Project Manager, College & Career Pathways, Southern AZ
About The Position
The Center for the Future of Arizona (CFA) seeks a Project Manager, College & Career Pathways, Southern AZ to serve as a regional lead for the organization’s Arizona Pathways to Prosperity (APTP) initiative in Pima & Pinal counties. The APTP initiative brings together industry and education sectors to collaboratively design, implement, and scale seamless college and career pathways that enable students to transition smoothly through high school, into higher education, and onto family-supporting careers. This position will play a critical role in ensuring the CFA achieves its mission to bring Arizonans together to create a stronger and brighter future for the state. The Project Manager, College & Career Pathways, Southern AZ is responsible for partnership development and facilitating regional alignment between K-12 schools, higher education, and employers. The project manager will assist the region in implementing the Arizona Pathways to Prosperity framework which includes early career literacy and guidance, early college high school programs of study, and work-based learning. This position reports to the Senior Director, Education and works collaboratively with other members of the APTP team and affiliates of the organization.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree and five (5) years of experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in or strong professional networks in Pima County K-12, higher education, workforce development, or economic/community development, or any combination thereof.
- Experience in or strong professional networks in Pinal County desired but not required.
- Familiarity with Arizona K-12 accountability systems.
- Experience contributing to cultivating a welcoming, inclusive, and equitable workplace.
- Evidence of effective written and verbal skills.
- Evidence of having a track record as an implementer who thrives on effectively managing multiple streams of work and meeting several diverse deliverables concurrently.
- Experience in relationship building with a sincere commitment to work collaboratively with all internal and external partners.
- Experience mentoring and developing skills in others.
- Experience in being a self-starter, able to work independently and collaboratively.
- Experience leading entrepreneurial and proactive approaches to problem solving.
- Experience working in a non-profit organization.
- Experience in Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Outlook).
Responsibilities
- Facilitates regional collaboration among K-12, higher education, and employers to promote cross-sector collaboration and sharing of promising practices
- Identifies, initiates, and sustains partnerships with K-12 districts and charter schools, institutions of higher education, and employers in their region
- Identifies and implements partnerships between K-12, higher education, and employers that expand career exploration, work-based learning, and early college coursework opportunities for all students
- Coordinates regional efforts and opportunities with national, statewide, and regional workforce development officials, economic development organizations, and community-based organizations
- Supports strategic planning, goal setting, and progress monitoring of metrics and goals aligned to statewide and regional pathways strategic plans
- Tracks career-connected pathways milestones and deliverables for the region
- Collects data on key career-connected pathways outcomes in the region, prepares project status reports, and drafts relevant grant reports
- Develops and implements strong communication systems to ensure that regional and school-level leaders have the knowledge, tools, and information to implement and sustain robust career-connected pathways
- Plans and coordinates visits for key leaders in the region to showcase promising practices within school districts, higher education institutions, and industry partners
- Supports specific grant-funded statewide and regional college- and career-connected pathways projects as needed
- Represents CFA in key regional events, meetings, and community initiatives
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
