Education Program Manager - Career & Technical Education, Healthcare

Background

Bloomberg Philanthropies works to create catalytic change across five areas of focus: arts and culture, education, the environment, government innovation, and public health. Our mission is to ensure better, longer lives for the greatest number of people. Our approach is rooted in Mike Bloomberg's unique experience and success across the fields of business, government, and philanthropy.

Our Team:

Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Education Program launched its career and technical education (CTE) work in 2016 to help create strong middle-class career opportunities by providing high school students with essential skills, job training and access to continued education. The focus has been on programs within high schools that provide training, credentials, certifications, and work-based learning (apprenticeships and internships) to help young people obtain employment in high-growth industries.

Recently Bloomberg Philanthropies announced a $250 million initiative to create new high schools around the nation that will graduate students directly into high-demand healthcare jobs with family-sustaining wages. The initiative pairs public education systems and hospitals in 10 communities including the urban locations Boston, MA; Charlotte, NC; Dallas, TX; Durham, NC; Houston, TX; Nashville, TN; New York, NY; and Philadelphia, PA; and the rural areas Demopolis, AL and Northeast TN. These schools will offer students robust academic programming, specialized healthcare classes, work-based learning at the partner health system and the opportunity to earn industry-valued credentials and certifications. Immediately upon graduation, students can enter healthcare jobs within the partner healthcare system or choose to advance their healthcare career through post-secondary education.

The Position

We are seeking a Program Manager to join our close-knit Education team and help lead key aspects of our new healthcare jobs initiative. Under the supervision of the CTE programs lead, you will help manage the successful implementation and future growth of the initiative including the day to day oversight of a team of consultants, monitoring and ensuring success of program partners and providing strategic guidance. You will act as a “thought partner” to partners, helping to solve problems and drive project success.

The role is based in New York and will require regular US domestic travel to the grantee sites.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Frequent travel to grantee sites to work with partners and consultant team to monitor program implementation, and ongoing grants management and evaluation.
• Develop program strategy in partnership with the program lead and outside consultant team.
• Work on content, objectives, procedures, and evaluation for initiative.
• Assess and summarize grantee reports for review.
• Provide status reports to leaders in the organization to highlight progress and stories of success.
• Help organize an in-person convening of grantees to share best practices.
• Help codify and share best practices to other potential locations.

 Ideal Candidate Experience, Qualifications and Skills:

While no one person may embody all of the qualities enumerated below, the ideal candidate will possess many of the following professional and personal abilities, attributes, and experiences:

• 7 years minimum of full-time work experience in education; or overseeing a grant program related to CTE education training and development.  Experience working in healthcare or related fields would be a plus
• Outstanding interpersonal skills to work with hospital and educational leaders, government officials, organizations, and important thought partners and influencers.
• Knowledge of education to workforce models (including from the school, employer or nonprofit perspective)
• An ability to be a creative problem-solver paired with the ability to influence and inspire others to achieve objectives.
• Keen organizational skills, including strong capacity to lead simultaneous projects and successfully prioritize multiple tasks with sound judgment within a fast-paced organization.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with a proven capacity to synthesize information and translate big ideas into meaningful plans.
• Demonstrated track record of delivering high-quality results.
• Willingness to participate in both critical thinking and administrative tasks, operating with a collaborative working style.
• Highest standards of ethics and integrity, with a history of working in environments that require discretion and confidentiality.
• Bachelor’s degree required.

Bloomberg Philanthropies is an equal opportunities employer, and we value diversity at our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.   

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