Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Manages and implements research projects, policy analyses and reports, and programmatic functions.
• Develops and justifies legislative proposals.
• Writes articles and drafts press releases related to OSTI activities and present and potential innovation opportunities.
• Collaborates with multiple partners, internal and external to the Department, to organize, plan and execute special initiatives and events such as conferences, workshops, task force meetings and pursuit of grant funding opportunities from external sources.

Qualifications:

• Committed to personal excellence and actively seeks out feedback from peers.
• Self-motivator and able to complete assignments on-time.
• Innovative and curious about new ways to enhance the employee experience.
• Stays current on changes in their own specialist area and seeks out learning opportunities to ensure knowledge is up to date.

Key Skills:

• Effective leadership, interpersonal and communication skills.
• The ability to command respect and to create a sense of community amongst the members of the project teams.
• Good knowledge of techniques for planning, monitoring and controlling programmes.