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Strada Education Foundation
Washington, DC
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Overview
The Project Manager, Quality Coaching serves as the operating backbone of Strada Education Foundation’s Quality Coaching team. Reporting to the Senior Vice President, Quality Coaching, the role translates established strategy into integrated plans and provides disciplined operational leadership across the team’s initiatives, grants, contracts, resources, and operating rhythms.
Working across the Quality Coaching team, the Project Manager collaborates closely with portfolio leaders and colleagues in Grants Management, Strategy, Finance, Legal, Communications, Talent, and other departments as requested by the Senior Vice President. The role creates visibility across a growing portfolio, ensures priorities are appropriately planned and resourced, and drives timely execution through clear milestones, effective systems, technology-enabled workflows, proactive communication, and consistent follow-through.
This leadership strengthens accountability, accelerates decision-making, and enables the team to deliver its priorities with greater consistency, efficiency, and impact.
Context
Strada Education Foundation is a national nonprofit social impact organization that supports programs, policies, and organizations that strengthen connections between education and employment in the U.S., with a special focus on helping those who have faced the greatest challenges securing economic opportunity through postsecondary education or training (PSET). Our strategic plan focuses on five strategic pillars: clear outcomes, quality coaching, affordable PSET, work-based learning, and employer alignment.
We work with partners in education and training, nonprofit organizations, industry, startups, and public policy. We leverage strategic philanthropy, investments, research, communications, advocacy, and collaborating organizations as tools to help advance equitable pathways to opportunity. Strada aspires to be a nonprofit partner of choice working with education and training providers and leaders, policymakers, and peer organizations.
Strada offers a dynamic, collaborative, and inspiring professional environment that provides learning and professional development opportunities, both within the organization and with external partners.
The position is based in Washington, D.C. The position will be expected to travel to quarterly team meetings and semiannual Connection Week gatherings, as well as national conferences and other in-person meetings related to the role’s responsibilities. Travel is expected approximately 10–15% of the time.
Strada welcomes diverse candidates and values a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. Bringing together people with a variety of personal, educational, and professional experiences strengthens our understanding of the learners we serve, leads to better decisions, and enhances our mission impact. We encourage applicants who will enrich our workplace through their knowledge, skills, perspectives, and expertise.
By submitting this application, I certify that the information provided is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge. I understand that any false statement, misrepresentation, or omission may disqualify me from consideration or result in termination if discovered after employment begins. Candidates who receive an offer of employment will be required to provide professional references and successfully complete a background check and education verification as a condition of employment.
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