Women Building Rhode Island Program Director

Key Responsibilities Program Development & Implementation Develop and manage the Women Building Rhode Island (WBRI) initiative, focused on the recruitment, retention, and leadership development of tradeswomen and construction industry initiatives that support women in construction trades, which include :

• Lead the development of Supervise, support and mentor the WBRI Trainer to develop and deliver a new hands-on apprenticeship readiness program that helps women explore construction careers, build physical / technical skills, and learn industry culture.
• Support and facilitate apprenticeship-readiness graduates entering Building Futures' pre-apprenticeship and post-program employment as a trade registered apprentice.
• Collaborate across teams at Building Futures to ensure women pre-apprenticeship participants receive the support needed for success.
• Identify and implement strategies to improve women’s participation in building trades, leveraging the lessons learned across Building Futures’ programs.
• Create workshops, peer support, and mentoring opportunities for apprentice readiness and pre-apprenticeship graduates and other tradeswomen.
• Support ongoing programming as needed.   Partnerships and Community Engagement Assess strengths and barriers for women to enter and retain building and construction trades careers, mapping programmatic goals with input from relevant stakeholders, and in close collaboration with the RIBCTC’s Women’s Council.
• Build consensus among stakeholder, employer, and institutional partners towards WBRI goals, and track implementation.   Facilitate collaboration among union leaders, contractors, community partners, and government agencies to identify and implement innovative external programs.
• Provide coordination and administrative support to the RIBCTC’s Women’s Council, aligning activities with shared goals for recruitment and retention.
• Represent Building Futures and the Women Building Rhode Island initiative in regional and national networks advancing women in the trades.   Outreach, Communications, and Data Collection Lead targeted outreach and engagement efforts to attract women to pre-apprenticeship, registered apprenticeship and construction careers.
• Support communications initiatives that elevate stories of tradeswomen, highlight progress, and track, analyze, and report program and workplace outcomes related to women's participation and retention.   Leadership Development and Advocacy Develop and deliver leadership and professional development programming for Building Futures' program alumnae and tradeswomen in Rhode Island.
• Support tradeswomen in developing their own leadership and advocacy capacity within their unions and workplaces.
• Contribute to Building Futures' policy and systems-change efforts to promote best practice in Registered Apprenticeship.   External Relations Team Support and participate in team and organization wide events and activities, as needed.

Other duties, as assigned Qualifications Alignment and commitment to our organizational mission is essential :

Additionally, successful applicants will have :

People of color, women, LGBTQ+ candidates, gender non-conforming individuals, individuals with disabilities, and those from diverse backgrounds and experiences are strongly encouraged to apply.

How to Apply Please send a cover letter and resume to Rachel Miller at rmiller@bfri.org with the subject line "Program Director." Applications without a cover letter or resume will not be reviewed.   Powered by JazzHR