Senior Project Manager/Project Manager

4 weeks ago

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States The Water Institute of the Gulf Full time
Job Title: Senior Project Manager/Project Manager

The Water Institute of the Gulf is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager/Project Manager to lead key projects, including those within the Community Resilience Center. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for managing high-profile and complex projects, ensuring they meet the commitments made to our partners and clients.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Serves as Project Manager for projects selected in coordination with the Director of Project Management and Research.
  • Manages a program of linked projects to achieve the overall objective of the program and individual projects, while finding efficiencies and synergies between projects.
  • Conducts meetings and issues correspondence to ensure project work proceeds in accordance with the relevant agreement/contract and required scope.
  • Leads management and development of the work breakdown structure.
  • Makes subconsultant/subrecipient selections, supports the Director of Grants and Contracts to execute contracts, and monitors subconsultant/subrecipient work.
  • Recommends and/or coordinates changes with clients and partners as required.
  • Performs overall quality control by reviewing for scope, schedule, and project team coordination.
  • Monitors client and partner satisfaction.
  • Takes a collaborative approach to advancing the project by soliciting feedback from the team and fostering internal discussion and prioritizing team decisions over individual decisions.
  • Regularly reviews project costs and trajectory to identify cost variances, elevates any variances to leadership, and participates in regular project review meetings to discuss variances.
  • Has a clear understanding of invoicing requirements, completes monitoring reports and invoices, and follows up with clients as necessary to ensure prompt payment.
  • Achieves full acceptance of deliverables by ensuring project deliverables and work meet the requirements.
  • Collaborates with the Director of Project Management to update project management protocols, practices, and tools Institute-wide.
Requirements:
  • Bachelor's Degree in the social sciences, natural sciences, or related field or equivalent experience.
  • 5+ years of project management experience.
  • Knowledge of Gulf stakeholders related to coastal climate resilience, environmental justice, or other relevant sectors.
  • Self-motivated, engaged, and team-oriented with demonstrated leadership skills.
  • Extensive knowledge of contracts, budgeting, and forecasting.
  • Able to execute multiple tasks under tight deadlines and prioritize responsibilities.
  • Excellent analytical skills, organizational skills, and attention to detail.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to discern and clearly communicate the client's goals.
  • Able to supervise technical work.
  • Energetic, flexible, confident, and forward-thinking.
Desired Qualifications:
  • Master's Degree or PhD in the social sciences, natural sciences, or related field or equivalent experience.
  • 10+ years of project management experience with demonstrated management of large, complex projects.
  • 5+ years of experience managing government contracts and grants, with knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulations, grant reporting, and grant budgeting.
  • Project Management Professional Certification or ability to obtain within 1 year.
What We Offer:
  • A competitive salary starting at $95,000, with a final determination based on the skills, education, and/or experience of the successful candidate.
  • A generous benefits package for full-time exempt positions.
  • A unique benefits package, including growth opportunities, flexibility, an inclusive environment, fun, and work-life balance.
About The Water Institute:

The Water Institute of the Gulf is a not-for-profit, independent applied research and technical services institute headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Our mission is to help coastal and deltaic communities thoughtfully prepare for an uncertain future in Louisiana, along the Gulf Coast, and around the world.

We partner with local, state, and federal government agencies, universities, NGOs, and other researchers to provide independent, creative applied science solutions to tackle the most difficult problems that communities and ecosystems face.

Our research spans a variety of specialties from applied engineering to numerical modeling to human dimensions to ecology to geology to policy to planning.

We are committed to building an inclusive environment where all teammates feel comfortable and supported.

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