Siembra Nebraska Program Manager

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Omaha, NE, US

Salary Range: $67,000.00 To $67,000.00 Annually

The mission of the Latino Center of the Midlands (LCM) is to cultivate generations of engaged, thriving Latinos through educational foundations, workforce development, and leadership opportunities.

The Siembra Nebraska Program Manager provides strategic and operational leadership for LCM's Siembra Nebraska Internship Program. The Manager is responsible for program growth and quality, intern recruitment and placement, host-site development and accountability, staff supervision, professional and career-development programming, employer and educational partnerships, program outcomes, budget management, data quality, grant compliance, and continuous improvement.

The Manager leads a year-round strategy that prepares high school and college students for meaningful work-based learning opportunities aligned with their interests and career goals while developing professional skills, leadership, career readiness, and pathways to future employment, training, and education.

The Manager establishes annual program priorities and performance targets in collaboration with the COO and is accountable for monitoring results, addressing program challenges, and continuously improving the intern and host-site experience.

Passion for helping young people explore career pathways and develop professional and leadership skills.

Strong understanding of internships, workforce development, career exploration, and work-based learning.

Strategic and resourceful approach to developing opportunities for youth and addressing barriers to participation.

Strong relationship-building skills with employers, educational institutions, community organizations, students, and families.

Strong judgment, organization, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.

Collaborative and entrepreneurial approach to program development and growth.

Ability to manage a complex seasonal internship program while maintaining year-round recruitment, partnership development, planning, evaluation, and sustainability activities.

Strong multi-sector professional network or demonstrated ability to develop relationships across industries and career fields.

Develop and implement annual Siembra Nebraska goals, work plans, and performance targets in collaboration with the COO.

Monitor key performance indicators, including applications, intern selection, placements, internship completion, host-site participation and retention, professional development participation, participant satisfaction, host-site satisfaction, pre and post-internship outcomes.

Regularly review program performance with the COO, identify challenges or performance gaps, and develop and implement corrective strategies when established goals are not being met.

Lead year-round program planning, growth, evaluation, partnership development, and continuous improvement.

Establish operational priorities and make day-to-day program decisions related to program activities, intern matching, host-site coordination, staff assignments, schedules, and allocation of approved program resources within established organizational policies and budgets.

Lead the annual Siembra Nebraska internship cycle, including program planning, recruitment, applications, interviews, selection, matching, orientation, internship implementation, professional development, evaluation, and program closeout.

Establish annual timelines,…