Project Manager (Child Care Digital Hub)

Job Title: Project Manager (Child Care Digital Hub)

Job Type: Contract

Duration: 12 months

Location: Brooklyn NY, HYBRID: 3 days a week ONSITE 2 days a week remote.

Job Schedule: Normal business hours Monday-Friday 40 hours/week (not including mandatory unpaid meal break after 6 hours of work). Monday- Friday: 9:00 AM-5:30/6:00 PM EST (assuming 30/60 minutes unpaid meal break)

Pay Rate: $50 - $60 per hour

Job Description

The goal of this project is to create a single digital hub for families to learn about their child care options and find childcare for their children aged 5 and below. The hub will also support child care providers by sharing information on how to begin and continue providing child care services to New Yorkers. The hub will include relevant content as well as a detailed screening process for parents, referrals section, information about available childcare services, and a unified map/provider services locator of child care providers.

The Project Manager will oversee the entire lifecycle of the project working with internal and external stakeholders

SCOPE OF SERVICES

The project manager will organize, plan, and track workstreams for Consolidated Map of NYC Childcare Programs.

TASKS:

1. Lead the Child Care Hub project from project initiation to completion.
2. Develop project scope, design program approach, identify key data metrics, implement cadence for ongoing monitoring for project health and identify projects at risk.
3. Manage project by applying project management best practice methodology.
4. Perform business analysis for project components. Secure support from stakeholders and sign-off of the requirements.
5. Coordinate projects inter-dependences, manage internal and external project teams for successful project delivery.
6. Develop work plans for the overall program, schedule, track project estimates and resource allocation, report on program status and ensure adherence to requirements and standards.
7. Program managers must have strong knowledge and handling of project and program management methodology and techniques.
8. Perform budgeting and resource planning and find innovative ways to resolve issues.
9. Seek opportunities for process improvement by applying data-centric approach and industry best practices.

MANDATORY SKILLS/EXPERIENCE

Note: Candidates who do not have the mandatory skills will not be considered

1. Minimum 4 years of demonstrated experience in Program Management or Project Management capacity with demonstrated success at delivering large scale projects.
2. Ability to take strategic direction from executive management and participate in strategic planning activities throughout the lifetime of the project.
3. Proven ability to work independently and to see tasks through to completion without significant guidance.
4. Excellent oral and written communication skills and the ability to clearly articulate to all project members and stakeholders.
5. Excellent organizational skills and demonstrated ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
6. Advanced experience using standard project tools including Microsoft Project, Excel, and PowerPoint
7. Experience managing budgets and resources.

DESIRABLE SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:

1. Ability to coach stakeholders in agile ways of working for project management.
2. Understanding of common project management tooling such as MS Project, Airtable, Azure, Jira, etc.

Salary : $50 - $60