Workforce Development Regulatory and Compliance Manager

Job Location: Remote

Functional Department: Workforce

Working hours: 8am-5pm CST

Working days: Monday to Friday

Type: Regular, Full-Time

Compensation: $50,000 - $55,000

Mission: Building World Class Technologists

Vision: Play a leading role in workforce development in mission-critical IT fields

Overview: QuickStart is a leader in IT workforce development that helps job-seekers break into in-demand IT fields and upskills existing IT professionals. The organization uses its proprietary learning methodology and workforce readiness platform (CLIPP) to deliver personalized learning using AI and multi-modal formats. We partner with leading universities, certification providers, and employers to build and transform IT workforce for Fortune 5000 customers in the areas of App Dev, Dev Ops, Information Security, Cloud computing and Data Science. If you are interested in becoming a part of a team that is changing the game in IT training and workforce development, we want to hear from you.

At QuickStart, we are committed to upholding the following core values:

Passion |Respect | Accountability | Innovation | Speed | Execution [ PRAISE ]

The Workforce Development Regulatory and Compliance Manager will be responsible for managing regulatory and compliance approvals and reporting for all the regulatory and compliance approvals.

Responsibilities: include but are not limited to:

1. Market Research & Strategy

o Market research and strategy development in which states to get approvals, secure reciprocity and why get approvals and how it will impact the company goals.

o Understand the regulatory rules and policies and try to strategically figure out how it maps to the company goals. Further, if required, persuade, and challenge the regulatory body in how to seek approval or be in compliance to meet the objective of the company.

o Monitor and analyze workforce trends to identify opportunities to expand or adapt workforce programming to fit the needs of local employers, jobseekers, and students.

2. Filing and Approvals Management

o File and maintain corporate legal entity that will be the career school of record

o Work with internal stake holders to make sure the entity meets the revenue, liquidity and student completion rates for school approval and compliance

o Research all relevant state workforce boards and put company courses on their ETPL

o Reading legal documents and regulatory briefings and file for course approvals

o Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual data submissions as required for each state approvals

3. Record Keeping & Documentation

o Work with IT and other stake holders that all the approvals and documentation is stored on a platform that is accessible

o Maintain student completion data

o Ensure the entities are in good standing – franchise taxes, income tax is filed, and bank balances are in par with the compliance requirements

o Regularly monitors WIOA performance levels for training providers under EdTech Ventures for internal and external stakeholders. Lead corrective actions as necessary to remain compliant

o Prepare local and state reports as required or requested

4. Drafting and reviewing contracts

o Independent contractor agreements, sales & services contracts, vendor contracts, partnerships etc.

5. Governance (Legal)

o Corp formation – State registrations per RFP requirements

o Companywide G&L insurance representative

o Potential contracts

o Company Secretary

o Liaise with legal counsel to maintain cap tables and governance

6. Team Support

o Collaborate with CEO, Director, and all workforce staff to best develop and execute strategic plan to meet proposed goals

o Act as SME for training providers completion, certification, and placement data

o Monitor and analyze federal and state required data necessary for grant submissions with workforce team members

Requirements

Requirements

Education

· Bachelor’s Degree.

Minimum Knowledge and Experience

· Minimum of 3-5 years in workforce development role. Preferably workforce compliance direct support function and knowledge of working with TWC and ETPL’s across multiple states.

· Strong ability to plan and execute strategically

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills

· Previous experience in project management, paralegal or regulatory affairs preferred.

· Proven success in contract writing