Preferred Communities Project Manager

Salary: $23.93 - $31.69 per hour

About us: Opening Doors, Inc., envisions a world in which migrants and refugees lead lives of joy and belonging, embraced by welcoming communities. Our mission is to enrich communities by supporting immigrants, refugees and survivors of trafficking on their path towards stability, self-sufficiency and belonging.

Opening Doors is guided by our organizational values:

• Rising Together: We are in this together and depend on each other.

• Honoring Dignity: We recognize and honor everyone’s strength and inherent dignity.

• Embracing Courage: We do the right thing, even when the path is uncertain.

• Seeking Joy: We take time to be together, celebrating our diverse cultures and recognizing our victories.

Opening Doors began in 1993 as a small refugee resettlement agency, and today serves 2,000 clients per year across our 5 program areas: Refugee Programs, Human Trafficking Programs, Immigration Legal Services, Health Programs and Economic Prosperity Programs.

Ideal candidate: The ideal candidate is organized, proactive and solution-oriented, with with the ability to oversee day-to-day activities and supervise a team of direct client service staff to ensure that Opening Doors designs and delivers quality and impactful services to Refugee Program clients.

They will have the ability to work effectively in multi-cultural work environments, showing respect and sensitivity for cultural differences, and will be passionate about Opening Doors’ mission.

Responsibilities: The essential duties and responsibilities of this position include the following:

• Oversee day-to-day activities and staff under the Preferred Communities Program

• Meet program deliverables and ensure compliance in accordance to funder contracts

• Compile programmatic data and draft funder reports

• Steward warm-handoff referrals to service providers

• Ensure case management services are meeting client needs, within scope, and are culturally and linguistically appropriate

Other duties may be assigned in the sole discretion of the Organization. The Organization may assign or shift duties and responsibilities to this position at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons.

Required qualifications: The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills and/or abilities required.

• Project management skills and demonstrated experience managing multiple projects and deadlines

• Experience delivering or supervising intensive case management

• Supervisory skills including the ability to problem solve and delegate tasks to staff

• Active listening and capacity to communicate effectively, both verbal and in writing.

• Ability to adapt to rapidly changing environment

Preferred qualifications: The requirements listed below are not required but are desired.

• Experience in monitoring and evaluation to assess project performance.

• Effective communication skills in one or more of the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, Farsi/Dari, Hmong, Pashto, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu, Ukrainian or Vietnamese.

Physical requirements and work environment: The following demands are representative of the physical requirements necessary for an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the PC Project Manager position. Reasonable accommodation can be made to enable people to perform the described essential functions.

While performing this job, the employee is required to sit often and use their hands and fingers, to handle or feel and to manipulate keys on a keyboard, the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, lift approximately 25 pounds on occasion, and to stoop, kneel, or squat, and drive on occasion. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.

How to apply: Please click on this link (https://openingdoorsinc.easyapply.co/) to apply for the position.

Opening Doors provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees, applicants and any third parties, for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. In addition to federal law requirements, Opening Doors complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination laws.

All Opening Doors employees must be fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Accommodations may be requested due to medical or religious reasons.

Opening Doors participates in E-Verify.