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Would you enjoy working with a team of talent professionals to develop and deliver top-notch training content to the next generation of local government leaders?

Are you a self-starter who excels at collaborating with others to present strategic training content?

Perhaps you are a public sector professional with experience in managing multiple, complex programs simultaneously?

Do you find it exciting to work with learning professionals on emerging issues while also managing development programs?

Are you excited to work with a dynamic remote team that provides services to others both remote and onsite?

Join the Regional Government Service (RGS) Training Team and help us manage the development and delivery of exciting training content to the next generation of local government leaders. Our work brings tremendous value to many local government agencies throughout California and other states. When leaders learn to lead more effectively, community and employee outcomes are improved. We provide the most current and relevant supervisory, management, and leadership training to a wide audience of local government employees from a variety of agency types and sizes. Utilize your experience by managing the end-to-end program life cycles of our leadership academies, webinars, and other training programs.

Enjoy flexible hours and work from your home office. While much of our client work is in California, our training and development service is expanding into other states. The Project Manager may be located in any state as long as they are available to attend meetings and manage programs in all United States time zones, particularly Pacific Standard Time. Weekly hours can range up to 20 hours per week depending on both the Project Manager and project availability.*

Regional Government Services:

RGS is a unique California public agency serving the consulting, administrative, and project management needs of local governments. Our greatest asset is our expert team of Advisors who pride themselves on delivering outstanding services to support the mission of our partner agencies.

In order to provide this expertise, RGS has developed a highly flexible and adaptive team environment and work culture. We utilize technology to support a remote workforce of approximately 100 Advisors. Our Advisors are trained and experienced public-sector professionals from a variety of relevant disciplines. We combine the strength of each Advisors unique experiences, perspectives, and skills through teaming, leveraging their combined talents to benefit our partner agencies.

As an employer, RGS offers Advisors competitive compensation, client projects that offer rewarding and challenging work, and extraordinary flexibility. While client-interactive work must be done during core business hours, there is flexibility to do other work elements on a personalized schedule to maximize flexibility.

The Position

Under direction of the Training Manager, the Project Manager provides project management oversight of the academies, webinars, and other offerings provided by the Training team and helps establish and manage timelines, resources, and budgets for multiple programs.

Responsibilities include end-to-end program life cycle management including planning, scheduling, development, and delivery of programs; ensure programs are delivered on time, within scope, and on-budget; assist with development of training cost models, support and provide thought partnership to the training and development team on training projects; collaborate with team members to ensure alignment with Training goals and objectives; collaborate with the team to assist in conducting needs assessments to identify knowledge or skills gaps; build and scale existing projects and provide insights on how to engage in process improvement initiatives. Responsibilities can also include delivery of training if the incumbent is experienced in delivering trai ing.

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL:

• Be motivated by the opportunity to work in an environment ripe with challenge and possibility.
• Be a self-starter, flexible, reliable, and detail oriented with high standards for work product.
• Excel both within a team and independently.
• Thrive in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities.
• Have experience managing multiple, complex training and development programs simultaneously.
• Have experience overseeing and managing end-to-end program life cycles.

Education and Experience:

Any combination equivalent to experience and education that could likely provide the required knowledge and abilities would be qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:

• Bachelors degree in human resources, industrial/organizational psychology, business administration, public administration, or related field.
• Three years of experience in training and development project management activities in a public sector professional setting.
• Willing to consider experience that may not be in the public sector if it applies to the qualifications of this position.
• Will consider experience with non-traditional degree, as well as experience in lieu of degree.

Applications must be submitted on-line through this applicant tracking system. Materials must be complete and clearly indicate the candidate meets the minimum qualifications. Incomplete, late, emailed, and faxed applications are not accepted. Resumes are not considered in lieu of the required employment application.

Certificates, resumes, and/or cover letters must be uploaded with your application through this applicant tracking system.

All statements made on the application, resume, and supplemental materials are subject to verification. False statements may be cause for immediate disqualification, removal from eligibility list, or discharge from employment.

The deadline to apply is September 16, 2024, at 11:59 PM PST.

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APPLICATION PROCESS AND SELECTION PROCEDURE:

Appraisal Process -(Pass/Fail) Afterthe closing deadline, applications will be screened in relation to the criteria indicated in this announcement. This process may also include various interviews and/or a skills assessment exam to rank applications, and to prepare a Qualified Candidate List. Application - Minimum Qualification Assessment -(Pass/Fail) All completed applications and supplemental questionnaires will be reviewed and assessed for each applicant's ability to meet the minimum work experience, training, and education qualifications. Remote Screen Interview Exam -(Pass/Fail) Candidates who pass the application assessment will be invited to a Remote Screen Interview Examination to evaluate training, experience, and other job-related qualifications for the position. The Remote Screen Interview will be conducted via a video conference platform and is tentatively scheduled to take place at the end of September 2024. Performance Exam- (100%) Candidates who pass the remote screen interview may be invited to take part in a Performance Exam to demonstrate their associated skills in managing programs. The Performance Exam will be conducted virtually and is tentatively scheduled to take place at the beginning