Project Manager - Us Based Contractor

• Contract to begin on or around June 1st and completed by February 29th, 2024 with the possibility of extension beyond the targeted completion date.
• Approximately 7-10 hours per week
• The position is US based remote, though a Twin Cities based contractor is preferable.
• We embrace diversity and equality in a serious way. We are committed to building a team with a variety of backgrounds, skills and views.. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.
• The hourly rate will range from $65-$85 per hour depending on qualifications and experience.
• Interviews will be conducted virtually on May 24, 25, and 26.

TerraLuna Collaborative (hereafter “TerraLuna”) is a cooperative consulting firm advancing people-centered learning to build a just and equitable world since 2012.

We foster learning with our clients through evaluation, research, and facilitation to improve programs, strengthen organizations and support systems change initiatives.

TerraLuna is a member-owned cooperative. Each member participates democratically in our workplace, having an equal voice in decisions about our vision and leadership. Our cooperative structure enables us to draw from diverse experiences and varied skill sets to foster and return learning to complex, sticky systems. TerraLuna has an overarching and steadfast commitment to our values in all our work.

Our values push us to show up as more than consultants but as people pursuing equity and justice.

• HUMILITY - We listen deeply, pursuing the answers to complex questions.
• RESPONSIBILITY - We hold ourselves accountable for our work.
• ACCESSIBILITY - We make participation easy and available for all.
• TRANSPARENCY - We are transparent with our words, actions, and intentions.
• INTEGRITY - We choose equity and justice over convenience and practicality.

The person in this contracted role will provide project management support for TerraLuna’s project with a large national health foundation. The project will start on June 1st and will be completed by February 29th, 2024.

Four TerraLuna Collaborative members will implement the project, and it has 2 broad objectives:

• Develop a 3-year plan for evaluating our client’s initiative to advance a new social contract in America that supports family and children's wellbeing.
• Support the client’s strategy for prioritizing how it can leverage and influence its resources to advance a new social contract.

The project is highly iterative. It has several deliverables and work streams. Each work stream and deliverable will inform the other.

• Planful and adaptive:
• Uses planning and management philosophies that incorporate both long-term planning, short term planning and intentional iteration to ensure the best possible project outcomes
• Uses diplomacy to sort through conflicts and tension
• High-level of emotional intelligence:
• Uses independent reasoning and counterfactual thinking (considers multiple perspectives and explanations) before forming a conclusion.
• Critical thinking:
• Skilled listener with collaborative skills
• Open-minded and strategic thinker

Team Meeting Support:

• Take meeting minutes, and make sure meeting minutes and records are available.
• Manage internal team meetings, supporting collaboration and efficiency.

Planning Support:

• Manage and adapt to-do lists, internal and external timelines, activities, and priorities as the project progresses.
• Support the team with ensuring our project plans are realistic, including enough cycles internal review and co-creation before they are complete.
• Proactively communicate across the team, keeping everyone on track.

Scheduling Support:

• Schedule meetings with the client and internal team meetings.

Leadership:

• Overall, hold self and team accountable to a standard aligned with TerraLuna’s ethos, norms, and values.

Communication:

• Manage and oversee project-related communications to the client.

Budget Management:

• Oversee and manage the project budget, invoicing, and monthly reports to the client in partnership with project leadership and TerraLuna’s Managing Director.

Other responsibilities:

• Identify areas for subject matter experts to play a role on the project
• Manage external contractors (copy editing and design)

• 5+ years of project management experience, including managing budgets over $500,000
• Equivalent work experience will be considered
• Experience in management consulting with nonprofits or philanthropy

Other Information

• All external communication will be used with a TerraLuna Collaborative email address.
• The contractor will be responsible for providing their own computer and software licenses for this work unless the software is unique to TerraLuna’s operating environment.
• TerraLuna will provide a TerraLuna Collaborative Google account.

• Please provide a one page letter of interest and a Resume/CV to [email protected]
• References will be requested from finalists after interviews