Program Manager, Environmental Incentives, Washington, DC
Environmental Incentives -
Washington, DC,
US
Program Manager
Date Posted: 2024-04-23
Job description
Opportunity
This is a great opportunity for a mission-driven individual who has demonstrated program management expertise in the international development space. Specifically, you would have the chance to expand your extensive experience managing United States Government (USG)-funded initiatives and providing quality assurance for products and services.
Purpose and Need
As a part of EI's Project Management Unit, the Program Manager (PM) will be responsible for managing administrative, contractual, financial, and logistical aspects of one large project or multiple smaller projects. The candidate will possess knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience to independently carry out tasks with high quality and exceptional service, using sound judgment and leveraging the guidance of Senior Program Managers, Project Directors, and EI's Operations Director as needed. The PM's duties will include serving as a backstop on projects from startups through closeouts. The candidate will also engage with the EI-wide program management team in recruiting, budgeting, corporate forecasting, contractual management, travel management, and operations support. Through this position, the SPM will have the opportunity to apply their expertise in program management and apply their facilitation skills to help high-performing teams and individuals to achieve Environmental Incentives' purpose through implementation of USG contracted work.
If you enjoy quickly grasping complex coordination needs and setting clear actionable paths for team members, managing adaptively in response to emerging priorities, please apply. Over time, responsibilities may shift as new needs and priorities emerge in our organization.
This position reports to a Senior Program Manager or Project Director.
About Environmental Incentives
At Environmental Incentives, LLC (EI) our purpose is to create the conditions for human and natural communities to thrive. We do this by helping our partners improve the performance of conservation and development programs. Our clients trust us to design and support implementation of programs that (1) use evidence to develop effective strategies within complex systems, (2) center local stakeholder experiences and facilitate collective action, and (3) produce results that support learning about what works. Environmental Incentives is a certified B Corporation with offices located in Washington, DC, South Lake Tahoe, San Diego, Nairobi, and Lima (pending registration). Our remote staff and consultants are based in multiple states within the United States, and across five continents.
Responsibilities
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Additional Requirements
BASE STATION AND COVID-19 POLICY
This opportunity is a full-time position. The preferred location for this role is in Washington, D.C., however, exceptional remote candidates will be considered. Environmental Incentives is implementing a hybrid work model in which employees will be required to work in the office approximately two days per week.
Proof of full vaccination against Covid-19 or legally authorized exemption is required for all Environmental Incentives employees working in the United States, regardless of office location or remote work. Selected candidates will be required to provide proof of full vaccination before beginning employment with Environmental Incentives. Full vaccination is defined as 2 weeks after the final dose of the requisite vaccination.
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
The starting salary range for this position is commensurate with experience and competitive against industry standards for similar positions.
Environmental Incentives also offers a competitive benefits package that includes:
How to Apply
Please submit your application. On a rolling basis, we will review CVs and contact qualified candidates for additional information.
ENVIRONMENTAL INCENTIVES IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
We are committed to developing an inclusive work environment for all employees, where diversity of thought, style, culture, and skill is valued in support of individual performance and potential, as well as our business goals and mission. We prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or and other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
Reasonable Accommodation:
Applicants with disabilities may contact Environmental Incentives coordinators via telephone, e-mail, and other means to request and arrange for accommodations. If you need assistance to accommodate a disability, you may request an accommodation at any time. Please contact Human Resources:
Patrice Gulledge
Human Resources Director
Phone: (202) ###-####
E-mail: ...@enviroincentives.com
This is a great opportunity for a mission-driven individual who has demonstrated program management expertise in the international development space. Specifically, you would have the chance to expand your extensive experience managing United States Government (USG)-funded initiatives and providing quality assurance for products and services.
- Are you an impact-driven individual looking to apply and grow your program management skills on government-funded programs that work at the nexus of conservation, climate change and integrated programming?
- Do you want to work with an innovative and collaborative team of program management and technical staff committed to transformational change in how we approach sustainable development?
- Do you want to lead change within a rapidly growing mission-driven company that fosters knowledge sharing and encourages ideas to streamline management processes?
Purpose and Need
As a part of EI's Project Management Unit, the Program Manager (PM) will be responsible for managing administrative, contractual, financial, and logistical aspects of one large project or multiple smaller projects. The candidate will possess knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience to independently carry out tasks with high quality and exceptional service, using sound judgment and leveraging the guidance of Senior Program Managers, Project Directors, and EI's Operations Director as needed. The PM's duties will include serving as a backstop on projects from startups through closeouts. The candidate will also engage with the EI-wide program management team in recruiting, budgeting, corporate forecasting, contractual management, travel management, and operations support. Through this position, the SPM will have the opportunity to apply their expertise in program management and apply their facilitation skills to help high-performing teams and individuals to achieve Environmental Incentives' purpose through implementation of USG contracted work.
If you enjoy quickly grasping complex coordination needs and setting clear actionable paths for team members, managing adaptively in response to emerging priorities, please apply. Over time, responsibilities may shift as new needs and priorities emerge in our organization.
This position reports to a Senior Program Manager or Project Director.
