[AAACE-NLA] Job Announcement – National Work Readiness Council Executive Director

[David Rosen]

AAACE-NLA Colleagues,

Below is a job description for the position of Executive Director of  
a new national council which will serve as the primary home for the  
National Work Readiness Credential. As you may know this credential  
is based on the Equipped for the Future standards framework.   
Relocation is not required. I am posting it here because I think the  
position can be critical to our national public policy agenda;  
however, I am not in any way involved with the Council, so if you  
have questions please send them to Andra Cornelius whose email  
address you will find at the end of the job announcement. Please note  
that I have added to the job description a short form of the URL (web  
address) in case you find that the original URL cannot be clicked on  
because its text wraps over two lines.

David J. Rosen
Adult Literacy Advocate
DJRosen at theworld.com


The National Work Readiness Council (NWRC), a recently created non- 
profit organization devoted to enhancing and promoting the work  
readiness of the nation’s diverse population, seeks an Executive  
Director to provide vision and direction for the organization and to  
develop organizational strategy. The NWRC has been formed by the  
states and organizations that have developed the National Work  
Readiness Credential and will serve as the primary home for that  
Credential.

The Executive Director will serve as the organization’s chief fund  
raising officer, marketing and promoting the National Work Readiness  
Credential to various stakeholders, implementing policies approved by  
the Board, managing the organization’s operations, and representing  
the organization to various stakeholder and constituent groups.  
Desired qualifications include knowledge of and genuine passion for  
current workforce issues, challenges, and opportunities in the United  
States; five or more years of experience in state or national work  
readiness initiatives; proven success in acquiring government,  
corporate, and foundation grants to support non-profit organizational  
objectives; and proven success in marketing and promoting  
organizational priorities to external audiences and constituents.

More information regarding the NWRC and the recently developed  
National Work Readiness Credential Assessment, as well as a complete  
job description, may be accessed at
http://www.uschamber.com/cwp/strategies/wrcfaqs.htm
or
http://tinyurl.com/rvmjj  .

This is a one-year renewable contact position, with renewal based on  
demonstrated job performance and fundraising success. Compensation is  
competitive for the DC area. Relocation is not required.

Please forward a cover letter addressing your qualifications for the  
position, a resume or curriculum vitae, and accompanying materials no  
later than June 30, 2006, to: Andra S. Cornelius, Chair, NWRC Board  
of Directors and Vice President, Business Outreach, Workforce  
Florida, Inc., 1974 Commonwealth Lane, Tallahassee, FL  32303. Email  
inquiries and submission of applications materials may also be  
forwarded to Andra at acornelius at workforceflorida.com.

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David Rosen
DJRosen at theworld.com