Website Development Project Manager, Philadelphia Youth Network

Posted by on April 19, 2010

[emailed 4/15/10]

Philadelphia Youth Network
Website Development Project Manager

BACKGROUND:

The Philadelphia Youth Network (PYN) is a non-profit organization established in 1999.  Over the past ten years, PYN has grown into a nationally-recognized intermediary for public and private investments targeted toward improving the educational and workforce development outcomes of Philadelphia’s youth.  The majority of PYN’s work is aligned with two city-wide initiatives: WorkReady Philadelphia, the citywide system of youth workforce programs founded in 2003, and Project U-Turn, a collaborative of leaders and stakeholders initiated in 2004 and designed to bring much-needed attention to the City’s dropout crisis and to develop strategies to resolve it. For additional information about these initiatives visit: http://www.pyninc.org.

In support of these initiatives, PYN has partnered with the Mayor’s Office of Education to design and implement the Graduation Coach Campaign which will be launched in September 2010. The Campaign strives to empower and engage as many adults in the community as possible to help Philadelphia’s youth stay on track to graduate from both high school and college.  The campaign will target adults already working on this issue (e.g. through formal mentoring programs or as staff of youth-serving programs), as well as adults who serve as informal or potential role models and supporters who can help deliver useful information to youth in their communities.  The ultimate goal of the Campaign is to ensure that these adults have access to resources that best prepare them to support youth. The main conduit to these resources and other pertinent information will be the Graduation Coach website. The development of the website along with other key components of the Campaign is supported by a grant from the United Way of Southeastern PA.

SCOPE OF WORK:
PYN is seeking an experienced Project Manager to facilitate the design and delivery of the Graduation Coaches Campaign website.  Specifically, the Project Manager will:

1.    Liaise between Graduation Coaches Planning Committee and Website Designer.
Duties include:  attending all Planning Committee meetings; communicating site drafts to Planning Committee; coordinating and synthesizing feedback and content from PYN, the Mayor’s Office of Education, and other partners; ensuring website is aligned with Planning Committee vision and needs

2.    Ensure on-time delivery of Graduation Campaign website.
Duties Include:  ensuring that Website Designer adheres to delivery timeline as prescribed by Planning Committee; present site drafts to Planning Committee in timely manner upon request

3.    Facilitate hand-off of site management to Graduation Coaches Coordinator.

Duties Include:  coordinating training of Graduation Coaches Coordinator on website functionality and maintenance
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

1.    Experience with projects and clients similar to the Graduation Coaches Campaign and PYN/MOE.
2.    Experience managing contracted website development and execution on behalf of a client.
3.    Ability to articulate website development process to clients not well-versed in web-related language and workflow
4.    Experience utilizing Project Management tools to plan, execute and control projects
5.    Experience with various size projects start to finish
6.    Ability to quickly understand, synthesize, and communicate client needs and feedback.
7.    Excellent verbal communication and presentation skills in a technical environment

Job Duration:  April 26, 2010 – June 30, 2010
Compensation:  $5,000

To apply:  Please submit a resume, two references, and a cover letter detailing the extent to which you meet the above qualifications to rfabiano@pyninc.org

Deadline to apply:  April 21, 2010