Posting Summary:
Safe Kids Worldwide (Safe Kids) is a nonprofit dedicated to protecting kids from preventable injuries, the number one cause of death for children in the United States. Safe Kids is a separate 501(c)(3) and an affiliate of Children's National Hospital. Safe Kids is a go-to resource to help parents and caregivers keep kids safe from car crashes, fires, falls, poisoning, and more. Through more than 400 coalitions in the United States, Safe Kids works with children's hospitals, trauma centers, first responders, and public health experts to get evidence-informed, life-saving information to families, no matter where they live, to influence behavior change. Safe Kids engages in improving public health and prevention, which includes research, education, awareness, and public policy. Since 1988, the work of Safe Kids has contributed to the more than 60 percent reduction in childhood unintentional injury deaths in the United States.
The Project Manager of the President's Office will oversee the planning, implementation, and tracking of specific short-term, long-term and ongoing projects which have a beginning, an end and specified deliverables. S/he will collaborate with various SKW departments to assist with four main priorities:
1. Project Management
2. Executive Management
3. Operations Management
4. Special Assistant to the President
Performs a wide range of high-level operational functions to support the President in a challenging and fast-paced work environment. Facilitates information flow to/from the President, and serve as a liaison to staff, volunteers and various partners.
Responsibilities may include collaborating with executive team members to determine and prioritize business strategies, managing the Chief Executive's schedule, providing recommendations and consultation to improve teamwork, and determining key performance indicators and how to measure team performance.
Handles highly confidential matters and possesses strong analytical and organizational skills, possessing sound judgment, intuition with excellent attention to detail and the ability to prioritize and handle many tasks simultaneously in a complex environment.
Minimum Education
Bachelor's Degree (Required)
Minimum Work Experience
7 years (Required)
Required Skills/Knowledge
Strong verbal and written skills to effectively communicate with partners.
Strong writing and editing and leadership of President's external and internal documents.
Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
Creative, adaptive, and responsive approach to relationship management.
Detail-oriented.
Strong problem-solving, analytical, and time-management skills.
Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills.
Knowledge of project management principles.
Proven ability to develop tactics to meet goals and objectives.
Functional Accountabilities
Project Management
Perform high-level special projects as assigned
Prioritize and manage/coordinate project(s) and follow through on issues in a timely manner.
Identify topics/issues/matters that require the President's attention and help determine, triage and track resolution.
Compose substantive correspondence and written material, providing signature-ready work.
Operations Management
Determine key performance indicators and how to measure team performance.
Provide department leaders with recommendations and consultation to improve teamwork.
Manage Communication/Collaboration
Utilize advanced writing and editing skills to develop presentations for external and internal groups and spreadsheets on behalf of the President
Communicate and/or coordinate the President's instructions and directives with various individuals and/or departments/divisions; furnish and obtain information from others as needed.
Answer routine inquiries and obtain/furnish information to save the President's time.
Executive Support
Manage the President's schedule, schedule meetings, manage calendars via Outlook as well as coordinate with Direct Reports and external stakeholders.
Responsible to schedule appointments and arrange meetings, conferences and travel; ensure the President's knowledge of schedule 24 hours in advance; may create meeting agendas, sit in meetings and take minutes.
Organize and maintain the President's correspondence and records, follow up on pending matters with limited direction and provide feedback in a timely manner.
Organizational Accountabilities
Organizational Commitment/Identification
Teamwork/Communication
Performance Improvement/Problem-solving
Cost Management/Financial Responsibility
Safety