Project Manager

National Experienced Workforce Solutions; Harpers Ferry (WV); In loco; USD 68.000 - 97.000; Part-time

Descrizione del lavoro

National Experienced Workforce Solutions is seeking a Project Manager in Harpers Ferry to oversee interpretive media projects for the National Park Service under the ESP program. The role targets experienced professionals aged 55+ and offers part-time hours (8 per week) at $60.00 per hour.

Enrollment is temporary under NEW Solutions' Experienced Worker Programs; an at-will enrollment relationship applies. Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States.

Competenze

• BA/BS degree in a related field with 5+ years experience.
• Experience collaborating with diverse stakeholders including politicians and historians.
• Proficiency with Windows and Microsoft Office suite.

Mansioni

• Serve as a project manager, advising and consulting on complex projects across NPS regions.
• Collaborate with a team of media specialists to scope and produce projects across platforms.
• Liaise with park staff; maintain open communications; advise on cost estimates and staffing needs.
• Use project management tools and standards to ensure successful completion of media projects.

Conoscenze

Windows

MS Word

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

MS Teams

MS Outlook

MS SharePoint

Formazione

BA/BS Degree in related field

Descrizione del lavoro

Project Manager

ID: NPSHFC-002-013

Location: Harpers Ferry

Program: NPS

Wage/Hr: $60.00

Hours/Week: 8

Minimum Age: 55

For over 25 years, National Experienced Workforce Solutions (NEW Solutions) has specialized in connecting experienced workers (ages 55+) with full-time and part-time job opportunities that support the critical missions of Federal Agencies across the United States.

NEW Solutions connects experienced workers (ages 55+) with the National Park Service (NPS). These experienced professionals provide administrative expertise, facilities management, natural and cultural resource planning, and a broad array of other professional skills that support the National Park Service through the Experienced Services Program (ESP).

Positions listed here do not guarantee employment for any definite period. Enrollment in the Experienced Worker Programs administered by NEW Solutions is temporary. The enrollment relationship between NEW Solutions and the Enrollee is an ?at-will? relationship. This means that an Enrollee is free to terminate enrollment at any time during the enrollment period, and NEW Solutions and the Agency have the right to terminate the relationship with the Enrollee.

PLEASE NOTE: An ?Enrollee? is not a federal employee, nor an employee of NEW Solutions. An ?Enrollee? is a participant in a grant program established through a Cooperative Agreement funded by the agency and administered by NEW Solutions.

This opportunity applies to applicants legally eligible to work in the United States.

Duration

This position is funded for up to 224 total hours.

Inspiring through interpretive media: With expertise across multiple disciplines, Harpers Ferry Center crafts media designed to engage, educate, and emotionally connect visitors to America?s natural, cultural, and historical heritage.

Qualifications:

BA/BS Degree in African American History, American History, Partnerships, Interpretation, Project Management, or Media related field with minimum additional experience of 5 year(s)

• Experience collaborating with a wide variety of stakeholders to include: politicians, professional historians, both private industry and federal service, on projects which range in subject matter from culturally sensitive topics to more informational messaging.
• Experience required with Windows, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Teams, MS Outlook, MS SharePoint

Duties:

Enrollee will serve as a project manager, advising and consulting on complex projects across all NPS regions and collaborating with federal staff to execute a wide range of interpretive projects.

• Advise and consult on complex projects with one or more of the NPS regions as needed to relieve FTE staff burden. Projects include multidisciplinary planning, design and production work that contain a variety of challenges. Work with all levels of the NPS, including Washington offices, regional offices, park management, park staff and various media specialists to establish and execute projects. Through the HFC project manager, work directly with regional offices to maintain ongoing. communications and provide briefings and reports about projects to respective staff.30%
• Collaborate with team of media specialists to include staff curators, media planners, visual information specialists and other technical and administrative support staff in the scoping and production of projects involving multiple communications platforms.30%
• Liaise with park staff on how to work with Harpers Ferry Center. Maintain constant and open communication with external stakeholders. Advise on project cost estimates based on current market research. Monitor project budgets and schedules, identify problems and work with project managers to coordinate solutions. Advise HFC Project Manager on project staffing/resource requirements, identify technical and scheduling challenges and if necessary, suggest corrective actions.25%
• Use project management tools, coupled with best practice media standards and USDOI/USNPS policies for successful completion of media projects and components. Perform other duties as assigned.15%

Other:

• Overnight travel: Up to two trips
• Air travel anticipated: Up to two trips
• Health and Safety Considerations: ?
• Required Safety Gear: Personal Protective Equipment for construction sites (hard hat and closed toed shoes). This can be made available on site by park.
• Physical requirements: Work is primarily sedentary. Occasional travel required with some low-impact hiking and standing for short periods of time. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

NEW Solutions is committed to promoting equal opportunity and to an environment free from discrimination and harassment in any form administering Experienced Worker Programs under cooperative agreements with federal agencies. It is NEW Solutions' policy to comply with all applicable laws that provide equal opportunity and to prohibit unlawful discrimination in enrolling participants in the federal programs.