[Remote] Senior Project Manager - Office of Student Enrollment and Placement

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The School District of Philadelphia is committed to transforming educational opportunities for over 203,000 school-aged children. They are seeking a Senior Project Manager to oversee Student Enrollment and Placement projects, facilitating dialogue among various stakeholders and ensuring project management principles are applied effectively.

Responsibilities

• Develops strategies for appropriate scopes of work
• Participates or directs contract negotiation and/or preparation
• Plans and manages timelines, and monitors progress of various projects and work streams; provides progress updates to project leads
• Works with selected teams on specific aspects of meeting project goals in a timely manner
• Prepares, manages, audits, and maintains direct responsibly for project budgets
• Prepares reports related to project status and projections
• Directly supervises project or department staff as required
• Develops and builds good communications and relationships between Facilities, Information Technology, Teacher Effectiveness, the Chief Academic Support Office or the Office of College and Career Readiness and central offices and schools
• Participates in confidential and/or sensitive matters and/or projects at every level of the enterprise
• Works with in setting priorities for the completion of requested services
• Participates in organizational planning within Facilities, Transportation, Information Technology, Teacher Effectiveness, the Chief Academic Support Office or the Office of College and Career Readiness and other departmental offices
• Assists in various Facilities, Transportation, Information Technology, Teacher Effectiveness, Chief Academic Support Office or the Office of College and Career Readiness projects when needed
• Supports all administrative and managerial project work related to the development and implementation of the Equity Coalition and Equity Partners Fellowship

Skills

• Completion of a bachelor's degree program from an accredited college or university
• Six years of full-time, paid, professional experience in either operations, finance, education, or information technology which has included serving as a team lead or project manager
• Demonstrated knowledge of the procedures and methods utilized to implement systemic change in a timely, accurate, and effective manner
• Demonstrated knowledge of Asana Project Management, FileMaker Pro Advanced, Excel or Microsoft Project, Vision and/or other productivity and scheduling tools
• Demonstrated ability to manage large or complex projects and/or budgets
• Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, and direct project activities and allocate staff resources to tasks efficiently
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve complex problems
• Demonstrated ability to represent a superior at meetings and conferences
• Demonstrated ability to present ideas effectively, both orally and in writing

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