NSF Project Program Manager

This position is fully in-person (not remote orhybrid)

Johnson

C. Smith University (JCSU) seeks a highly organized,collaborative, and results-oriented Program Manager to support the implementation of the NSF Award 2606101:
Implementation Project:

JCSU Bullprint Program, funded through the National Science Foundation's Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP). The NSF award supports a four-year project period from October 15, 2026 through September 30, 2030.
This is a grant funded position.

Reporting to the Principal Investigator (PI), the Program Manager will provide day-to-day operational leadership and coordination forthe JCSU Bullprint Program and will serve as a central point ofcoordination among project leadership, faculty, students,institutional offices, external partners, and other project stakeholders.

The Program Manager will be responsible for coordinating project activities and timelines; organizing the collection, management,and analysis of project data; facilitating student and facultyactivities; coordinating and managing Bullprint Learning Assistant training and related faculty-development activities; monitoring project milestones and deliverables; supporting grant-related financial and purchasing processes; maintaining project documentation; and assisting the PI and project leadership with required NSF reports and other grant deliverables.

The position requires an individual who can translate the project'sgoals and implementation plan into organized, measurable, andwell-documented operations while maintaining close coordination with the PI and project leadership.

• Coordinate the day-to-day implementation and administration ofthe JCSU Bullprint Program under the direction of the PI.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive project implementationcalendar incorporating activities, milestones, deliverables,reporting deadlines, meetings, training activities, and other grantcommitments.
• Track progress toward project objectives, milestones,performance indicators, and deliverables and provide regular status updates to the PI and project leadership.
• Coordinate project-team meetings, advisory meetings, facultyactivities, student activities, workshops, training sessions, andother grant-supported events.
• Prepare agendas, meeting materials, implementation updates,action-item logs, and follow-up documentation.
• Identify emerging implementation issues, scheduling conflicts,or barriers to meeting project milestones and elevate them to thePI with recommendations for resolution.
• Coordinate across University departments and offices to facilitate timely execution of project activities.
• Maintain organized and auditable project records, including implementation documentation, participation records, meetingrecords, deliverables, and supporting materials.
• Organize and coordinate the collection, maintenance,verification, and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data generated through the project.
• Maintain project-level data files and tracking systems necessary to monitor participation, implementation, outputs,milestones, and outcomes.
• Work collaboratively with the PI, project leadership,institutional research personnel, faculty, and project evaluatorsto ensure that required data are collected accurately and according to established timelines.
• Monitor project performance indicators and prepare periodicdashboards, summaries, and progress reports for project leadership.
• Coordinate data requests and documentation needed for formativeand summative evaluation activities.
• Support the use of evaluation findings and project data toinform continuous improvement and adjustments to implementation.
• Assist in maintaining documentation related to project outcomes, products, activities, and broader impacts for NSFreporting.
• Coordinate the implementation and ongoing management of the project's CITL Liaison training initiative .
• Work with project leadership to schedule training, workshops,meetings, and professional-development activities for participatingfaculty and liaisons.
• Coordinate participant communication, registration, attendance tracking, materials, evaluations, and follow-up activities.
• Maintain documentation of faculty participation,professional-development activities, deliverables, and implementation progress.
• Serve as an operational liaison among CITL Liaisons, project leadership, participating faculty, and appropriate University offices.
• Assist with identifying implementation needs and…