, represent CTED and the College with business, industry, K-12, community, advisory, and workforce partners to understand regional needs, strengthen relationships, and advance College and regional workforce priorities.
Participate in College committees and cross-functional initiatives to inform policies, programs, resource decisions, and strategies affecting customized training, learner success, and workforce development.
Implement and monitor policies and procedures that support compliance with College, State, Federal, District, Wisconsin Statute 38.14 Contracts for Services, safety, and applicable program requirements.
Collaborate with CTED leadership, Academic Affairs & Workforce Development, and other College partners to enhance the College’s approach to workforce partnerships, evaluate program effectiveness, apply data-informed improvement strategies, and continuously strengthen training quality, operational practices, and workforce impact.
POSITION QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Qualification
Education
Master's degree required or a bachelor's degree and the ability to obtain a master's degree within an established timeframe as a condition of employment.
Experience
Five years of teaching, training, or instructional experience, with demonstrated effectiveness in facilitating learning, in a discipline or a related discipline to the program(s) supervised.
Prefer