Washington, DC30+ days ago
Other important responsibilities of the Program Director include: Overseeing multiple projects and project managers simultaneously, including consultants and subcontracts with states and external partners; Overseeing and analyzing project budgets, projecting future spending, and developing financial proposals for potential new efforts; Communicating effectively in verbal and written forms, with an ability to communicate clearly with policymaking audiences such as state and federal officials, national experts, and others; Designing project concepts and identifying funding for these concepts to enable this team to provide relevant and timely expertise and assistance to governors, their staff and other executive branch leaders, including by writing project concept papers and proposals, building and maintaining relationships with philanthropic, public, corporate, and federal funders, and working with NGA’s Office of Development to support fundraising efforts; Demonstrating strong interpersonal skills to effectively work with colleagues, partner organizations, and a variety of high-ranking state and federal officials; Managing wide-scale projects with multiple staff and tasks simultaneously, in coordination with a diverse group of stakeholders; Organizing and facilitating workshops, conferences, seminars, panel discussions, state strategy sessions and other events; Identifying and tracking key issues of concern to governors, develop promising initiatives to address these concerns, and connecting governors’ key staff with other states and national experts who can assist them in addressing these issues; Demonstrating a commitment to NGA’s mission and goals to constructively serve the needs of all governors; and. Key issues the Program Director will focus on include identifying and developing policy solutions related to workforce development, higher education, and economic development policy and systems at the state and federal levels, work-based talent strategies (such as apprenticeship, service-to-career pathways, and short-term education and training), the impact of AI on the workforce, and the design of workforce pathways for diverse populations (such as youth or those disconnected from the workforce).