Job o' the Day: Project management skills needed in Oregon!
By Lauren Forbes
Oregon Consensus (OC) is seeking an experienced professional to fill a full-time Project Manager position. The position is in Oregon, but the region is flexible depending on the successful applicant. Starting date for the position is August 2, 2011.
Oregon Consensus (OC) is a national leader in collaborative governance and is Oregon’s official program for public policy collaboration. OC provides conflict assessment, consensus building, facilitation, mediation and other alternative dispute resolution services to public entities and their stakeholders throughout Oregon. OC is a program of the National Policy Consensus Center in Portland State University’s Hatfield School of Government. For additional information about OC, visit www.orconsensus.pdx.edu
This position is responsible for the following:
- Provide neutral assessment and mediation/facilitation of public policy collaboration projects
- Manage assigned projects and budgets, including supervision of multiple staff and contractors
- As needed, work on projects for other programs in the National Policy Consensus Center
- Incorporate student interns into assigned projects and mentor these interns
- Provide technical assistance and consultation to public bodies and their constituents in regard to the potential for collaboration
- Engage in entrepreneurial activities aimed at attracting potential projects
- Actively participate in staff meetings with the aim of contributing to a collaborative and supportive work environment
- Conduct (as part of a team) public policy collaboration training programs
- Develop agreements with funding sources for projects
- Support the ongoing development of project evaluation, data gathering and research
- Participate in academic scholarship related to the field of public policy collaboration
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