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The National Safety Council is America’s leading nonprofit safety advocate.  We focus on eliminating the leading causes of preventable injuries and deaths.  Through leadership, research, education, and advocacy, NSC focuses on areas where most unintentional injuries and deaths occur.

We are currently looking for a Sr. Project Manager to join us in our mission to save lives and prevent injuries.

Position Highlights:

This position works with the Product Development team; NSC stakeholders, SMEs and vendors to ensure new or revised training programs are produced on time/ budget and comply with NSC standards. Responsible for project status, budgets, resources, and schedules, and updating the overall content development and delivery plans to ensure quality, timeliness and costs are flawlessly managed. Escalate issues and take corrective actions in a proactive manner to manage risk, as well as identify and implement process improvements. Responsible for all project-related communications. Safety: Responsible for safety as outlined in the Safety Manual. Follows safety policies and practices specific to job/position and level.

What You’ll Do:

+ Responsible for project: scope, RFP, stakeholders, weekly status report, invoices, budget, SME’s, vendor resources and time lines to ensure on time delivery of all products within budget. Represent PD in the pilot testing process, including managing feedback and the revision processes with stakeholders, SME’s and vendors. Responsible for QC/ QA of all project deliverables, ensuring new/ revised training programs comply with NSC quality standards.

+ Responsible for operating with broad latitude in communicating with vendors, Practice Area, Accounting, and Purchasing regarding project matters. Responsible for regular reporting on project status to the PD team, Project Area, and others as identified. Communicate with stakeholders, SME’s and vendors on project status, prepare and facilitate project meetings, escalate issues, and take corrective actions in a proactive manner to manage project risk.

+ Define/ maintain procedures for file retention, deletion, protection, and security. Minor updates, revisions and maintenance on programs as determined by project scope. Select, evaluate, and manage vendors and maintain a vendor pool.

+ Responsible for safety as outlined in the Safety Manual. Follows safety policies and practices specific to job/position and level.

We’re Looking for Someone with:

+ Bachelor’s degree.

+ 5 - 10 years’ experience in Project Management.

+ 5 - 10 years’ experience using SmartSheets or other project management tools

+ Demonstrated ability to multi-task and continually prioritize changing project tasks in a fast-paced work environment, often with competing deadlines.

+ Organizational, time management, analytical, problem solving, and decision-making skills, required.

+ Advanced Microsoft office skills including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

+ Attention to detail and high level of accuracy.

+ Demonstrated ability as a team leader/working in a team environment, required. Team members may be virtual, vendors, or at all organizational levels.

+ Negotiation, persuasion, and motivation skills, including ability to deal with resistance.

+ Strong interpersonal, written, listening, and oral communication skills.

+ Ability to identify customer needs, analyze and logically organize information, and transform information into professionally designed, engaging, and effective solutions.

+ Manages projects to achieve desired results within team environment where activities are divided and shared among team members.

+ Makes decisions within the procedures and guidelines of National Safety Council.

+ Understands the priorities of the funder and organization to effectively support and execute projects accordingly.

+ Preferred Experience:

+ Creating complex high-quality learning content.

+ General understanding of Instructional Design principles (ADDIE, Bloom’s, Kirkpatrick).

+ Experience building courses in multiple modalities: ILT, VILT, eLearning, Blended

+ Experience using Adobe Creative Cloud and/or editing PDF files.

+ Experience in the non-profit industry is also a plus.

+ This is a remote position

+ Salary for this role is $100,000

Reasons You’ll Love it here:

NSC cares about the safety, health, and overall well-being of our employees.  We offer competitive benefits, resources, and tools to promote a work-life balance that supports employees during all phases of life.  We offer the following:

+ At least 20 PTO days accrued 1st year and 11 paid holidays

+ Flexible work arrangements

+ Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans

+ Flex spending accounts for medical and dependent care

+ 403(b) & Roth 403(b)  with employer match up to 6%

+ Reimbursable training

+ Dress for your day

Our hiring process is designed to give you the opportunity to shine at each step.   It starts with an assessment where you really showcase your drive for the role. From there, candidates selected for the first interview will discuss their skills and how they fit with our team. If you're a match, the second interview takes a deeper dive into your background and how you can contribute to our goals. After that, we'll make our final decision and let you know the outcome. This is our usual process, and we're excited to get to know you along the way!"

NSC is an equal opportunity employer.

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