Program Manager, Early Childhood Capacity Building & Capital Access

Reinvestment Fund; Maryland; Remote; USD 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate Program Manager to enhance early childhood education access for underserved communities. This role involves collaborating with diverse stakeholders, managing programs, and providing essential technical assistance to ECE providers. The ideal candidate will possess strong project management skills, a commitment to community development, and bilingual proficiency in Spanish and English. Join a mission-driven organization that values equity and innovation in education, and help make a meaningful impact in the lives of families across Maryland.

Benefits

Gesundheitsversicherung

Lebensversicherung

401(k)

Flexible Ausgaben

Tuition reimbursement

Bezahlte Freizeit

EAP

Qualifications

• Mindestens fünf Jahre Erfahrung in der Verwaltung von Zuschüssen oder Krediten.
• Fließende Spanischkenntnisse für die Kommunikation mit vielfältigen Kunden.

Responsibilities

• Implementierung von Programmen zur Unterstützung der frühkindlichen Bildung.
• Bereitstellung technischer Unterstützung für ECE-Programmteilnehmer.

Skills

Projektmanagement

Bilingual (Spanisch und Englisch)

Kommunikation

Finanzierung und Zuschussmanagement

Frühkindliche Bildung

Education

Fortgeschrittener Abschluss

5 Jahre relevante Erfahrung

Tools

MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Job description

Program Manager, Early Childhood Capacity Building & Capital Access

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At Reinvestment Fund, we are dedicated to making a tangible difference in the lives of underserved individuals and communities. Our mission is to create opportunity for underserved people and places through partnerships. We marshal the capital, analytics, and expertise necessary to build strong, healthy, and more equitable communities.

As a federally certified community development financial institution (CDFI), our job is to make finance an agent of positive change and equitable growth. We provide loans, grants, and technical assistance to businesses and nonprofits. Our borrowers and grantees educate students, support local economies, and create jobs. They build affordable housing and provide community goods and services that include access to nutritious food, hunger relief, physical and mental health care, and other social services.

About Early Childhood Education At Reinvestment Fund

Early childhood education (ECE) is fundamental to our economy’s health and ability to expand access to opportunity among a wider segment of Americans: women across the income spectrum need reliable childcare to work; ECE owners and staff need to earn money, build wealth, and plan for the future; and children need high quality ECE to increase their school readiness, academic achievement, and lifetime earnings. Yet perhaps no other sector is so essential to our society’s functioning and sustainability and is as poorly compensated and undervalued as ECE. For additional information, click here: Early Childhood Education — Reinvestment

About The Position

The Program Manager for ECE will be expected to work independently and collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to design and implement processes and approaches to providing capital and technical assistance in support of ECE providers serving low-income families in select communities across Maryland. This is an excellent opportunity for a self-motivated individual with both a team approach and systems-oriented thinking skills to help grow, further develop, and implement innovative programs. This is a client-facing role, providing essential technical assistance to a linguistically diverse community, particularly Spanish-speaking individuals. Bilingual candidates are encouraged to apply.

This position is grant-funded; while the intent is for the primarily assigned program to be a multi-year initiative, subsequent funding is subject to annual appropriation.

Responsibilities

Program Management, Leadership, and Communications:

• Implement programs in support of Reinvestment Fund’s mission to close gaps in the availability of high-quality childcare in low-income communities and promote the importance of high-quality facilities in child development settings.
• Along with the Program Director of ECE, contribute to long- and short-term program planning, design, and implementation, ensuring achievement of milestones and overall program goals within budget and approved timeline. Manage non-salary budgets and coordinate with finance team to allocate and track spending.
• Cultivate and manage relationships with awardees and local/regional external program partners for early learning providers – funders, advisors, vendors, and consultants. Convene networks, facilitate informational meetings, and manage multiple contractual relationships towards mutual goals and collective impact.
• Manage contractual obligations, including analyzing and evaluating program outcomes, data and results, reviewing budget data, drafting funder and internal reports, and tracking and meeting compliance requirements and deadlines.
• Manage and monitor contracts with a wide variety of vendors to support program implementation, including meeting performance expectations, payment, compliance, and reporting.
• Represent Reinvestment Fund externally in the ECE industry, including public speaking engagements, leading webinars, presenting at conferences, and participating in other gatherings to do outreach and provide exposure for Reinvestment Fund’s ECE programs.
• Support/collaborate on written pieces and research overviews, and fundraising efforts.
• Other duties as assigned.

Capital Access Management and Program Implementation

• Lead programming for applicants and recipients of financial and technical assistance (including development of applications and eligibility criteria, awards, funding disbursements, work plans, budgets, loan closing requirements, compliance, and reporting).
• Provide one-on-one technical assistance to ECE program participants regarding best practices in real estate development, ECE facility project development, key design standards, fundraising and financing, business operations, marketing, and community engagement. Coordinate with partners and experts to identify client needs and available resources.
• Manage small loan processes (less than $500K), including funding, compliance, and reporting, as well as analyzing and processing funding requests and backup documentation from awardees.
• Obtain and review project compliance materials during the grant or loan period.
• Plan, manage, and coordinate logistics for programmatic meetings and webinars.
• Maintain project files in excellent condition, ensuring documentation for audits and compliance.

Requirements

Education, Experience, and Skills:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities.

Required Qualifications

• Advanced degree a plus and/or at least five years’ relevant experience in grants or loan management, early childhood education, real estate development project management, community development finance, or related fields.
• Fluent bilingual Spanish speaking ability – effective communication with English and Spanish-speaking applicants and customers. (The interview will include assessments of listening, speaking, and translation skills.)
• Excellent project management skills with the ability to multi-task and manage multiple processes and projects simultaneously under pressure.
• Experience and skills in facility development, early childhood coaching, small business lending, or providing training and technical assistance in related sectors.
• Self-motivated and solution-oriented.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills for diverse audiences.
• Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Ability to work with diverse individuals and communities on complex issues.
• Ability to travel up to 10-15% within Montgomery County, MD.
• Strong commitment to Reinvestment Fund’s mission.

Work Location

Remote work considered for Montgomery County, MD candidates. 10-15% travel within the county, with occasional travel to Philadelphia for staff meetings and onboarding.

Reinvestment Fund offers a competitive salary based on experience, along with benefits including health, disability, life insurance, 401(k), flexible spending accounts, tuition reimbursement, paid time off, and EAP.

Starting salary range: $80,000–$90,000/year, dependent on experience and skills. Employment is at-will, with potential salary modifications.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Project Management and Other

Industries

• Financial Services and Non-profit Organizations