Program Manager Pennsylvania
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Job Location:
Philadelphia, PA - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 82500 - 93000
Posted on:
9 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Who We Are:
At TPL were a team of outdoor advocates who believe in connecting everyone to the outdoors. As an ethos we believe access to the outdoors is a fundamental human need and essential to our health and well-being. Were committed to creating more places that bring us outsideparks trails playgrounds and public landsand making them available and welcoming to everyone everywhere regardless of ZIP code. We also understand that land has meaning; it tells the story of our history. Thats why through our Black History and Culture initiativewere working to preserve sites that more fully represent the Black American experience; and were an ally and partner to Tribal and Indigenous communities working in partnership to reconnect them with their ancestral lands.
One hundred million people including 28 million children dont have nearby access to a park within ten minutes of their home. Were determined to change this outdoor equity gapand as a result nine million people and counting now have access because of our work. We have miles to go and a plan to get there. Were inclusive change-makers who believe in connecting everyone to the outdoors. We inspire by paving the way forward and strengthening our connection to nature. Join us!
Position Summary:
The Program Manager is responsible for managing all phases of park schoolyard and trail development projects in Philadelphia. This includes partnerships with the School District of Philadelphia the Philadelphia Water Department Parks and Recreation and others. The Program Manager will lead community engagement and manage outside consultants who will develop all technical design documents. The program manager will also manage the construction of these projects.
Critical aspects of the position involve maintaining close coordination with public agencies community partners and internal staff to ensure all legal financial and regulatory guidelines are followed that projects are completed on or under budget and that community needs are met.
TPL has been transforming parks and schoolyards in Philadelphia since 2012. The Pennsylvania program is currently expanding to other municipalities in the state. The Program Manager will report to the Pennsylvania Program Director and join a team of committed passionate and collaborative people working to deliver our mission.
Essential Functions:
85% Program Management
Qualifications:
Compensation:
Trust for Public Land is a hybrid work environment and this role will ideally be located near a Trust for Public Land office. As a full-time employee you will be eligible for the Trust for Public Lands comprehensive benefits program which includes medical dental and vision insurance vacation and sick pay plus holidays a year end office closure and a 403(b)-retirement plan currently with up to a 7% company match. We offer competitive salaries commensurate with experience; the anticipated hiring range for this position is $.
The Trust for Public Land is committed to cultivating a diverse staff that is representative of the communities we serve. As the organization actively works to eliminate racial and other disparities it welcomes candidates with diverse backgrounds and/or multicultural skillsets. We are open to the possibility that a great candidate for this job may not precisely meet all the above criteria; if you believe you are the right person for this job and can persuasively make that case we encourage you to apply.
At TPL were a team of outdoor advocates who believe in connecting everyone to the outdoors. As an ethos we believe access to the outdoors is a fundamental human need and essential to our health and well-being. Were committed to creating more places that bring us outsideparks trails playgrounds and public landsand making them available and welcoming to everyone everywhere regardless of ZIP code. We also understand that land has meaning; it tells the story of our history. Thats why through our Black History and Culture initiativewere working to preserve sites that more fully represent the Black American experience; and were an ally and partner to Tribal and Indigenous communities working in partnership to reconnect them with their ancestral lands.
One hundred million people including 28 million children dont have nearby access to a park within ten minutes of their home. Were determined to change this outdoor equity gapand as a result nine million people and counting now have access because of our work. We have miles to go and a plan to get there. Were inclusive change-makers who believe in connecting everyone to the outdoors. We inspire by paving the way forward and strengthening our connection to nature. Join us!
Position Summary:
The Program Manager is responsible for managing all phases of park schoolyard and trail development projects in Philadelphia. This includes partnerships with the School District of Philadelphia the Philadelphia Water Department Parks and Recreation and others. The Program Manager will lead community engagement and manage outside consultants who will develop all technical design documents. The program manager will also manage the construction of these projects.
Critical aspects of the position involve maintaining close coordination with public agencies community partners and internal staff to ensure all legal financial and regulatory guidelines are followed that projects are completed on or under budget and that community needs are met.
TPL has been transforming parks and schoolyards in Philadelphia since 2012. The Pennsylvania program is currently expanding to other municipalities in the state. The Program Manager will report to the Pennsylvania Program Director and join a team of committed passionate and collaborative people working to deliver our mission.
Essential Functions:
85% Program Management
- Manage all aspects of the park/schoolyard/trail development process including oversight of design consultants engineering firms environmental consultants and construction contractors.
- Lead community engagement and participatory design processes. For schoolyard projects participatory design includes working directly with school children to teach the necessary skills to design their own schoolyard.
- Take primary responsibility for project design schedules budgets bidding and day-to-day project oversight.
- Maintain and build partnerships with government agencies and non-profit organizations.
- Manage public grants.
- Support other park trail or schoolyard projects across the state.
- Support Program leadership in planning the growth of the Pennsylvania Program.
- Seek and apply for public grant funding and occasional fee-for-service work.
- Work with the Program Director and Philanthropy team to build philanthropic support for the program.
- Help identify new projects and partnership opportunities.
- Work with other programs and staff in other TPL offices to help advance urban park and schoolyard projects across Pennsylvania and nationwide.
Qualifications:
- Strong commitment to TPLs shared values (Belonging Creativity Collaboration Impact and Hope) to effectively work across the organization.
- Minimum 5-7 years relevant experience.
- Experience managing design and construction projects.
- A degree from an accredited university in Landscape Architecture Architecture Construction Management or similar fields is preferred
- A critical mass of the essential and desirable skills and experience described below
- Experience managing projects with deep community engagement.
- Demonstrated ability to interact effectively with people of diverse cultures backgrounds and communities and understanding of environmental justice issues in low-income urban communities.
- Ability to manage complex projects from start to finish with a low level of supervision.
- Experience hiring and managing design professionals and construction contractors.
- Experience working with community-based organizations and public agencies ideally within Philadelphia.
- Experience with project approval processes ideally within Philadelphia.
- Experience working within public schools ideally within Philadelphia.
- Ability to collaborate and negotiate with diverse groups and interests.
- Ability to multi-task meet schedules budgets and achieve long term goals.
- High degree of creativity vision flexibility and resourcefulness.
- Excellent oral written and graphic communication skills.
- Basic computer and graphic design skills: Microsoft Office Adobe Creative Suite
- Understanding of horticulture and/or urban ecology
- Fluency in Spanish or other languages besides English is a plus.
Compensation:
Trust for Public Land is a hybrid work environment and this role will ideally be located near a Trust for Public Land office. As a full-time employee you will be eligible for the Trust for Public Lands comprehensive benefits program which includes medical dental and vision insurance vacation and sick pay plus holidays a year end office closure and a 403(b)-retirement plan currently with up to a 7% company match. We offer competitive salaries commensurate with experience; the anticipated hiring range for this position is $.
The Trust for Public Land is committed to cultivating a diverse staff that is representative of the communities we serve. As the organization actively works to eliminate racial and other disparities it welcomes candidates with diverse backgrounds and/or multicultural skillsets. We are open to the possibility that a great candidate for this job may not precisely meet all the above criteria; if you believe you are the right person for this job and can persuasively make that case we encourage you to apply.
Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Project Management Methodology
- Project / Program Management
- Program Management
- Management Experience
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Project Management
- Microsoft Project
- Budgeting
- DoD Experience
- Leadership Experience
- Supervising Experience
- Contracts
About Company
TPL creates parks and protects public land so that everyone will have access to the benefits and joys of the outdoors.
