Project Manager, Employee & Labor Relations

Title\: Project Manager

Department\: Employee & Labor Relations

Reports To\: Deputy Chief, Employee & Labor Relations

Union\: This position is not represented by a union.

Salary Range\: $71,717 - $92.980

The School District of Philadelphia is committed to becoming the fastest improving District in the country and transforming the educational opportunities it offers to our city’s more than 198,405 students. The District seeks leaders who have a passion for working with schools and communities who are committed to ensuring all students achieve. Serving a population as diverse as ours requires creativity, commitment and vision. Will you join us?

Job Summary

The role of the Project Manager is to help implement the District’s overall strategic management goal\: creating an aligned organization capable of supporting a high-performing system of schools. The work of the Project Manager will touch on all of the core components of strategic management\: determining organizational goals; prioritizing and pursuing the highest impact strategies to achieve those goals; tracking progress against targets; strategic problem-solving; coordinating across functional areas; evaluating and adjusting strategies based on data; holding the organization and team members accountable for progress toward collective goals; and identifying and celebrating individual and team contributions to overall efforts.

A successful Project Manager will enjoy working at a fast pace; serving in leader, facilitator, and team member roles; developing innovative, evidence-based strategies and solutions to operational barriers; resolving policy barriers; and institutionalizing change.

Essential Functions All Specialties

• Drives incorporation of performance management approaches – and performance culture – in key interactions across the organization.

• Establishes routines and facilitates regular project meetings among various District staff involved in implementing and evaluating Action Plan initiatives or project components, or System of Great Schools process for purposes of progress monitoring, program review, and program improvement.

• Provides problem-solving support to initiative managers and helps ensure that input and feedback from colleagues across the organization is solicited and incorporated.

• Supports initiative managers to identify risks, strategize solutions, and develop plans to address identified issues in order to maintain initiative/project momentum.