Manager, Project Management

New Mexico State University•Las Cruces, NM

13d•Onsite

About The Position

The New Mexico Reforestation Center is seeking a highly motivated Manager, Project Management to lead and coordinate projects that support forest restoration and reforestation. This position will oversee project planning, implementation, budgeting, and stakeholder coordination while ensuring projects are completed on time. This position supports the NMRC Director in day-to-day operations, coordinating across partner institutions, managing project workflows, tracking fiscal and contractual obligations, perform some procurement and accounting duties, and maintaining stakeholder communications. This is a coordination and implementation role: this position will execute on direction set by the Director, with increasing autonomy as they build familiarity with NMRC’s institutional landscape and operational systems. The role requires strong organizational skills, effective written and verbal communication in both English and Spanish, and the ability to work diplomatically across institutional boundaries.

Requirements

Associate's Degree + 6 years of relevant experience or a Bachelor's degree + 4 years of relevant experience.

Nice To Haves

Bachelors degree plus 5 years of relevant professional experience, or Masters degree plus 3 years.
Experience must include coordination or management responsibilities in a government, non-profit, academic, or multi-institutional environment.
Native or professional fluency in Spanish and English, with demonstrated ability to communicate in both languages in professional and community settings.
Demonstrated experience managing multiple concurrent projects with attention to deadlines and deliverables.
Familiarity with budget tracking, procurement processes, or grant reporting in an institutional setting.
Strong written communications skills in both English and Spanish.
Proficiency with Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 and the ability to learn other project management tools as needed.
Experience with tribal or indigenous community engagement, particularly in New Mexico or the broader Southwest.
Experience contributing to organizational culture development or building institutional systems from an early stage.
Familiarity with NMSU systems or comparable university procurement and fiscal environments (Banner preferred).
Experience with GIS, environmental data management, or natural resources programs.
Experience supporting grant writing or funding development.
Knowledge of New Mexico state agency structure, legislative processes, or land management context.

Responsibilities

Lead and coordinate projects that support forest restoration and reforestation.
Oversee project planning, implementation, budgeting, and stakeholder coordination.
Ensure projects are completed on time.
Support the NMRC Director in day-to-day operations.
Coordinate across partner institutions.
Manage project workflows.
Track fiscal and contractual obligations.
Perform procurement and accounting duties.
Maintain stakeholder communications.
Execute on direction set by the Director, with increasing autonomy.
Work diplomatically across institutional boundaries.