Full-Time Sr. Program Manager
Job Description
Are you passionate about closing the opportunity divide for young women? Are you looking for a career that directly impacts the lives of young Latinas and Women of Color? Join Chica Project Today!
About Us
Chica Project (CP) is a nonprofit organization comprised of diverse leaders, professionals, and volunteers throughout Massachusetts. Through a network of accomplished multicultural women, CP empowers girls to recognize their strengths and build the self-efficacy needed to embark on pathways to economic success. To learn more about CP visit chicaproject.org
About the Role
Salary: $55,000-60,000
CP is looking for a Sr. Program Manager to contribute to the critical growth of the organization. The successful candidate will lead the strategy and implementation of CP’s programming while leading the expansion of CP’s school and community partnerships.
This person will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the curriculum delivery, program budget, and program staff. Reporting to the Executive Director, this individual will work closely with the leadership team, program interns and fellows, community partners, youth participants, and volunteers.
About You
Chica Project is looking for someone who is mission-driven, with a positive attitude to help build and expand our programming at a critical moment of growth for our organization. This is a dynamic role where the ideal candidate will bring strong emotional intelligence, will serve as a role model to our young people, and have a proven ability to help individuals and teams achieve their full potential. While the Sr. Program Manager will work in a highly collaborative, team-oriented environment many programing projects will be self-directed and will require someone with an entrepreneurial spirit that can work in a fast-paced nonprofit environment. The ideal candidate will have had experience working with young people (ages 11-18). Further qualifications include:
- Passionate about youth development, social justice, and community building
- A minimum of 3-4 years experience in Program Management (recruitment, execution, multitasking, delegating, event planning, and data management)
- Experience in Non-profit, or other professional services organizations strongly preferred
- Ability to build strong trusting relationships with diverse individuals, develop community connections, and influence change
- Experience in curriculum development and facilitation experience for youth programs
- Ability to manage individual programming budget
- Experience working with communities of color and grassroots organizations, with a nuanced understanding of systemic oppressions
- Flexibility and adaptability, able to shift styles to fit the needs of a wide range of cultures, people, and organizations (independently or in teams as needed)
- Flexibility to work occasional nights and weekends
- Strong work ethic, leadership, organizational skills combined with attention to details
- Excellent problem-solving ability
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bilingual: Proficiency or fluency in Spanish is preferred but not required
- Salesforce experience is a plus but not necessary
- Diversity and Inclusion training experience is a plus
- Willing to commit for more than one year is a plus
- A great sense of humor!
- Love of continuous learning
Responsibilities
The position will be mainly responsible for the following areas, but duties can expand beyond central responsibilities of:
Programming and Program Evaluation (60%)
- Set strategy and directly manage CP’s mentor, peer leader, community-based, and school-based programs
- Implement CP’s curriculum delivery model, its development, and revisions
- Ensure ongoing programmatic excellence through rigorous evaluation meeting its data development and analytical goals
Strategic Growth and Innovation (20%)
- Manage new and existing school partners
- Establish relationships with community leaders in the sector
- Lead program expansion and delivery
- Implement curriculum pricing model
Leadership & Management (20%)
- Coach and supervise program team (staff, interns, and fellows)
- Manage yearly program budget
- Support in hiring, onboarding, and evaluation of program staff
Benefits Include:
- Three-week paid vacation
- Ten additional sick/personal days
- Two-week bereavement paid and protected leave
- Unlimited menstrual leave for people with uteruses
- 80% healthcare and dental insurance
- Annual 5% living wage increase
- Annual personal growth and professional development stipends
- Annual end of the year gratitude bonus
- Flexible work from home schedule
- Monthly cell phone reimbursement
- Access to subscriptions including but not limited to: Business Zoom account, the Boston Globe, Women in Development (WID), Philanthropy MA, and more.
We strongly believe that diverse experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds lead to a better environment for our team and community. We are proud to foster a workplace that prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.
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