[Remote] Project Manager

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The CDC Foundation is seeking a candidate for a full-time Project Manager position to support an evaluation capacity-building project for non-governmental Veteran-serving organizations. The role involves strong management and leadership to enhance collaboration among various partners to improve public health initiatives aimed at veteran suicide prevention.

Responsibilities

• Formulates program-related goals, objectives, operating policies, strategic plans, guidelines, governance, standards and priorities to ensure consistency with organization, department and division standard operating procedures
• Serve as the primary project liaison for and between internal and external stakeholders
• Builds strong partnerships and provides strategic implementation expertise that ensures impactful, efficient and effective program implementation
• Lead the administration of grantmaking activities, including RFP development, contracting, invoicing, reporting, and dissemination initiatives with non-governmental Veteran-serving organizations
• Oversee budget forecasting and financial reporting to internal teams and donors
• Hires, recruits, supervises, mentors and serves as a technical partner for other employees on the assigned project
• Prepares deliverables, workplans, narrative reports, presentations, briefing documents, and other relevant communications to key internal and external partners in collaboration with project team
• Collaborate with evaluation staff and support the design and implementation of performance and impact evaluations across the broader VSPE activities
• Support technical staff in supporting a responsive capacity building and technical assistance approach to VSO grantees
• Support technical staff as they advise, partner with, and coach grantees to strengthen competencies for strong, ongoing program evaluation, in collaboration with the project team and funding partners
• Contributes to resource mobilization efforts for the assigned project
• Represents the CDC Foundation at technical and strategic planning meetings with internal and external stakeholders
• May travel domestically as needed to represent the designated programs and the CDC Foundation (up to 10% annually)
• Participates in and/or leads special projects and other duties as assigned

Skills

• Master's degree from an accredited college or university with a background in public health, public administration, community development, or related field required
• Strong project management and grant management skills and ability to meet deadlines. Candidates with a minimum of ten years project management experience required
• Demonstrated experience with partnership engagement, strategic relationship stewardship and new business development
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with experience preparing, writing, and editing complex documents such as detailed reports to donors; briefing documents for external audiences, donors, and other stakeholders/partners
• Demonstrated the ability to work well independently and within teams
• Outstanding interpersonal and teamwork skills; collegial, energetic, and able to develop productive relationships with colleagues, donors, stakeholders, and partners
• Sound judgment and maturity, exemplified by consistent professionalism in dealing with individuals at all levels both internally and externally
• Experience managing or overseeing capacity building efforts sufficient to provide advice and guidance regarding appropriate training and equipping activities
• Exposure to monitoring and evaluation with a focus on integrating evidence building into upstream public health programs
• Preferred familiarity with the CDC Framework for Program Evaluation in Public Health and the American Evaluation Association's Guiding Principles for Evaluators
• Preferred experience with military and veteran communities and or working on injury and violence prevention topics

Benefits

• Plus benefits

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