Young Leaders Program Manager

Title:                              Young Leaders Program Manager
Reports to:                 Director, Phillip N. Truluck Center for Leadership Development
Job Summary:          The Young Leaders Program Manager identifies, educates, recruits, and trains conservative student leaders for Heritage’s Young Leaders Program (YLP).  In collaboration with department and enterprise-wide colleagues, the Program Manager delivers robust programming to grow the next-generation, conservative talent pipeline with the objective of job placement and policy influence with Heritage’s key audiences. The Program Manager must have strong interpersonal skills to interact effectively with interns, departments across Heritage, and key coalition partners.

Job Duties:

• Manage a dynamic intern recruitment, application, and rolling hiring process, including reviewing and selecting 55 interns per semester in consultation with department and enterprise colleagues. Work with Heritage Operations departments to seamlessly onboard each internship class.
• Develop and execute a calendarized template of recruitment fundamentals to ensure a consistent flow of qualified applicants.
• Coordinate and execute semester-long schedules of events, including welcome orientation, political philosophy lectures (Boyce-Haller First Principles Series), public policy briefings, professional skill-development workshops, mentorship opportunities, off-site trips, team-building events, and semester graduations.
• Build and maintain positive relationships with program participants and colleagues, ensuring a productive and engaging work environment and positive intern experience.
• Foster relationships with intern program alumni, coalition partners, and Heritage donors in collaboration with Heritage Development and Outreach departments.
• Maintain and grow databases for Heritage program recruitment. Attend, speak, and/or table at conferences to promote and recruit for Heritage programs in coordination with Outreach Department colleagues.
• Provide weekly and quarterly reports, donor and program budget updates; manage and submit program invoices and expense reports.  

Qualifications:
Education:                     BS/BA required                                                                                                 
Experience:                   4 years of relevant experience
Communication:          Strong writing and public speaking abilities
Technology:                Microsoft Suite


Other Requirements:

• Understand and support the Heritage mission and vision for America, and the department’s goals and objectives.
• Must be organized and have the ability to handle a large number of projects at once, including both short- and long-term planning across multiple semesters simultaneously.
• Enthusiastic about facilitating both world-class educational programming and first-rate professional development training.
• Able to work independently, meet deadlines, and require little supervision.
• Must be diplomatic and have excellent interpersonal skills.                    
• Demonstrated interest in and understanding of American political thought, the conservative movement, and public policy.
• Available for periodic travel on behalf of Heritage.

Benefits and Salary:
The Heritage Foundation offers a highly competitive benefits package that includes, but is not limited to, best-in-class health care, vision, and dental insurance, employer-sponsored retirement funding, “take what you need” PTO and sick leave, 14 weeks of paid leave for new moms and 6 weeks of paid leave for new dads, among other programs.

The salary range for this role is $75,000 - $100,000 annually. This range is a good-faith estimate, and the final salary offered to a selected candidate depends on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s experience, education, and other qualifications; internal and external market pay for comparable jobs; and level of hire based on aforementioned qualifications.
 

Salary : $75,000 - $100,000