Program Manager, Fellowships

Program Manager, Fellowships

LOCATION: New York, NY (Remote possible)

POSITION TYPE: Permanent, Full Time

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Rolling

REPORT TO:  Director of Fellowships

COMPENSATION: $50- 60K, commensurate with experience; comprehensive benefits package, and generous vacation policy. 

ABOUT THE OpEd PROJECT

The OpEd Project is a social venture and leadership organization, founded to change who writes history. We are a community of journalists, thought leaders, and change agents who actively share knowledge, resources, and connections across color, creed, class, sexuality, gender, age, ability, and beyond. Through our nationally-recognized curriculum, our team of journalist mentors, and through a portfolio of programs in partnership with leading institutions across the nation and the globe, we accelerate the ideas and impact of underrepresented voices, including women of all backgrounds. We have been covered by most major media. We have stunning results. 

WE BELIEVE:

• The story we tell becomes the world we live in.
• The world becomes more intelligent when it is more inclusive.
• The best ideas, regardless of where they come from, should have a chance to be heard and to change the world.

Over the past few years, we have experienced significant growth.  As we grow, we are seeking to build our core leadership team, in anticipation of a bold new chapter. We will continue to expand our flagship Public Voices Fellowship initiative into a powerful new force to change the cultural narrative on a large scale, with permanent and undeniable impact.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Our team of program managers is the connective tissue that grounds and guides our team of fellowship coaches, facilitators, and thought leaders across the nation. We are recruiting a highly organized, very personable, and execution-oriented superstar to join us as we continue to grow. This position is deeply essential to our organization and offers real responsibility and rapid opportunity for promotion for someone who excels. Social vision, accountability to results, ability to work as part of a fast-moving team, and an ongoing commitment to and investment in our mission are key. 

Program managers work with program associates and other senior staff to run our 3-12 month Public Voices fellowship programs from start to finish, bringing together an exciting ecosystem of professional journalists, scholars, activists, and community leaders. With support, managers will be responsible for the success, excellence, and growth of a portfolio of fellowship programs that run in partnership with leading universities and foundations. Program managers guide and support the fellowship coach teams that deliver the curriculum in each fellowship, to create a transformational experience for every participant. They support our journalist facilitators, liaise with our partners within universities and foundations, and help build relationships that create moving experiences within our community and our team.

This is an amazing position for a person who wishes to have a career in social change or be a social entrepreneur. A stellar candidate will have the opportunity to join a small but rapidly growing social venture with real and meaningful responsibility and will be able to see their impact in concrete and moving ways. This is also an ideal position for someone who wants to develop a career at the nexus of media, social justice, entrepreneurism, women's rights, and thought leadership.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Project Management

• Manage all people, place, and training-related logistics for 3-5 Public Voices fellowship programs each year, along an agreed-upon timeline
• Support teams of best-in-class journalist fellowship coaches as they deliver programming at our Public Voices Fellowship programs
• Track progress and document impact and stories of transformation from your programs
• Join and occasionally lead weekly and monthly planning and reporting calls with fellowship coaches, other program managers, and our larger team

Community Building

• Oversee and grow communities of underrepresented thought leaders in fellowships in your portfolio
• Create meaningful partnerships within communities around our fellowships, that lead to growth and action
• Amplify the impact of programs under your management via social media
• Support, evaluate, and coordinate the efforts of fellowship coaches on your program teams
• Passionately represent OpEd Project at events, conferences, and talks

QUALIFICATIONS

• Deep alignment with The OpEd Project's mission and vision
• Minimum of a B.A.
• Proven track record of making things happen (for example, managing or better yet launching a project or event with multiple moving parts and people, that required you to drive demand, interact with customers, speakers, and clients, and handle logistics and operations).
• Resourceful, "no excuses" attitude (able to see what needs to happen, finds a way to make it happen)
• 3-5 years of prior work experience, preferably in a job with significant project management
• Strong analytic skills (ability to assess and translate information into next steps)
• Nimble and driven – can identify problems and solutions quickly
• Extremely organized, impeccable attention to detail
• Superior communication skills (written/verbal)
• Warm, authentic, deeply collaborative communication style
• Tech-savvy
• Demonstrated aptitude (or desire to learn/use) Twitter and other social media

TO APPLY

If you are execution-minded, entrepreneurial, organized, warm, and personable, and if you have a hankering to be a change-maker in the world, then we invite you to submit a resume and a short letter telling us why our work resonates with you and why you think you would rock this job.

You can submit your application at this link. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. We encourage you to apply as soon as you can. Only candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted.

People of color, people with disabilities, veterans, and LGBTQ candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. The OpEd Project is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its employment decisions, in accordance with state and federal law.