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Public Strategies Overview
Public Strategies (PS) is a nationally respected consulting, project management, and marketing firm based in Oklahoma City. We provide innovative solutions for federal, state, and local clients, including project and program management, training and technical assistance, technology, event management, research and evaluation, video production, and strategic communications. We also deliver research-informed direct services to financially vulnerable Oklahomans, with a focus on strengthening families and improving employment opportunities.
We are a collaborative team of thinkers, creatives, strategists, communicators, builders, researchers, and change agents committed to touching lives, driving change, and doing good well.
Position Summary
The Manager Facilitation/Coach Service is responsible for the day-to-day oversight of the workshop activities and coaching aspects of Work Ready Oklahoma. This Manager will oversee the staff responsible for providing direct services and support to participants in self-sufficiency programs while concentrating on deliverables and reporting, client and partner relationships and staff development. This work will take place as part of the multi-organization workforce collaborative Work Ready Oklahoma (WRO). WRO serves a number of populations including, veterans, the historically unemployed or underemployed, individuals with a criminal background including those re-entering society from incarceration, incumbent workers, low skilled or wage workers, and the long term unemployed. WRO programs aim to demonstrate the value and efficacy of well-thought approaches to incorporating soft skills, vocational training, continuing education, job placement, job coaching, and career advancement in ways that make obtaining consistent gainful employment in areas that pay a living wage more accessible to these groups. WRO continuously looks for opportunities to innovate within the workforce development field and where appropriate develop and foster social enterprises that include employment opportunities for the populations we serve.
This position will be responsible for reinforcing consistent commitment to a coaching-orientated, goal driven, service delivery environment. Using techniques such as motivational interviewing, this individual will ensure a team-oriented, customer service centric culture for staff, helping improve the self-sufficiency of those participating in our programs. Ability to effectively communicate with other team members and program participants is a key component of this position.
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