Project Manager, Pico Partnership

project manager, pico partnership (50%)

location: santa monica college, santa monica, ca. Salary: $55,629.50 annually. Job number: 00327. Closing: 1/19/2026 11:59 pm pacific.

commitment to equity and diversity with the goal of ensuring the equal educational opportunity of all students, santa monica college embraces diversity among students, faculty, staff, and the communities we serve as an integral part of our history, a recognition of the complexity of our present state, and a call to action for a better future. Embracing diversity means that we must intentionally practice equity and respect toward one another, and understand that discrimination and prejudices create and sustain privileges for some while creating and sustaining barriers for others.

In order to embrace diversity, we also acknowledge that institutional discrimination and implicit bias exist, and that our goal is to eradicate those vestiges from our system. Our commitment to diversity requires that we strive to eliminate those barriers to equity, and that we act deliberately to create a safe and positive environment where individual and group differences are valued and leveraged for our growth and understanding as an educational community.

To advance the goals of diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice for the success of students and employees, we must honor that each individual is unique and that our individual differences contribute to the ability of the college to prepare students on their educational journeys. This requires that we develop and implement policies and procedures, encourage individual and systemic change, continually reflect on our efforts, and hold ourselves accountable for the results of our efforts in accomplishing our goals.

We are invested as a community in cultivating and maintaining a climate where equity and mutual respect are both intrinsic and explicit by valuing individuals and groups from all backgrounds, demographics, and experiences. Individual and group differences can include, but are not limited to the following dimensions: race, ethnicity, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, immigration status, sex, gender, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age, religion, creed, military or veteran status, socioeconomic status, and any other basis protected by federal, state or local law or ordinance or regulation.

We acknowledge that the concept of inclusion and diversity is ever‑evolving, thus we create space to allow our understanding to grow through the periodic review of this statement. In service of these goals, santa monica college is committed to fostering an employment environment that offers equal employment opportunity for all and an educational environment that ensures the equal educational opportunity of all students.

under the administrative supervision of the dean of student success & counseling, the project manager of the pico partnership program will be responsible for the development, implementation, and evaluation of the pico partnership grant. The project manager will also assume the primary leadership role in all aspects of grant management and administration.

project manager positions are temporary academic administrator positions. Project manager positions are specially funded and exist as long as the specific project funding continues; project. This is a contract position with an term of 3 months, rolling thereafter. The job specifications are developed based on grant awards. The positions are developed to manage one or more special projects awarded to the district.

Project managers generally conduct research; review, evaluate and analyze statistical data, manage budgets; prepare proposals and administrative reports; prepare summaries, narrative analyses and make recommendations. Facilitate, coordinate and fulfill project challenges. Project managers may provide supervision to district staff, including, but not limited to directing work duties, conducting performance evaluations,…