Senior Project Manager

Education Requirement

• Master’s degree and 2 – 3 years typical experience required, or a combination of education and relevant work experience in a field related to higher education administration, educational administration, organizational development, international affairs or development, public administration, business administration, political science or public policy, or economics.  

Required Qualifications

• Strong communication, supervision, and management skills required.
• Experience in developing and implementing marketing, branding, social media, and event planning. 
• Experience working with diverse teams. 
• Working knowledge of and experience with donor-funded program management, policies, regulations and procedures. 
• Experience managing complex relationships with a variety of stakeholders.
• Familiarity with organizational collaboration, learning, and adaptation practices. 
• Significant data analysis skills including command of statistics, sampling methodologies, statistical analysis software, and data validation techniques. 
• Extensive experience drafting and finalizing evaluation reports. 
• Experience applying systems thinking in evaluation design, participatory data collection methods and protocols, and facilitating participatory data validation and analysis exercises. 
• English fluency is required.  

Desired Qualifications

• PhD and 5 years’ experience preferred, in a field related to higher education administration, educational administration, organizational development, international affairs or development, public administration, business administration, political science or public policy, economics. 
• Familiarity with United States Government (USG) Federal Acquisition Regulations and USG rules, and USAID rules and regulations. 
• Familiarity with Kosovo and/or the Western Balkans issues and politics is preferred. 
• Familiarity with relevant USAID policies and strategies, including USAID’s Education Policy, Gender Equality and Female Empowerment Policy, Youth in Development Policy, and Collaborative, Learning, and Adapting Framework. 
• Albanian language ability would be advantageous. 

Application Details

In order to be considered for an interview, applicants must upload:

• Resume
• Cover Letter

Job openings are posted for a minimum of 14 calendar days. This job may be removed from posting and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended. Successful candidates will be subject to a criminal background and credential check. 5 professional references will be requested at a later step in the recruitment process.

For questions, contact Alex Schutman at Alex-Schutman@uiowa.edu

Benefits Highlights

• Regular salaried position. Located in Iowa City, Iowa.
• Fringe benefit package including paid vacation; sick leave; health, dental, life and disability insurance options; and generous employer contributions into retirement plans.
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