Manager of Community Partnerships

Position Summary

BioSTL’s Manager of Community Partnerships will play a critical role in expanding the region’s bioscience workforce strategy through fostering community leadership and engagement across all strategic initiatives. This position will establish and grow meaningful partnerships with public service (e.g., job centers, other local/state services), nonprofit, and other community-based organizations with the goal of (1) exposing historically excluded communities to bioscience career opportunities, (2) recruiting talent into training and work-learn programs that lead to quality bioscience jobs, and (3) ensuring comprehensive and accessible wraparound support for individuals participating in training and job search activities. By establishing scalable career exposure, training, and wraparound service models, this position will help ensure that St. Louisans from all backgrounds can benefit from the growth of the bioeconomy and that bioscience employers can meet their talent needs with a strong local workforce. This position will report to the Director of Regional Workforce Strategy and will be a full-time, salaried position with BioSTL.

Job Responsibility

The Manager of Community Partnerships oversees quantitative and qualitative analysis of community workforce and wraparound service needs and assets and will assess the impact of community partnerships on bioscience workforce development outcomes. This position will design and develop community-centered strategies to scale talent pipeline activities and wraparound supports that promote accessible career pathways in bioscience for the broader St. Louis community. [JR1] The Manager of Community Partnerships will also support the Director of Regional Workforce Strategy and other members of the BioSTL team on sector-wide workforce initiatives. The position allows for varying degrees of supporting or leadership roles, commensurate with demonstrated experience.

Job Duties:

• Community Partner Engagement. Establish and maintain partnerships with community organizations to expose, train, place, and support individuals in bioscience career pathways, emphasizing access for underrepresented communities.
• Talent Recruitment Strategy. Facilitate recruitment efforts by establishing and implementing a strategy to help community partners connect potential candidates to bioscience training and employment opportunities.
• Wraparound Support Infrastructure. Coordinate with partner organizations to ensure participants have access to wraparound services (e.g., transportation, childcare) that support training and job placement success.
• Supervision of Coordinator(s). Oversee Talent & Workforce Coordinator(s) who are responsible for talent enrollment and support to ensure an inclusive and scalable approach to talent engagement.

• Internal Coordination. Collaborate with the BioSTL team to to execute sector-wide workforce initiatives and meet team and organizational goal, particularly program delivery at community partner sites that expand accessibility.
• Evaluation & Continuous Improvement. Use feedback from community partners and participants to continuously improve programs and partnership efforts, and support resource development.

Required Qualifications:[JR2] 

• Experience in strategic community-based engagement and/or program management to achieve goals/vision.
• Proven ability to develop and maintain strategic partnerships that support regional/shared goals.
• Demonstrated expertise with project and contact management systems to achieve partnership outcomes
• At least two years experience designing, implementing, and managing STEM-related workforce programs
• Demonstrated leadership in motivating and engaging a team of employees to achieve results

Skills:

Strong stakeholder engagement skills across diverse organizational levels and types of expertise; analytical, organizational, and decision-making abilities; experience managing and scaling education and/or workforce initiatives; collaborative and independent work skills.

Compensation:

Pay is commensurate with experience and is benchmarked against market rates. Benefit package for full-time employees includes excellent health coverage, generous retirement savings match, tuition assistance, and other benefits to support employees personally and professionally.

Application:

Please upload a detailed letter of interest and resume to the BioSTL.org website under this job posting heading.  Confidential inquiries can be submitted to dthompson@biostl.org with this job posting title in the subject line. 

For more information, visit biostl.org.

All employees must be up to date on the COVID-19 vaccine. Exemptions may be granted for medical contraindications and for sincerely held religious beliefs. Exemption requests will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.  

BioSTL is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, and equitable ecosystem.  We are committed to seeking individuals of diverse backgrounds and experiences who will bring diverse perspectives to this work. This is an equal employment opportunity.

About BioSTL:

Since 2001, BioSTL has laid the foundation for St. Louis' innovation economy with a comprehensive set of transformational programs that advance St. Louis’ leadership in solving important world challenges in agriculture, medicine, health care, and other technology areas. BioSTL has introduced nationally acclaimed initiatives in startup creation and investment (BioGenerator), strategic business attraction (GlobalSTL), physical environment (including Cortex and BioGenerator Labs), entrepreneur support, seed and venture capital, a diverse and inclusive workforce, and public policy. Find us online at biostl.org and follow us on twitter @BioSTL.