Opportunity

​Program Manager

​With Leaders in Training (LIT)

​The Organization

In a sentence: LIT empowers first-generation college graduates from diverse backgrounds to be the next-generation of leaders who end systemic and structural inequities in every sector, in every community: redefining leadership.

The current landscape: Nevada ranks dead last in the percent of adults with Bachelor’s Degrees according to Lumina’s 2020 Stronger Nation Report. In our low-income communities, students have a greater chance of dropping out of high school than earning a college degree. LIT believes all students should have the opportunity to become first-generation college graduates or pursue a postsecondary education that helps them reach a destination that matters to them. We take an assets-based approach working with our parents and our community and we are the only grassroots community-based organization tackling college access, postsecondary persistence and diverse leadership in Las Vegas. In its 9th year, LIT is ready to expand to multiple center sites to support more students and families to have an equitable opportunity to succeed.

The Role

What you will Accomplish

  • scale

    LIT to co-develop, design, open and lead 2 additional LIT high school centers in targeted Clark County areas

  • develop

    High impact local and national partnerships to support and sustain LIT’s 2 new centers

  • lead

    The expansion of Postsecondary programs (college students and young professionals)

who should apply:

  • Non-profit Program Managers
  • For-profit Project Managers
  • Teachers and other educators
  • Project planners and implementers
  • Individuals looking for purpose, values-aligned work and/or experienced individuals returning from extended family leave or changing careers

When/Where/How Much:

Start Date:February 8, 2021

Location:Las Vegas

Salary Range:$45K-$55K + benefits

Position reports to:

The Program Manager will report to Executive Director Erica Mosca

Application Deadline:

​ January 24, 2021

Interested and Ready to Take New Steps?

What Stakeholders Say

students:

parents:

staff:"As first-generation college student myself, I know the struggle of navigating higher education when you don't have anyone to walk you through the process. This is why I work at LIT: to provide students with insight that I wish I would of had and to provide them answers to questions they might have regarding college." -Cynthia Romero, Part-time Program Manager