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About the Role

The Project Manager provides project-level leadership, subject-matter guidance, and technical assistance in support of policy initiatives. This role manages the day-to-day execution of one or more projects, contributes to program strategy development, and supports the delivery of high-quality resources for policymakers, practitioners, and partners.

Responsibilities

• Manage one or more projects, including planning, budgeting, risk and contract management, funder updates, timelines, deliverables, and staff coordination.
• Contribute significantly to the development and success of assigned projects.
• Solicit, facilitate, and lead new project ideas from team members in support of the project's overall strategic direction.
• Identify and leverage internal and external opportunities that advance project priorities.
• Conduct calls with assigned sites to identify and address technical assistance needs.
• Collaborate with Research/Data Science staff to support data analysis for local and state sites.
• Develop written products, including policy briefs, research memos, and presentations.
• Develop communications, including presentations, tools, briefs, reports, and other forms of technical assistance.
• Represent the organization through project-related communications.
• Supervise and develop the skills of direct reports, where applicable, and provide direction for other division staff.
• Provide task direction and support to staff in service of project deliverables.
• Identify, cultivate, and steward key project stakeholders and funders.
• Provide relevant project updates that support external relationship-building opportunities.
• Identify and engage new contacts in the field.
• Collaborate with partners to design or refine innovative initiatives.
• Participate fully in organizational project management and stakeholder engagement processes.
• Contribute to organizational initiatives, internal committees, or working groups.
• Ensure accuracy and quality for written products, tools, and presentations.
• Ensure project adherence to timelines, deliverables, documentation standards, and funder requirements.
• Support evaluation of project impact and contribute to refinements that enhance effectiveness.

Requirements

• Ability to supervise staff, clarify workloads, and develop skills in staff's professional development goals.
• Ability to engage, lead, and manage project teams to successfully deliver on project goals/deliverables.
• Ability to solicit, facilitate and lead new project ideas from team members in support of the project's overall strategic direction.
• Ability to identify and leverage other internal and external projects that advance their project priorities.
• Demonstrated success in developing strategic project plans that clarify project objectives, ensure alignment with organizational goals, applies the project's theory of change, and impacts the field.
• Demonstrated experience successfully managing large projects across multiple teams/divisions and external partners.
• Minimum 6 years of relevant work experience and/or equivalent educational achievements.
• Upload a cover letter.
• Upload a resume with a comprehensive list of related professional, internship, and volunteer experience with applicable dates.
• Upload a writing sample.
• Provide at least three professional references.

Skills

• Law enforcement and crisis response
• Community-led response
• Co-response
• Mobile crisis
• Courts
• Problem-solving courts
• Diversion programs
• Policies and programs for young people at risk of- or involved with- the juvenile justice system.

Location

• NYC metro area preferred
• Remote candidates will also be considered.

Work Type

• Hybrid
• Remote

Experience Level

• Minimum 6 years of relevant work experience and/or equivalent educational achievements

Salary/Compensations

• $84,400.00 - $125,000.00

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Retirement
• Paid time off
• PSLF eligibility

About the Company

• The Council of State Governments Justice Center helps leaders in every state design and implement solutions for complex justice system challenges and make communities safer and healthier.
• We deliver trusted data, practical strategies, and cross-systems collaboration to create second chances, reduce harm, and transform lives.
• We're focused on four strategic priorities: Using data to drive action, Strengthening crisis response and addressing violent crime, Turning billions in new behavioral health resources into improved outcomes, Growing the number of states committed to delivering reentry success by 2030.
• We have approximately 50 employees in states across the country who have decades of experience working in and with criminal, juvenile, and Tribal justice agencies.
• We have provided housing, mental health, and addiction services; served as educators and in workforce development agencies; and supported victims and survivors of crime.
• We have served governors, state legislators, and members of Congress on both sides of the political spectrum.
• What binds us together is a shared commitment to our mission; to one another; to a common set of values; and to the national, bipartisan advisory board that guides our work.

Equal Opportunity

• Equal Employment Opportunity Employer (veterans/people with disabilities).
• CSG participates in E-Verify.