Job Description

Job Title: Education Grants Manager

Location: Thousand Oaks, CA (Hybrid)

Duration: 12 Months Contract

We are seeking a part-time Project Manager with a strong background in education and the life sciences, not pharmaceuticals. This individual will support programs funded by the Foundation, including a hands-on laboratory-based instructional initiative designed for employees without prior science experience. Candidates should have a passion for science education and experience working with schools, nonprofits, or higher education institutions.

Role Responsibilities

The Manager – Science Education & Community drives processes for optimal stakeholder engagement with a philanthropic foundation’s science education and local STEM community grant portfolio. The position reports to the Senior Manager and Science Education Portfolio Lead for the foundation.

The primary role is to manage key activities for the foundation’s science education portfolio including staff engagement with the foundation’s science education programming in the company’s headquarters community.

• Support of the foundation's science education portfolio, including

• Management of select science education grants through invitation and review of funding proposals, relationship management with nonprofit grantees and review and communication of portfolio impact.

• Communications support (copywriting and select presentations) for key channels for staff and community awareness of the foundation’s work, including for the staff-facing hub and relationships with select stakeholders.

• Facilitation of staff engagement with select programmatic events, such as an annual undergraduate student symposium and stakeholder visits to local science classrooms and/or the company’s headquarters campus.

• On-the-ground project management, attendee engagement, and impact evaluation support for a new initiative related to the foundation’s high school laboratory program on the Thousand Oaks headquarters campus.

• Administrative support for volunteer management system housing volunteer opportunities for staff to engage with the foundation’s science education portfolio.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in scientific field required with life sciences preferred; master’s degree preferred

• 3+ years of experience in science education strongly preferred (K-12 or undergraduate)

• Laboratory research experience preferred

• Experience managing volunteer campaigns and/or training and development programs preferred

• Excellent communication skills to engage and develop internal and external stakeholder communities

• Strategic thinker who can work with colleagues across lines of business to meet mutual goals

• Strong project management, organizational skills, and attention to detail

• Proven ability to build effective, collaborative relationships

• Sound judgment, strong decision-making skills, and ability to independently advance defined objectives

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