Project Manager

JOB POSTING: PROJECT MANAGER, FRAMEWORKS INSTITUTE

TO APPLY

Please submit the following materials to jobs@frameworksinstitute.org, using the subject header line Project Manager 2025:

• Resume or CV with relevant employment history and educational background
• Cover letter explaining your interest in the position, its relevance to your career goals and past experience, and where and how equity and social justice fit into your professional and/or academic experiences

Review of all applications will begin immediately and continue until the search process concludes. Please check FrameWorks’ website (www.frameworksinstitute.org) to ensure that the position is still available before applying. No solicitations, please.

FrameWorks Institute is committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion. Interested individuals who are BIPOC, women, persons with disabilities, and LGBTQIA are strongly encouraged to apply.

OVERVIEW:

The FrameWorks Institute, an action-oriented think tank for progressive movements, seeks a Project Manager to support its Health Justice program area as well as its Reimagining Care & Family Narratives project.

We are looking for someone with skills and experience in project management, who is detail-oriented, meticulous, and well-organized, with interest and experience in applied social science research and framing and narrative change more specifically. 

ABOUT FRAMEWORKS:

We conduct cutting-edge social science research to understand how to change the way people think, feel, and act. We engage with partners who can mobilize this research to shift mindsets, change systems, and build power around progressive solutions.

We believe framing is critical to making cultural and systemic change. That’s why we’re a unique, integrated team of multidisciplinary researchers and real-world change-makers. 

This is an exciting time to join FrameWorks. And we want you to be a part of it.

ABOUT THE HEALTH JUSTICE PROGRAM:

FrameWorks is launching a health justice program to encompass existing and new research on health justice. FrameWorks’ vision is of a United States where the systems and policies supporting health and well-being are robust, equitable, and constantly improving. These systems must serve all people, eliminating disparities and advancing justice across communities. We believe the most effective way that FrameWorks can be a partner in this change is to develop a program designed to collaborate with movements and organizations across the health equity field to develop, conduct, and implement mindset and framing research that serves the social change goals of the health justice field. 

The primary goals of the program will be to: (1) Conduct research to understand the mindsets blocking progress toward health justice as well as identify framing and narrative change strategies that advance health justice. (2) Engage with and support partners’ efforts in the use of these strategies in their advocacy, organizing, public messaging, narrative change, storytelling, and policy work. 

ABOUT THE REIMAGINING CARE & FAMILY NARRATIVES PROJECT: 

This is a four-year project of FrameWorks in partnership with the Center for Story-based Strategy (CSS). The Reimagining Care and Family Narratives project will provide support to a cohort of organizations doing narrative and culture change work on issues connected to family and care in the form of narrative research and capacity-building. The project goal is to expand field connections and support their work to address structural racial and health inequities and transform cultural mindsets on families, children, and caregiving.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 

This role will work equally across the Health Justice program and the Care and Family Narratives project. 

Program Operations: 

• Program Management: Manage and optimize daily operational functions, developing and maintaining all internal processes and ensuring that they are efficient and aligned with organizational standards as well as program and project objectives and timelines. 
• Grant Reporting: Maintain a reporting schedule and collaborate with the development team and program staff to prepare reports to funders. 
• Budget Management: Support the program and project leads in systematically creating and tracking the budget. 
• Vendor Management: Establish and maintain vendor relationships, ensuring that all services are delivered to meet organizational standards and project needs. 
• Administrative Support: Provide day-to-day administrative support to the Health Justice Program team, as well as FrameWorks’ half of the Care and Family Narratives project, ensuring smooth and efficient operations (including data entry, scheduling meetings, drafting strategy and planning documents, developing workplans including methods and processes to move work along, maintaining files and records of project activities, issuing reminders to project staff about meetings and impending deadlines, etc). 
• Support recruitment for qualitative research (such as, scheduling interviews, setting recruitment criteria, paying incentives, and filing consent forms).
• Support research administration, as needed (e.g., IRB applications, data protection).
• Communications: Supports program leads with internal communications (Slack, email, and other internal communications) to foster a welcoming and inclusive team culture.

• Project Management: Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans and timelines. Regularly update team members on project milestones, deliverables, and challenges to ensure transparency and accountability.
• Risk Management: Identify and address potential project risks and challenges proactively, ensuring contingency plans are in place to mitigate delays or disruptions.
• Budget Oversight: Help monitor and track project budgets, ensuring activities align with financial constraints and deliverables meet funding requirements.
• Project Meetings: Develop and distribute clear, actionable agendas for project meetings, ensuring alignment with project goals and objectives. Document key takeaways and action items from meetings, ensuring follow-up tasks are assigned, tracked, and completed on schedule.
• Logistical Support: Handle all logistical aspects of meetings, including booking venues (for in-person meetings), managing video conferencing tools, and ensuring accessibility for all participants.
• Team Coordination: Act as a liaison between project team members to ensure seamless communication, coordination, and collaboration across different workstreams.
• Technology and Tools Management: Use project management tools to streamline workflows, track progress, and facilitate communication among team members and stakeholders. 

Event Management

• Event Planning: Plan and execute events, including virtual workshops, webinars, and in-person meetings. Manage all aspects of event logistics, from venue selection and setup, purchasing material and supplies, to participant registration and post-event evaluation.
• Budget and Resource Allocation: Develop and manage budgets for events, ensuring that resources are allocated effectively and within budget constraints. 

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCE 

The ideal candidate will have experience in the social justice field, preferably including experience with organizations conducting applied social science research or doing or using research for culture or narrative change. They will also have strong experience in program and project management, supporting partner relationships, program activities and operations. Ideal candidates will be intellectually curious, innovative, adaptable, and insightful; be knowledgeable about contemporary social movements and policy issues; and be committed to principles of inclusion and equity.

• At least 5 years of progressively responsible experience in project management,  operations management, programmatic implementation or a similar role within a non-profit, mission-driven organization, social enterprise or academic research institution. 
• Experience with implementing multi-year programmatic learning and action projects and supporting their implementation over time. 
• Strong organizational and time-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously. 
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with diverse teams, coalition members, and external stakeholders. 
• Expertise in project management tools and software 
• Experience in vendor and budget management. 
• Strong understanding of organizational operations, including process efficiency, resource management, and administrative support. 
• An interest in and understanding of social movements, particularly those geared towards liberation and decolonization. 
• Ability to take initiative, make informed decisions, and provide strategic guidance to the organization. 
• Strong skills in building and maintaining positive relationships with team members, project partners, and other stakeholders. 
• Excellent problem-solving skills: a nimble thinker who is results oriented, and deadline driven.
• Demonstrated ability to integrate principles of equity, justice, and inclusion into daily work
• Demonstrated ability to work both independently and collaboratively. 

LOCATION AND TRAVEL  

• This is a full-time position based in Washington, D.C, with the possibility of remote work. There is an expectation to come to the DC office for key team meetings and the likelihood of additional travel in connection with conferences, meetings, and other events.  
• Travel will be required for in-person meetings and conferences, 4-5 times in a calendar year.