Program Associate, Voyager Scholarship

🕒 September 22

🌽 Illinois – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote

💵 $59.8k - $74.7k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

🚫👨‍🎓 No degree required

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Obama Foundation

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

51 - 200 employees

Founded 2014

🤝 Non-profit

📚 Education

🌍 Social Impact

💰 $100M Grant on 2021-11

Non-profit • Education • Social Impact

Obama Foundation is a nonpartisan 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to inspiring, empowering, and connecting people to foster change in their communities and the world. The Foundation runs various programs aimed at developing the next generation of leaders and changemakers through initiatives like the My Brother’s Keeper Alliance and the Girls Opportunity Alliance. It is also working on the establishment of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, which will include a museum and gathering spaces to inspire civic engagement. The Foundation is committed to promoting pluralism, education, and leadership on a global scale, making a positive impact through its various projects and partnerships.

📋 Description

• Design and facilitate virtual and in-person programming for college student participants • Lead monthly virtual programming, including session design, scheduling, technology setup, external speaker and facilitator coordination, and participant communications • Serve as lead point of contact for a cohort of 100 Voyagers and track their engagement • Contribute to program design and curriculum using DMEL data and monitor higher-education trends • Provide individualized participant support, guidance, progress tracking, and weekly newsletters • Manage participant challenges in coordination with the Deputy Director • Support vendor selection, interviews, contracts, invoicing, budget reconciliation, onboarding, and partner management • Assist with Voyager recruitment, applications, selection, registration, and announcements • Manage cross-team workflows, event logistics, forms, contracts, travel, communications, scheduling, technology, and post-event logistics • Support event and on-site program facilitation and cohort community building • Contribute to evaluation materials, analyze impact data, create stakeholder readouts and visualizations, and capture impact stories • Perform other assigned duties • Report to the Deputy Director and collaborate with Associates, Senior Associate, and cross-functional teams

🎯 Requirements

• 2-3 years of experience designing curriculum and facilitating virtual and in-person leadership development or scholarship programs for young changemakers • Experience providing individualized student support and career guidance • Ability to facilitate spaces for students to build community and trusting relationships • Experience reviewing and scoring applications using equitable evaluation criteria and processes • Experience collecting, analyzing, and visualizing program metrics using DMEL frameworks • Project management and organizing skills • Experience working with multiple partners and collaborators • Experience managing multi-step operational workflows, vendor procurement, contracts, event planning, and basic budget reconciliation • Strong verbal and written communication skills • Team collaboration skills • Proficiency using digital media tools • Ability and willingness to work flexible hours, including monthly evening sessions • No educational credential is stated

🏖️ Benefits

• Insurance • Paid time off • Retirement benefits