careers: Program Manager

The Program Manager (PM) is a full-time position designed to provide structure and support for all Caravanserai Project programs and coordinate with partner provider organizations. This is a new position specifically designed to “make the trains run on time” and increase our organization’s impact.

This position reports to the Chief Executive Officer. The staff work as a team, and everyone is expected to support each other and the role each member plays.  

As Covid retreats, the person in this position will need to be present in the Inland Empire for in-person meetings, conferences, staff meetings. This may include in-person classes and other sessions at University of California Riverside.   

Caravanserai Project (CP) is a hybrid social impact venture founded in 2016 whose goal is to identify, mobilize and energize mission-driven leaders and organizations, for profit and nonprofit alike. We support their entrepreneurial journeys of building sustainable, relevant, future-ready and system-change strategies. Our work focuses on the development and implementation of accountability systems, supplying specialized skills and futures-thinking strategies and bringing together networks of individuals to help their ideas flourish, accelerate and change the world. In 2018, CP established SEED Lab Pre-accelerator for mission-driven start-ups in the Inland Empire region of California. Over the past 3 years, CP has developed a variety of programs to advance the work of mission-driven organizations and leaders through webinars, workshops, trainings, consulting and networking as part of a wider regional strategy. We are striving to strengthen local organizations, provide jet fuel to social impact leaders and weave a stronger fabric of mission-based work in the region. Please review the CP website for additional information www.caravanseraiproject.org.

The Role: 

• The role of the Program Manager combines both soft and explicit behavior and skills.

• The PM must aspire to have an impact and create positive change in the Inland Empire region of California and represent the values and mission of Caravanserai Project.   
• They must show respect, compassion, and appreciation of the diversity of every individual and community and advance a culture of support for others.
• They must be dedicated to: making Caravanserai Project’s programs effective and easy to access and use; and creating a community of belonging and support.