Education Project Manager

Appointment Type: Full-Time Temporary (FTT)

Location: Oak Ridge, TN or Remote (U.S. Based Locations)

*Salary Range: $71,552 - $99,528

PURPOSE: Provides the project management, planning, budgetary and technical oversight, and coordination necessary to operate research participation programs for postdoctoral, postgraduate, graduate, undergraduate and precollege students and for university faculty. Such programs include research participation appointments, fellowships, and internships.

This involves working with multiple sponsors (typically 5 to 50+ contacts for funding) and 200 to 700 participants and scientists/mentors annually.
• Works with sponsors, Associate Manager, Senior Manager, and/or other managers in planning, developing, implementing, managing, and growing new programs/activities.
• Responsible for oversight and management of applicant recruiting activities for various Federal Agencies with special emphasis on targeted recruitment strategies to increase participation levels in underserved populations.

• Provides project management for ongoing programs to ensure that all activities are conducted in a timely manner and meet quality expectations. This includes interacting with applicants and participants, mentors, laboratory administrators, and program sponsors in response to questions and to provide programmatic and other requested information.

• Plans and manages applicant recruiting approaches for assigned programs. This involves developing outreach/promotional strategies, preparing program announcements/flyers, and participating in professional meetings, conferences, campus fairs, etc. for recruiting purposes.

• Monitors program funding documents and costs to ensure that expenditures meet the specifications of the funding document and program statement of work and meet the ORISE and federal policies and procedures.

• Maintains databases to monitor funding approvals and availabilities to match participant appointment obligations.

• Prepares, develops, and monitors program budgets and meets budget targets.

• Serves as the back-up to the Associate Manager and other Project Managers during absences from the workplace.

• Represents the group, STEM Workforce Development (WD) Oak Ridge Participant Programs (OPP), and ORISE on various committees and professional societies, and at national meetings and public forums.

• Actively participates by leading a specific activity or event for one or more internal ORISE teams/committees, especially those promoting participant engagement and support of STEM-WD mission and operations and the Annual Lab Plan.

• Assists Associate Manager, other Project Managers, and other ORISE management staff in program development activities; implements and manages new programs; prepares proposals for new programs; identifies and qualifies new areas for program initiatives; and positions STEM-WD OPP as the organization most likely to win targeted new business.

• Provides suggestions to the program specialists to determine daily priorities.

• Works with the Associate Manager and other Project Managers to establish standards of performance and implements quality control measures.

• Formulates, prepares, and delivers reports, briefs, evaluations, and other materials.

Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, scientific, technical, education or related field and 4-6 years of job related experience. An equivalent combination of education and experience requiring similar knowledge, skills, abilities, and performing duties as described may be substituted for the minimum requirements.

• Experience in working with the university community of faculty, students, and postgraduates including academic research activities and student research training needs in order to effectively design, implement, and operate programs that match these needs.
• Experience in working with federal agencies, laboratories, and organizations involved in education and academic research in order to understand the issues and trends in academic studies and research.
• Knowledge of research training and experience needs of students, postgraduates, postdoctoral fellows, and university/college faculty and how laboratories may provide research training/experience opportunities for university (including HBCUs & other MSIs) faculty, students, postgraduates, and postdoctoral fellows.
• Ability to develop effective working relationships with a wide array of participant types, mentors, sponsors, federal agencies, and professional organizations.
• Knowledge of policies, requirements, and procedures involved in the recruiting, application processing, and selection of applicants as well as the administrative tasks related to providing payments to or for, and support to, participants.
• Requires knowledge of effective, cost-efficient methods including web and social media tools to recruit large numbers of highly qualified, diverse applicants.
• In-depth knowledge of technology tools for data management, modeling, forecasting, and reporting purposes is desired.
• Requires excellent oral and written communication skills, customer relations/customer service skills and advanced computer skills (proficient in the use of MS Office Applications including Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint; and knowledge of Web publishing, SharePoint and database applications).
• Familiar with the various tasks in science education/research experience participant programs.

*The candidate's starting salary will be determined upon hire and ORAU will use salary survey data, internal comparators, and the candidate's qualifications to determine salary.

TOTAL REWARDS

ORAU has a strategic approach to providing total rewards to employees through a fair, equitable, and competitive total compensation package. The goal of our total rewards system is to integrate compensation, benefits, work-life balance, performance, recognition, development, and career opportunities to attract, engage, and retain the talent required to achieve ORAU's business objectives. The benefit component of our total rewards program supports business goals by offering the following benefits based on employee eligibility:

• Legally required benefits
• Group Health insurance including: Medical, Prescription, Dental, and Vision
• Retirement plan access
• Disability insurance
• Group life insurance
• Travel Accident Insurance
• Section 125 reimbursement accounts
• Other voluntary employee paid benefit and insurance offerings

The ORAU total reward package also promotes work-life balance. Mindful of the need for employees to care for themselves and their families, ORAU offers the following additional work-life benefits based on employee eligibility:

• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid Holidays
• Flexible work schedules or compressed work weeks
• Telework
• Occupational Health and Wellness Programs
• Employee Assistance Program