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Project Manager, Digital Learning
at Kamehameha Schools Hawaii in Hawaii (Published at 25-06-2022)
Job Posting Title
Project Manager, Digital Learning
Employee Type
Regular
Recruiting Start Date
06-09-2022
Work Year
12
Job Exempt?
Yes
Recruiting End Date
Open Until Filled
Aloha mai! Mahalo for your interest in Kamehameha Schools. If you are looking for an opportunity to utilize your skills and talents and grow in your profession, while serving and strengthening our Native Hawaiian community, we would love to have you join our ?ohana!
As the largest independent school system in the United States, Kamehameha Schools currently serves over 6,900 haum?na (students) through three K-12 campuses on O?ahu, Hawai?i, and Maui, and 30 preschool sites statewide. With a mission to create boundless educational opportunities in perpetuity to improve the capability and well-being of people of Hawaiian ancestry, Kamehameha Schools also serves over 47,000 learners through community, outreach, and scholarship programs.
Kamehameha Schools? (KS) Enterprise Technology Division is seeking a Project Manager to support our KS Digital Learning program. This position will oversee the registration and tracking of learners to the KS Digital learning platform, establish and maintain relationships with education vendors; and work closely with KS Campuses, community program leads, and KS partner institutions to manage online learners who participate in KS Digital courses. Your contributions will help to create a highly personalized educational experience with increased choices, flexibility and support to help learners discover their personal potential to become local and global servant leaders.
Job Summary
Manages projects through planning and organizing. Utilizes project management strategies to plan and implement projects within the constraints of scope, cost, quality, time, and client expectation. Provides reports on progress and outcomes.
Essential Responsibilities
- Manages project planning and tracking, managing scope, activity, delivery, budget, and reporting to achieve KS' strategic goals. Emphasizes the implementation, system assessments, quantitative and qualitative information syntheses, business modeling, business case development with viable solutions generation, solution impact analyses, implementation roll-out and transition planning and/or execution, performance management, and generation of written analyses and report deliverables for the project completion. Executes and reports assigned initiatives.
- Builds, leads, and motivates project teams. Facilitates project team meetings to problem solve to resolution and successful outcomes. Keeps project team on task to meet project deadlines.
- Aligns and manages client expectations. Communicates to internal and external audiences the project timelines and progress.
- Oversees professional and peer development related to the planning and delivery of programs, projects, and organizational and technological change.
- Bachelor's in Education, Business Administration, Humanities or related fields.
- Minimum of 3 years project management or related experience.
- Demonstrated ability to methodically plan, execute and control moderate to high-risk/complex initiatives. Able to manage project scope, quality, cost and schedule to pre-determined constraints.
- Ability to manage and support leadership and staff through institutional changes associated with implemented projects.
- Ability to secure, coordinate, manage, and supervise internal and external (consultant/contractor) resources to achieve project objectives. Strong ability to lead and/or work in groups and teams to accomplish defined common goals and objectives.
- Strong analytical, problem solving, communication skills.
- Demonstrated consulting skills to include facilitation, negotiation and influence.
- Ability to use standard PC applications (word processing, spreadsheet, database, presentation, email/calendaring).
- Ability to deliver oral and written program reports to senior management.
- Ability to make tough decisions when necessary.
- Self-motivated and dedicated.
- Demonstrated knowledge of and/or skill in organizational competencies of accountability, change effectiveness, collaboration and teamwork, communication, Hawaiian cultural commitment, and innovation.
- Ability to travel to various locations, including neighbor islands to conduct business.
- Ability to work evening and weekend hours as required to meet goals and objectives.
- Project Management Professional certification (through the Project Management Institute).
- Knowledge and experience working in structured project environments.
- Experience in or familiar with Education, Endowment (real estate and financial investments) or Business operations such as Human Resources, Information Technology, Controller, Legal, and Communications
- Experience working in a consulting firm or environment directly servicing and supporting clients.
- Frequently sits, perform desk-based computer tasks and grasp light or fine manipulation, talk or hear.
- Occasionally stand and/or walk, write by hand, and lift and/or carry, push and/or pull objects that weigh up to 10 pounds.
- Rarely twist, bend, stoop, squat, kneel, crawl, climb, reach or work above shoulder, or grasp forcefully.
- This position involves traveling to various locations, including neighbor islands to conduct business.
- Work is conducted in an office environment and may require work to be conducted in non-standard workplaces.
- Work is typically conducted Monday through Friday at normal business hours but evening and weekend hours are often required to meet goals and objectives.