Program Manager

About the Opportunity

Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) is a dynamic community of young leaders committed to developing innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges. CGI U is a unique opportunity to connect aspiring leaders with leading experts in business, technology, and social impact. Each year, thousands of undergraduate and graduate students from across the country and around the world apply to participate in CGI U’s year-round community of learning, leadership, and action — beginning with a global meeting where participants, topic experts, and high-profile innovators convene to support and learn from each other. Learn more here.

The Program Manager will support the planning and execution of the CGI U year-round program and manage speaker recruitment, engagement, and related programmatic processes for the CGI U platform. Working closely with the Director of Programs, this individual will identify priorities for speaker research, putting together CGI U sessions that feature a diverse coalition of global thought leaders and social innovators.

In addition to speaker recruitment and engagement, this person plays a role supporting content creation (including program memos and session descriptions) for the CGI U year-round program, and works to regularly share, solicit, and incorporate CGI U community feedback into programming.

Core Responsibilities

In this role you will work on:

Speaker Research

• Identify and research diverse CGI U speaker ideas for CGI U year-round programs.
• Organize and facilitate community brainstorming sessions to help inform program speakers, content, and format.

External Engagement

• Manage speaker recruitment and engagement processes which include maintaining a database of potential speakers that span a wide range of backgrounds and expertise areas
• Oversee vetting, drafting invitation language, extending, tracking, and following up on speaker invitations
• Act as the point of contact for speaker logistics-related information and support for in-person and virtual convenings, including travel and hotel accommodations processes and budget in lead up to annual meeting
• Draft, update and organize session briefings, speaker assets and information; and oversee on-site registration, virtual event arrangements and overall event execution.
• Input and track all speaker data and session information in the BBCRM database, online forms, event website, the speaker invitation tracker, or other tools and data management systems when necessary.

Internal Coordination

• Work across Foundation teams and initiatives to manage speaker invitation outreach and engagement
• Coordinate across internal teams in the lead up to events for speaker related assets, including working with Marketing and Communications to provide and review speaker information for press releases and the website.
• Work with production vendors and external partners to prepare event materials and provide necessary speaker information
• Work with the CGI U Director of Programs, broader CGI U team and event management and production teams to provide relevant program updates to the master production schedule
• Manage speaker logistics on-site and online during CGI U events, including delegating roles and responsibilities to additional volunteers or speaker support staff, and monitoring production logistics to enhance execution of event and a high-quality experience for speakers.

Content Creation Support

• Work closely with CGI U’s Director of Programs, draft content for CGI U programming, including program memos, session descriptions, moderator questions and webinars.
• Compile, format and prepare speaker briefing materials.

Project Management and Process Support

• Streamline and organize recordkeeping and speaker data base management and lead efforts to develop and create tools to receive, process and manage speaker requests across initiatives and entities.
• Work to create synergies across the CGI U team and with other Clinton Foundation initiatives.

Minimum Qualifications

What we’re looking for:

Minimum Required:

• Bachelor’s degree required, and/or a minimum of 6 years relevant work experience; including at least 2 years of general project/program management experience
• 2-3 years of direct experience in non-profits or event management and design preferred
• Project management experience
• Familiarity with high-level conferences and/or event management also preferred
• Proficiency in CRM software
• Experience creating written content and communicating to a diverse range of stakeholders
  
  

Compensation & Benefits

Our best estimate of the compensation range for this opportunity is $69 – 74K annually, depending on the experience you bring. This range is based on NYC market rates and may be adjusted if you will be working remotely.  We look forward to discussing our compensation pricing strategy, and your expectations, throughout the interview process. Please also note, the Clinton Foundation prides itself on offering a generous benefits package at little to no cost to employees -  take a look at our benefits page, so you can get a full picture of our total rewards offerings.

About the Clinton Foundation

Building on a lifetime of public service, President Clinton established the Clinton Foundation on the simple belief that everyone deserves a chance to succeed, everyone has a responsibility to act, and we all do better when we work together. For nearly two decades, that premise has energized the work of the Foundation in overcoming complex challenges and improving the lives of people across the United States and around the world.

As an operating foundation, we work on issues directly or with strategic partners from the business, government, and nonprofit sectors to create economic opportunity, improve public health, and inspire civic engagement and service. Our programs are designed to make a real difference today while serving as proven models for tomorrow. The goal of every effort is to use available resources to get better results faster – at the lowest possible cost.

We firmly believe that when diverse groups of people bring resources together in the spirit of true cooperation, transformative ideas will emerge to drive life-changing action.

The Clinton Foundation is committed to public health and to the safety and wellbeing of our colleagues, visitors, and volunteers.  As such, we have adopted a policy requiring all employees whose positions require them to be on site to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or to meet the legal guidelines for an exemption.

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Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The Clinton Foundation maintains a strong policy of equal opportunity in employment. It is our objective to recruit, hire, and retain the most qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic or status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. Our equal employment philosophy applies to all aspects of employment, including recruitment, compensation, benefits, training, promotions, transfers, job benefits, and terminations.

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