Management

• Develop relationships with key industry contacts and other forestry organizations to facilitate the goals of ForestryWorks and other workforce development efforts.
• Act as designated industry contact for statewide operations.
• Oversee all day-to-day tasks associated with workforce development.
• Maintain working relationships and communications with ForestryWorks headquarters team, including providing yearly reports and attending planning meetings as needed.
• Maintain Minnesota ForestryWorks Jobs Board.
• Market ForestryWorks resources internally to forest industry employers.

Financial

• Create a marketing packet to be used for fundraising.
• Seek additional funding sources for the program.
• Manage the budget, grant funds and reporting.

Outreach

• Design Minnesota-specific branded content for use in marketing, recruitment, and informational campaigns.
• Direct ForestryWorks marketing and public relations efforts including:
  • Recruitment Campaign
  • General Forestry Careers Promotion
  • Special Groups Outreach – Truck driver recruitment, tribal outreach, etc.
  • General Program Awareness
• Recruit and manage industry contacts to do presentations in schools around the state.
• Work with Community College System to develop training programs that meet the needs of the forest industry.
• Organize, plan and attend statewide career fairs, forestry field days, educator training, workshops and other outreach events, including necessary logistics.
• Identify additional training opportunities for students.
• All other duties as necessary.