About Environmental Incentives
At Environmental Incentives, LLC (EI) our purpose is to create the conditions for human and natural communities to thrive. We do this by helping our partners improve the performance of conservation and development programs. Our clients trust us to design and support implementation of programs that (1) use evidence to develop effective strategies within complex systems, (2) center local stakeholder experiences and facilitate collective action, and (3) produce results that support learning about what works. Environmental Incentives is a certified B Corporation with offices located in Washington, DC, South Lake Tahoe, San Diego, Nairobi, and Lima (pending registration). Our remote staff and consultants are based in multiple states within the United States, and across five continents.
Responsibilities
- Assist with overall management and lead specific components of contractual, operations, and financial aspects of large USG-funded projects.
- Participate in the formatting and editing of deliverables, ensuring USG branding and high-quality visuals are incorporated.
- Collaborate with portfolio teams to implement the projects compliantly, at high-quality, and with exceptional service.
- Assist and in some cases lead development and management of trackers and tables for planning and monitoring upcoming tasks, responsibilities, and milestones for project design, startup, implementation, evaluation, and closeout.
- Support all aspects of recruiting and onboarding, including coordinating new staff orientation and contracting consultants.
- Manage all subcontract and consultant negotiations and engagement.
- Ensure quality of financial elements of project, ranging from accuracy of invoices to soundness of project forecasting.
- Plan, prepare, and communicate schedules and progress records of projects' activities and expenditures, and assist others in establishing project schedules and milestones.
- Work with other EI teams, clients, subcontractors, and independent consultants on the implementation of complex project tasks, programming, and other activities for assigned projects.
- Support project senior management teams in planning, facilitating, and following up on team meetings, both remote and in-person.
- Support with rolling out project deliverables such as work plans, monthly meetings, yearly retreats, annual reports, synthesis of findings, etc.
- Assist in research, knowledge management, data management, and work process management in the development of client products.
- Support with project startups and closeouts as required.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree and five years of relevant experience or Master's degree and three years relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Experience in project management procedures for planning and processing international development projects, and for establishing plans, specifications, monitoring, and management of the development projects.
- Experience in supporting USAID-funded projects.
- Experience in budgeting and analyzing financial reports.
- Experience supporting budgeting, cost estimating and tracking for international development projects.
- Demonstrated experience in multitasking, meeting urgent deadlines, and adapting to changing priorities.
- Experience working in multi-cultural environments and building effective working relationships with clients and colleagues, including managing above as well as below.
- Demonstrated administrative experience with project management functions, including backstopping multiple tasks, contracts, consultants, subcontractors, clients, and stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in recruitment of staff.
- Professional proficiency in Spanish, French, or other languages.
- Experience with USG procurement regulations, practices, and documentation.
- Experience facilitating project startup and/or closeout processes for USAID-funded projects.
- Experience supporting the development of project management processes and helping teams to adopt them.
- Experience and knowledge of FAR, USAID ADS, AIDAR and business practices.
- Experience providing technical input to products and initiatives as a member of a team and facilitating the development of work products and initiatives across large, diverse teams.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Ability to solve technical, managerial, or operational problems and evaluate options based on relevant information, resources, well-rounded experience, and knowledge.
- Strong budgeting and financial management skills.
- Ability to collaborate with, listen to, respect, and celebrate the contributions of others, including others of different cultural backgrounds.
- Strong process management skills and ability to produce quality products as scheduled.
- Highly organized with excellent verbal and written communication skills, as well as strong facilitation and copy-editing skills.
- Advanced to expert knowledge of MS Office suite (particularly MS Word, Teams, PowerPoint, and Excel) and Google Suite (Gmail, Calendar Google Drive/File Stream, Sheets, Docs).
Additional Requirements
- Legally authorized to work in the United States with no restrictions.
- Criminal background check required.
BASE STATION AND COVID-19 POLICY
This opportunity is a full-time position. The preferred location for this role is in Washington, D.C., however, exceptional remote candidates will be considered. Environmental Incentives is implementing a hybrid work model in which employees will be required to work in the office approximately two days per week.
Proof of full vaccination against Covid-19 or legally authorized exemption is required for all Environmental Incentives employees working in the United States, regardless of office location or remote work. Selected candidates will be required to provide proof of full vaccination before beginning employment with Environmental Incentives. Full vaccination is defined as 2 weeks after the final dose of the requisite vaccination.
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
The starting salary range for this position is commensurate with experience and competitive against industry standards for similar positions.
Environmental Incentives also offers a competitive benefits package that includes:
- 100% employer-funded medical, dental, long-term and short-term disability, and life insurance for employees, and the option to enroll in supplemental life insurance.
- Highly competitive 401k contributions that start on day one of your employment. Did we mention we offer environmentally responsible investment options?
- Generous vacation, holiday, and sick time. You'll also get paid time off opportunities each year to vote and volunteer at a charity of your choice!
How to Apply
Please submit your application. On a rolling basis, we will review CVs and contact qualified candidates for additional information.
ENVIRONMENTAL INCENTIVES IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
We are committed to developing an inclusive work environment for all employees, where diversity of thought, style, culture, and skill is valued in support of individual performance and potential, as well as our business goals and mission. We prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or and other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
Reasonable Accommodation:
Applicants with disabilities may contact Environmental Incentives coordinators via telephone, e-mail, and other means to request and arrange for accommodations. If you need assistance to accommodate a disability, you may request an accommodation at any time. Please contact Human Resources:
Patrice Gulledge
Human Resources Director
Phone: (202) ###-####
E-mail: ...@enviroincentives.com