Project Manager

Company Description

American Rivers protects wild rivers, restores damaged rivers, and conserves clean water for people and nature. Since 1973, American Rivers has protected and restored more than 150,000 miles of rivers through advocacy efforts, on-the-ground projects, and an annual America’s Most Endangered Rivers® campaign. Headquartered in Washington, DC, American Rivers has offices across the country and more than 200,000 members, supporters, and volunteers. American Rivers maintains a positive work environment with a culture of learning, support and balance.

For more information visit our website or LinkedIn page:

https://www.americanrivers.org/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/american-rivers/

Job Description

Career Opportunity: Project Manager with American Rivers in Washington D.C.

Are you detailed oriented? Do you excel at coordinating and leading projects to deliver timely results? Do you have strong communication skills? If so, we want you!

We are excited to offer a contract-to-permanent position, starting with approximately 40 hours per week.

Upon successful completion of the contract period, this role will transition to a full-time position.

Compensation Range: $37.50 - $48.00/hour

As the Project Manager for our non-profit client in Washington D.C., you will coordinate and manage the planning, organizing and overseeing all aspects of projects owned by Finance & Administration to ensure projects are delivered in time within budget and according to scope and specifications. The project manager coordinates cross-functional and cross-organizational teams to manage resources, mitigates risks and maintains clear communications with stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

• Project planning and initiation: Coordinating and drafting project scope, goals, deliverables, timelines and budget with project sponsor
• Team Leadership: Assembling and managing a project team, assigning tasks and providing coordination and support under direction of the project sponsor.
• Resource Allocation: Capturing, monitoring and reporting project resources (personnel, equipment, budget) to the project sponsor.
• Progress monitoring: Tracking project progress against the plan, identifying potential issues and making recommendations for corrective action
• Risk Management: Identifying, assessing and making recommendations to mitigate potential project risks
• Stakeholder communications: Regularly updating stakeholders on project status, addressing concerns and managing expectations
• Quality control: ensuring project deliverables meet quality standards.
• Budget Management: Monitoring project expenses and ensuring adherence to the budget.
• Reporting and documentation: Preparing project reports, status updates and necessary documentation.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (business, engineering, computer science)
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred
• Familiarity with non-profit accounting or familiarity with accounting preferred.
• Ability to motivate and inspire team to achieve project goals
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills to effectively interact with stakeholders at all levels
• Analytical skills
• Problem solving skills
• Organizational skills
• Understanding project management tools and methodologies.
• Experienced with Microsoft Office, Adobe Software and Sage Intacct or comparable ERP system

Additional Information

If you are looking for a great career opportunity with a company eager to better the lives of others, apply online at https://grnh.se/8a1590723us!

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