Senior Project Associate

Are you interested in helping community colleges support their students? Do you want to have a national impact on post‑secondary education? The Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) is seeking a self‑motivated Senior Project Associate to join the dynamic Center for Policy and Practice team to work on an assigned grant portfolio with responsibility for activities across a range of projects that contribute to the Center’s mission to bring policy and practice together in serving our members and students.

The Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) is a non‑profit membership educational organization comprised of over 500 governing boards and over 6000 trustees who govern public community, technical and junior colleges across the U.S. and abroad. ACCT’s Center for Policy and Practice helps solve challenges facing community colleges through practical solutions, informed policy development, and policy implementation.

Please forward a letter of interest and resume to: hr with Center for Public and Practice Senior Project Associate in the subject line. Must pass a criminal background check and professional references check.

Under the supervision of the Director, Kids on Campus, the Senior Project Associate will primarily oversee a portfolio of grant projects that currently include our Kids on Campus and Apprenticeship projects. There will be additional duties assigned to support the research and development of new projects, project planning, and their administration and ACCT’s broader public policy research and advocacy activities such as authoring written content, building partnerships, and participating in the Community College National Legislative Summit and Annual Leadership Congress.

This position is grant funded and contingent on continued funding by additional grant sources.

This position is part of a bargaining unit of ACCT staff represented by OPEIU Local 2.

• Manage the continuous operation of the assigned grant/project portfolios:
  • Develop, execute, and manage detailed project schedules and work plans Design and develop resources to support project activities and deliverables, including:
    • Creating and updating planning support materials (eg. sample meeting agendas and schedules), and
    • Developing webinars, podcasts, online training modules, and other resources as necessary
  • Convene and facilitate meetings with grant/project partners to refine project objectives, activities, and outcomes
  • Coordinate and oversee project related financial activities such as stipend payments, partner reimbursements, and vendor payments
  • Coordinate the execution of memorandums of understanding and contracts with college partners, project partners, contractors, and consultants.
  • Monitor project progress and budget and communicate progress on project goals and objectives
  • Engage directly with community colleges and other stakeholders participating in projects for grant activities including technical assistance and communities of practice
  • Assign and supervise work activities of partners, contractors, and consultants to ensure quality and timeliness of work products
  • Lead activities and discussions to solve project challenges
  • Support management activities, including participating in budget development, grant reporting, and grant writing
  • Promote and communicate grant activities for stakeholders via various dissemination activities.
• Support ACCT’s Center for Policy and Practice
  • Participate in the research and development of new projects, project planning, and administration.
  • Support Center for Policy and Practice infrastructure such as website, email communication blasts, blog posts, newsletters, data activities
• Support ACCT’s broader public policy research and advocacy activities
  • Authoring/co‑authoring original reports, briefs, and other content on issues of national importance for community colleges
  • Build and grow mutually beneficial partnerships across higher education landscape, businesses, industries, and funding organizations.
  • Participate in planning and training activities for the Community College National Legislative Summit and Annual Leadership Congress.
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