Workforce Development Specialist

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We are seeking a motivated professional to join our Human Resources team as a Workforce Development Specialist. The Workforce Development team drives the workforce pipeline strategy by designing and implementing training programs, providing career development services, and addressing workforce challenges to enhance organizational performance. As a Workforce Development Specialist, you will play a critical role in leading workforce initiatives that connect emerging and existing talent to healthcare career pathways in collaboration with community organizations, educational institutions, and internal stakeholders. This position combines passion for education, training, and community engagement, aiming to create pathways for employment and career advancement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and evaluate workforce development programs that support internal growth and community benefit
• Manage project plans for workforce initiatives, including timelines, resources, deliverables, and outcomes
• Build relationships with community partners, vendors, and internal stakeholders to align workforce initiatives with organizational goals
• Create clear dashboards to track and analyze program effectiveness, training participation, and outcomes for informed decision making and continuous improvement efforts
• Facilitate presentations to promote and inform internal and external stakeholders about workforce development initiatives and programming
• Attend career events to educate students on the various healthcare career pathways and promote brand awareness
• Conduct research on best practices in workforce development
• Develop workforce readiness workshops to bridge classroom learning to healthcare career opportunities and expectations

Requirements:

• At least three years of experience in talent acquisition, workforce planning, or a related workforce development role
• Ability to occasionally work outside of standard business hours, as needed, to support workforce development events and initiatives (up to 10% annually)
• Hybrid work opportunities are available for this position, based on business needs and operational requirements

Education:

Bachelor's degree in human resources, business administration or related field

About Us:

Cook Children's Health Care System

Cook Children's Health Care System offers a unique approach to caring for children because we are one of the country's leading integrated pediatric health care delivery organizations. Patients benefit from the integrated system because it allows Cook Children's to use all of its resources to treat a patient and allows for easy communication between the various companies by physicians with a focus on caring for children and adolescents.

Cook Children's is an equal opportunity employer. As such, Cook Children's offers equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected class in accordance with applicable federal laws. These opportunities include terms, conditions and privileges of employment, including but not limited to hiring, job placement, training, compensation, discipline, advancement and termination.