Job Announcement
Project Manager for Training, Education and Consultation (TECS)
Would you like to join a growing, compassionate team of people who share a vision for a brighter future? El Futuro is the leading provider of behavioral health treatment to Latino families in North Carolina. Our mission is to nurture stronger familias to live out their dreams.
El Futuro is currently hiring a full-time Project Manager for TECS. This position is responsible for the development, management, and coordination of projects aimed at helping expand behavioral health consultation, technical assistance and educational services for the Latino community in North Carolina and beyond. This position primarily supports projects related to the Advancing Latino Mental health Access (ALMA) programs along with other TECS departmental projects as assigned. This position is hybrid, mostly remote with one day a week in the Durham office. The work schedule may also include an occasional evening or weekend. The annual salary for this position starts at $54,000.00. El Futuro provides employer paid medical, dental, vision, life, short-term disability, and long-term disability; 403B matching; generous PTO and paid holidays; paid parental leave; and stipend and paid time off for professional development.
Key Functions: Advancing Latine Mental Health Project
- Manage program inquiries and referrals.
- Manage communication and logistics with partner sites and collaborators regarding services.
- Manage and renew any relevant Memoranda of Understanding and/or service contracts with community partners.
- Coordinate project meetings to ensure deliverables are on track.
- Managing program participant engagement through activities including registration, monitoring and adminstration of evaluation activities, among other tasks.
- Set meeting agendas and take minutes, sharing minutes with meeting attendees.
- Travel to partner sites as needed to provide technical assistance for program facilitation.
- Work in collaboration w/ team members to achieve programmatic goals.
- Communicate with partner sites about program delivery and logistics.
- Facilitate regular check-ins with El Futuro and program staff re: progress, challenges, and solutions.
- Track project outcomes and generate reports.
- Support Program Lead in preparing for consultations/trainings including creating promotional materials, developing surveys, creating/formatting/revising/editing presentation materials, and preparing handouts.
- Support project logistics and technology needs, including asynchronous learning opportunities and development of La Mesita/ALMA website to create accessible portal to promote Latine mental health information and tools.
- Track financial and budgeting data and prepare related financial reports.
La Academia
- Coordinate project meetings to ensure deliverables are on track.
- Set meeting agendas and take minutes, sharing minutes with meeting attendees.
- Work in collaboration with team members to achieve programmatic goals.
- Track project outcomes and generate reports.
- Manage participant registration and utlization of offered services.
- Update and track participant information.
- Contribute to program scheduling and coordianting efforts.
- Communcating regularly with participants about scheduled programming.
- Support project logistics and technology needs.
Training Education and Consultation Services Department Support
- Cross-train on Training Education and Consultation project manager tasks to ensure adequate program coverage.
- Work with other project managers and identified staff to coordinate and execute biannual conference/symposium activities.
General Responsibilities of El Futuro Staff:
- Participate actively in monthly All Staff Meetings.
- Contribute to a positive work environment by following through on tasks, taking initiative, working with the team, and identifying solutions.
- Play an active role in the continued development of El Futuro’s work via participation in fundraising and other agency-wide activities.
- Be a team player who is ready to support other duties as assigned, in consultation with your supervisor and priority tasks.
Qualifications and Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in communications, psychology, social work, management, or related field OR equivalent training and experience.
- Advanced computer skills including the use of Microsoft Programs (Excel, Powerpoint, etc), Google Executive Suite, Qualtrics, etc.- required
- Bilingual English-Spanish written and spoken language skills-required
- Flexible scheduling to accommodate evening/weekend program activities, required
- General knowledge of data gathering, storing, and management procedures.
- Ability to think strategically, to consider the potential impact of programmatic decisions, and to respond to diverse programmatic needs.
- Ability to effectively communicate with colleagues, leaders, and funders regarding program goals and outcomes.
- Strong organizational and time-management skills, including the ability to self-monitor program deliverables and outcomes.
- Detail-oriented.
- Experience working with video-conferencing platforms and online scheduling platforms.
- Strong, effective communication skills.
- Demonstrated enthusiasm about working as part of an interdisciplinary team.
- Team-oriented as well as self-motivated to meet goals.
- Committed to providing quality services for those interacting with El Futuro.
- Flexibility, creativity and a spirit of collaboration to address developing programmatic needs.
To apply, submit your cover letter and resume to hr@elfuturo-nc.org. El Futuro is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in its employment decisions on the basis of any protected category. El Futuro is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We believe we are most impactful when people with a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, and identities come together with common purpose. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.
Alvely Alcántara, LCSW
Rossy C. Garcia, MEd 
Katy Sims, MD 
Everardo Aviles, LCSW, LCAS (Eve)
As a medical anthropologist and social work researcher, Dr. Gulbas’ research embodies interdisciplinarity through the integration of applied theories of health and human development with qualitative and ethnographic methodologies. Her work seeks to understand how people—children, families, and providers—navigate complex sociocultural landscapes in the pursuit of mental health. Most of her work, to date, focuses attention on developing more robust interpretations of suicide risk. With funding from the National Institutes of Mental Health, this body of research has contributed to advancements in theoretical and empirical knowledge of the broader contexts within which youth suicide risk is situated. 
R. Gabriela Barajas-Gonzalez is a developmental psychologist and an assistant professor of Population Health at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Dr. Barajas-Gonzalez is the principal investigator of a study that examines the impact of immigration-related threat and stress on school communities. She earned a PhD in developmental psychology from Columbia University and hold a BA in human biology from Stanford University. Dr. Barajas-Gonzalez is the daughter of Mexican immigrants and a first gen college student.
Dr. Parra-Cardona is an Associate Professor in the Steve Hicks School of Social Work (SHSSW) at the University of Texas at Austin. At the SHSSW, he serves as Coordinator for Mexico and Latin American initiatives. He also serves as Area Director for Research at the UT Austin Latino Research Institute. Dr. Parra-Cardona’s program of research is focused on the cultural adaptation of evidence-based parenting interventions for low-income Latinx populations in the US and Latin America.
Bianka Reese, PhD, MSPH is a research scientist and program evaluator specializing in adolescent and young adult sexual and reproductive health. Her previous research in the experiences of Latinx LGBTQ+ youth stems from her work as the Research and Evaluation Manager at SHIFT NC (Sexual Initiatives For Teens), where she led largescale evaluations of multilevel, community-based sexual health promotion initiatives and research projects aimed at elevating the voices of diverse youth in North Carolina. Dr. Reese is currently the Senior Research Strategist at Creative Research Solutions, LLC, an award-winning national evaluation, research, and assessment firm.
Tania Connaughton-Espino, MPH is an independent researcher focused on adolescent and young adult sexual and reproductive health. Her interest in the experiences of Latinx LGBTQ+ youth stems from her previous work with SHIFT NC (Sexual Initiatives For Teens), where she led the training and evaluation department, conducted capacity-building workshops for youth serving professionals including on the topic of how to be more affirming of LGBTQ youth, and from her extensive experience working with the Latinx population in NC.
Maru Gonzalez, EdD is an Assistant Professor and Youth Development Specialist in the Department of Agricultural and Human Sciences at North Carolina State University. Her areas of inquiry include youth development with a focus on activism, social justice, and the experiences of LGBTQ+ young people across familial, school, and community contexts. 
Nayeli Y. Chavez-Dueñas, PhD
Hector Y. Adames, PsyD