Project Manager

Categories

Education

Location

Arlington, Virginia

Job Description

Stand Together is a dynamic and mission-driven organization committed to driving positive social change and empowering individuals to overcome barriers. Join our team and be part of a collaborative community that values innovation, personal responsibility, and the power of bottom-up solutions. Together, we will create a society that fosters opportunity, dignity, and well-being for all.

The Charles Koch Foundation (CKF) partners with social entrepreneurs to remove the barriers that prevent people from reaching their potential. Much of that work is focused on issue areas that we believe have an outsized impact on society. CKF supports innovative education and the study of these issues and of institutions that enable a society of mutual benefit, where people succeed by helping others improve their lives. 
 
Through grants to universities and non-profit organizations, we connect students and scholars with the resources to explore diverse ideas and solutions that meet the challenges of our day. 
 
The higher education team at CKF is hiring a Project Manager, Work & Learn to build and execute a plan for engaging employers and educators to develop innovative educational pathways that help people cultivate their aptitudes and find purpose through mutual benefit in the workplace.  

Your Responsibilities Include

  • Partner with program officers to fill the knowledge and collaboration gaps necessary build an innovative portfolio of grants in the work and learn space.    
  • Drive project management across a portfolio of investments in Work and Learn projects (upskilling, alternative pathways, edtech eco-system building). 
  • Identify process and knowledge gaps, and work with shared services to fill them when possible. Directly fill the gaps, or secure outside support, when necessary. 
  • Partner with operations team to ensure grants are tracked and evaluated according to the organization’s standards. 
  • When compliant, collaborate with capabilities across the ST community to access resources that will leverage the impact of grant under your stewardship  

Knowledge and Skills You Bring to the Organization

  • A passion for the Charles Koch Foundation’s mission and the principles of human progress.   
  • 3-5 years experience practicing relevant skills in the workplace, including cross-team collaboration, communication with external partners, and attention to detail on internal process management.
  • Experience designing well-coordinated convenings and informal gatherings, aimed at achieving necessary results.  
  • High sense of urgency and a natural self-starter 
  • Confident oral communicator with superior interpersonal skills 
  • Willingness to travel as needed to build partnerships and represent CKF 

What We Offer

  • A meaningful career where your work will improve the lives of millions of Americans – especially the least fortunate. 
  • A vision-driven organization of over 1,000 employees across the country who are dedicated to improving the lives of others. 
  • Competitive salaries and bonuses. Our salary and bonus strategies are aligned to the value you create, not a standardized bell curve. 
  • Generous 401K match - 6% match with immediate vesting. 
  • Competitive health and wellness benefits. 
  • Our flexible time-off policy allows all employees to take leave as needed. 
  • Commuter assistance plans to offset the cost of commuting into our Arlington, VA offices (on-site parking or metro). 
  • Opportunities for professional development and mentorship that can strengthen your effectiveness through Principle Based Management and other industry specific programs. 

Stand Together helps social entrepreneurs supercharge their efforts to help people improve their lives. We connect them with passionate partners and the resources necessary to make a greater difference.  Through our philanthropic community, we tackle some of the nation's biggest challenges so that every person has the opportunity to realize their extraordinary potential. Stand Together partners with people from diverse perspectives and backgrounds—including people in education, business, community non-profits, and public policy—to accomplish more together than any of us could on our own.   
  
Our Values Working at Stand Together is different from many other organizations. We have a relentless commitment to a culture based on a business philosophy called Principle Based Management® (PBM®). Informed by the principles that allow a free and open society to flourish, PBM® prepares individuals to innovate, improve, and transform while fostering a healthy, growing organization that creates long-term value for its clients and supporters and fulfillment for its employees.    
  
We believe that diversity in experiences, perspectives, knowledge and ideas fuels creativity, broadens knowledge, and helps drive success. That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and strive to treat all employees and applicants with honesty, dignity, respect and sensitivity. We welcome all qualified applicants regardless of color, race, religion, religious creed, sex, gender or gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, ethnicity, ancestry, age, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy (including medical needs which may arise from pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), military and veteran status, genetic information, marital or familial status, political affiliation, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances.