Job Description

Job Details:

Job Title: Project Manager – Science Education & Community

Duration: 12 months contract

Location: Thousand Oaks, CA

Pay Range: $65.00 to $67.00/hour on W2 without benefits

Domain: Business Professional

Internal Job ID: 25-44152

Shift: General Shift

Description:

• We are seeking a part-time Project Manager with a strong background in education and the life sciences, not pharmaceuticals.
• This individual will support programs funded by the Company's Foundation, including a hands-on laboratory-based instructional initiative designed for Company's employees without prior science experience.
• Candidates should have a passion for science education and experience working with schools, nonprofits, or higher education institutions.

Role Responsibilities:

• The Manager – Science Education & Community drives processes for optimal stakeholder engagement with a philanthropic foundation’s science education and local STEM community grant portfolio.
• The position reports to the Senior Manager and Science Education Portfolio Lead for the foundation.
• The primary role is to manage key activities for the foundation’s science education portfolio including staff engagement with the foundation’s science education programming in the company’s headquarters community.
• Support of the foundation's science education portfolio, including
• Management of select science education grants through invitation and review of funding proposals, relationship management with nonprofit grantees and review and communication of portfolio impact.
• Communications support (copywriting and select presentations) for key channels for staff and community awareness of the foundation’s work, including for the staff-facing hub and relationships with select stakeholders.
• Facilitation of staff engagement with select programmatic events, such as an annual undergraduate student symposium and stakeholder visits to local science classrooms and/or the company’s headquarters campus.
• On-the-ground project management, attendee engagement, and impact evaluation support for a new initiative related to the foundation’s high school laboratory program on the Thousand Oaks headquarters campus.
• Administrative support for volunteer management system housing volunteer opportunities for staff to engage with the foundation’s science education portfolio.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in scientific field required with life sciences preferred; master’s degree preferred
• 3+ years of experience in science education strongly preferred (K-12 or undergraduate)
• Laboratory research experience preferred
• Experience managing volunteer campaigns and/or training and development programs preferred
• Excellent communication skills to engage and develop internal and external stakeholder communities
• Strategic thinker who can work with colleagues across lines of business to meet mutual goals
• Strong project management, organizational skills, and attention to detail
• Proven ability to build effective, collaborative relationships
• Sound judgment, strong decision-making skills, and ability to independently advance defined objectives

Top 3 Must Have Skill Sets:

• Project management
• Life science education experience
• communications

Day to Day Responsibilities:

• Administrative, communication and project management support for science education grants made by the Foundation

Basic Qualifications:

• Doctorate degree or Master’s degree and 2 years of experience or Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of experience or Associate’s degree and 8 years of experience or High school diploma / GED and 10 years of experience

About US Tech Solutions:

US Tech Solutions is a global staff augmentation firm providing a wide range of talent on-demand and total workforce solutions. To know more about US Tech Solutions, please visit .

US Tech Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Thanks and Regards,

Anmol Singh

Email: anmol.singh@ustechsolutionsinc.com

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