NCWorks seeks career center manager for Alamance County office

Alamance County’s NCWorks office is looking for a new career center manager at a moment when the county’s job market still depends on the public workforce system to connect employers with people ready to work. Applications for the Division of Workforce Solutions post are due by June 5.

The position is more than an administrative opening. The job posting says the manager will direct Division of Workforce Solutions staff who provide employment services, job training, limited unemployment insurance services and labor market information to applicant and employer clients in Alamance County. The manager also is expected to work closely with the NCWorks Career Center operator and other local partners to keep services moving smoothly.

That matters in a county where the career center is part of the broader economic infrastructure. NCWorks says its centers help job seekers find work, improve skills and connect to resources for interviews and job readiness. State materials also describe the centers as a source for labor-market information and other job-search tools, giving the manager a role at the point where workforce demand, training and job placement meet.

The local office is listed in more than one place. One directory places the NCWorks Career Center of Alamance County at Alamance Community College’s Gee Building, 1247 Jimmie Kerr Rd. in Graham. Another listing puts the center at 2640 S. Columbine Lane in Burlington and gives the phone number as (336) 570-6800, suggesting either multiple service locations or a recent shift in where the office is operating.

The center sits within a larger regional system overseen by the Piedmont Triad Regional Workforce Development Board, which manages NCWorks centers across a 10-county area that includes Alamance, Caswell, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Randolph, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and Yadkin counties. North Carolina Commerce says NCWorks operates 70-plus centers statewide, a network built to help residents move from unemployment or underemployment into jobs and training.

For Alamance County, the hiring comes at a time when officials continue to emphasize economic development, education and high-quality public services in long-range planning. The next manager will inherit a center that serves both sides of the labor market: residents looking for a foothold and employers looking for workers, credentials and faster hiring.