SALARY: $56 - 60K DOE

OVERVIEW:

The Program Manager will have expertise and professional background in strategies for maintaining high quality in out-of-school-time (OST) programs. The Incumbent will demonstrate expertise in continuous quality improvement and fully understand the impact of OST programming on students’ needs. Primarily responsible for working with partners to expand access to high-quality OST programming and assisting in coordination and staffing of OST convenings and work groups. 

*This position is grant-funded through December 2025; funding is subject to renewal. 

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide leadership in building initiative network. Implements collaboration best practices to improve the functioning and impact of initiative work. Maintains and builds current initiatives. Working with team, makes recommendations for new community partnerships and initiatives; troubleshoots challenges with partners and ensures established goals and outcomes are met; plans for collaborative partner meetings, funding processes, and other projects, including developing calendars, applications, and other tools; identifies and carries out opportunities to promote enhanced collaboration among initiative partners in key impact areas.
• Monitor investments and promote excellent program service: Responsible for monitoring investment portfolio for performance, providing technical assistance to collaborative partners to ensure ability to meet various benchmarks and service delivery targets. Provides general and customized training to partners including outcomes management, continuous quality improvement, data management and reporting.
• Maintain relationships with community and initiative partners to advance United Way’s mission. Build and maintain relationships with individuals, public and private sector community institutions and nonprofit organizations in order to identify community needs; develops approaches to meeting needs and ensures successful implementation of United Way’s mission in the community; builds relationships with expert community stakeholders to determine the best practices for achieving highest impact results; identifies effective program investments and analyze results of programming.
• Serve as subject matter expert in initiative field: Develops and maintains current information on needs of community as well as best practices to address needs. Develops in-depth understanding of community resources through research, involvement in community planning and advocacy groups and other activities. Uses knowledge to make recommendations about funding priorities, new activities, and direction. Participates in community collaborations, partnerships, and national and state organizations involved in community impact work, identifying appropriate roles for United Way. Conducts regular surveys of the national best practices and determines likelihood of successful implementation in greater Houston region. Develops expertise of initiative partners by planning trainings, sharing information, and other activities.