Project Manager at IACP in Alexandria, Virginia

Job Description:

Salary: Up to $67,000, Commensurate with Experience

Cover Letter Required: Yes

Type: Non-Profit 501(c)(3)

Closing Date: Wednesday, January 8, 2025

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Are you looking to make a difference? When you work for the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), you don’t just make a living, you make a difference by shaping the future of the policing profession. Is it easy? No. Is it worthwhile? Absolutely.

The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) is the world’s largest and most influential professional association for police leaders. With more than 34,000 members in over 176 countries, the IACP is a recognized leader in global policing, committed to advancing safer communities through thoughtful, progressive police leadership. Since 1893, the association has been serving communities by speaking out on behalf of policing and advancing leadership and professionalism in policing worldwide.

Position Summary

 This position will broadly support IACP efforts, and specifically, support the following grant-funded initiative:

The Project Manager will be assigned to the Collaborative Reform Initiative Technical Assistance Center (CRI-TAC). The CRI-TAC provides quality, customizable technical assistance (TA) to state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies, enabling them to continue to enhance their organizational, public safety, crime reduction, and community policing effectiveness. The CRI-TAC is built around the philosophy that local involvement and accountability are important for ensuring that agencies can meet the needs and expectations of their communities and are prepared for the diverse challenges facing law enforcement today. Recognizing that assistance cannot be prescriptive in nature, CRI-TAC TA will be tailored to each agency, to provide effective solutions to meet unique community needs.

Job Responsibilities

Working with IACP staff, project partners, and stakeholders, the Project Manager(s) will:

• Manage all aspects of the project to ensure scope of work, promise deliverables, and time frames are met


• Develop, evaluate, revise, and update project materials such as publications, magazine content, online resources, curricula, training materials, guidebooks, educational handouts, timelines, membership / attendee acquisition pieces and fliers


• Develop and deliver in-person and/or online training and technical assistance


• Identify, prepare, support, evaluate and manage contracting and reimbursement processes for consultants, trainers, sub-recipient organizations, vendors and subject matter experts


• Identify key partners, agencies, and collaborators in the field; build and manage these partnerships


• Manage, lead, and grow staff members


• Build and sustain relationships with police leaders to enhance project work and understanding of the profession whom we serve


• Coordinate and conduct outreach to law enforcement agencies and criminal justice partners to promote participation in projects and events, gather information, and identify promising practices


• Facilitate meetings, trainings, group discussions, and other events attended by law enforcement, subject matter experts, and criminal justice partners


• Manage budget creation and development and support budget tracking and invoicing in accordance with IACP and federal guidelines


• Organize and track details of project-related meetings and events including expenditures, logistics, and programmatic information


• Maintain ongoing and effective communication with the project team, staff members, partners, and funding agencies


• Coordinate and conduct educational presentations about the program and its resources: represent the program at events and before relevant groups


• Other duties as assigned

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field + three (3) years of related job experience OR Master's degree + two (2) years of related job experience.


• Proficiency in Microsoft Office products (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and other relevant business software


• Equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Analytical skills to include ability to troubleshoot problems from multiple perspective


• Excellent writing, editing, and communication skills


• Strong penchant for collaboration and teamwork


• Critical thinking and decision-making skills


• Solid task prioritization, organization, and time management skills, and attention to detail


• Demonstrated skill in managing staff and projects


• Ability to create and manage a budget, accounting for and preserving project resources

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with and understanding of policing


• Experience with and knowledge of grant-funded efforts


• Experience in a non-profit organization, association, or criminal justice environment

Special Conditions and Work Environment

• Travel will be required based on job responsibilities


• These are grant-funded positions for which continuation funding will be sought


• Work takes place primarily in an office environment


• Light lifting, bending, and reaching may be required

Highlights of Employee Benefits

•  Medical HMO: Free for Employee and Family (Local Employees)


•  Vision: Free for Employee


•  Dental: Reasonable rates for Employee and Family


•  403B: IACP Match - up to 6% - after one year of employment

All interested candidates must submit a cover letter and resume

• The IACP only requires you to fill out the skills section and screening questions in the application, along with your resume and cover letter.


• Cover letters must contain the name of the position being applied for as well as the requisition number


• The IACP may consider applicants for positions other than those indicated


• Please note that applications received without the requested information will not be forwarded for review

The IACP is an equal opportunity employer. Federal law prohibits discrimination in employment practices on the basis of race, color, religious affiliation, national origin, sex, age, or disability.  No information requested on this application will be used for the purpose of excluding any applicant’s consideration for employment because of his or her race, color, religion, national origin, sex, or disability.

Public Health Compliance: 

IACP requires all employees, regardless of remote work status, to be vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19. As a prospective and/or new employee at the IACP, you will be required to comply with our vaccination policy, report your vaccination status, and provide proof of vaccination. Compliance with the policy does allow for exceptions, but those exceptions will only be granted in circumstances related to medical conditions or sincerely held religious beliefs.

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