Program Manager
$66,800–$69,000 year
HybridWhite River Junction, Vermont, United States
Job Summary
Oversee program area portfolios in Transportation, Climate & Energy, and Municipal Engagement, developing annual budgets from complex braided funding and managing staff including project managers and coordinators. Apply systems thinking to program design, supervise ongoing assessment and evaluation, and conduct hands-on project work while incorporating partner and community input into delivery. Collaborate on cross-cutting initiatives, advocate for program needs with directors, and identify strategic funding opportunities through donor meetings and grant proposals. Represent the organization in regional networks and steer sustainability for evolving grant-funded portfolios.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree
- 4 or more years of relevant experience
- Comparable combination of relevant education and experience
- Personal transportation
- Willingness to work occasional nights and weekends
- Strong project management skills
- Ability to prioritize workloads across multiple projects
- Ability to apply time management best practices
- Ability to operate successfully in a relationship-based culture
- Clear verbal and written communication
- Ability to explain complex concepts for a variety of audiences
- Ability to produce concise and engaging written content
- Excellent group facilitation skills
- Attention to detail
- Experience with data gathering and analysis
- Ability to use data to drive decisions
- Ability to use data for continuous improvement
Desired Qualifications
- Familiarity with rural transportation systems
- Familiarity with Upper Valley transportation systems
- Familiarity with climate mitigation and adaptation strategies
- Familiarity with community resilience and sustainability efforts
- Familiarity with environmental justice
- Familiarity with municipal governance and regional structures
- Familiarity with regional planning commissions
- Familiarity with school supervisory unions
- Familiarity with school administrative units
- Familiarity with how zoning impacts relevant program areas
- Familiarity with housing availability
- Creativity and strategic vision
- Focus on co-designing and executing impactful projects
- Projects grounded in the expertise of impacted community members and stakeholders
- Familiarity with collective impact
- Familiarity with Results-Based Accountability
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