Project / Technical Assistance Manager, Future of Work & Innovation Economy Initiative

Job Description

Job Description

New America’s Future of Work & Innovation Economy (FOWIE) Initiative is seeking a  Project / Technical Assistance Manager to serve as the lead project manager for its Accelerator for Community Colleges in the Innovation Economy—a national technical assistance and community of practice initiative jointly launched with the U.S. National Science Foundation. The Accelerator supports community colleges in building their institutional capacity for STEM / emerging technology workforce development, as well as regional tech-based economic development partnerships. The Accelerator serves more than a dozen community college partners in the NSF’s Regional Innovation Engines–a historic federal program to support regional public-private teams in growing industries around emerging technologies– including the water economy, textile innovation, smart agriculture, regenerative medicine, clean energy capture and storage, chemical manufacturing, battery manufacturing, and beyond.

Technical assistance areas of focus on college initiatives to change institutional policies, practices, and infrastructure, ranging from improving partnerships with employers, non-profits, and universities; scaling apprenticeship and work-based learning opportunities; implementing online learning; enhancing and financing non-credit workforce offerings; improving colleges’ workforce data infrastructure; and fostering greater workforce partnerships with K-12 leaders, among other topics.

The Project / Technical Assistance Manager will support FOWIE’s Managing Director and a team in designing and delivering technical assistance services by helping colleges define and pursue a capacity-building project; researching and curating relevant tools, models, and best practices; sharing insights with colleges through memos and presentations; in-person and online peer learning; and 1-1 technical assistance consultative support.

Responsibilities :

• Core Duties (85%) : Technical Assistance & Community of Practice Management

1-1 Technical Assistance : In coordination with the Managing Director and team, support Accelerator colleges in advancing a capacity-building technical assistance project by serving as a project consultant, researcher, and lessons learned / impact documentation lead–helping colleges define their goals, navigate New America resources, external resources, and networking with from colleges across the cohort and field.

Monthly newsletter : Draft and coordinate the Accelerator’s Monthly Update newsletter, including each month’s web workshop agenda, announcements, a round-up of blogs and articles, funding opportunities, and other strategic opportunities that benefit colleges.

Qualifications : Candidates must be flexible, detail-oriented, and outcomes-driven technical assistance professionals who excel in collaborative team environments and can successfully guide complex projects to completion on a set timeline.

Compensation and Benefits :  This position is a full-time role with benefits. The annual salary will be between $ 90,000.00 – $100,000.00 , depending on experience.

New America offers a highly competitive benefits package that includes health care, dental, and vision coverage; a generous retirement plan; paid time off; observes all federal holidays; and an office-wide closure between Christmas and New Year’s Day.

Location : Hybrid (Two days in-person at New America DC office); Remote candidates, preferably in the Eastern and Central Time Zones, may also be considered

Application Process :

Please submit 1) A current resume, 2) a 1 to 2-page cover letter addressed to the hiring manager, Shalin Jyotishi, that describes your experiences providing technical assistance, examples of past experience with workforce development, and prior work with higher education institutions.

Include 3 professional references, including the reference’s full name, title, email, and your relationship to them. At least one reference must be a former full-time supervisor. References will only be contacted at the final interview stage. Only completed applications will be reviewed.

Please, no phone calls or emails. Due to the volume of applications received, New America's policy is to only contact candidates selected for interviews. However, all candidates interviewed will be contacted via email regarding the status of their application. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and priority will be given to applications received by COB October 17, 2025.

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Originality and Transparency :  At New America, we value authentic voices and intellectual property rights. All application materials, including cover letters, writing samples, and any other submissions, must be solely your own original work. The use of AI text generation tools like ChatGPT, language models, or other artificial intelligence writing assistants is strictly prohibited for any part of your job application. Submissions found to contain AI-generated content will be immediately disqualified from consideration. Applicants have a responsibility to be fully transparent about authorship and any tools or resources utilized. We celebrate human ingenuity and want to hear your genuine thoughts and experiences

New America is an equal-opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse workforce at all levels of the organization, thereby creating a culture that allows us to better serve our clientele, our employees, and our communities. We value and encourage the contributions of our employees and strive to create an environment where everyone can reach their full potential and drive outstanding results. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, gender identity or expression, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal law. This policy applies with regard to all aspects of one’s employment, including hiring, transfer, promotion, compensation, eligibility for benefits, and termination.  This is a bargaining unit position.

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