Program Director Resume Examples

Margaret Adichie

(410) 555-0197 ◇ Baltimore, MD

margaret.adichie@example.com ◇ linkedin.com/in/margaret-adichie ◇ margaretadichie.com

Objective

Program director with 13 years in nonprofit program leadership, currently directing all programs for a youth and family services nonprofit with a $14M budget, 9 programs, 120 staff, and about 6,000 clients a year. Grew the program portfolio from $8M to $14M in 4 years through 11 new grants and 2 government contracts, raised the share of programs meeting outcome targets from 55% to 91%, and led an accreditation process completed with 0 required corrective actions. Built the outcomes measurement system used across all 9 programs. Leads programs by setting clear outcomes, funding them properly, and giving program managers the authority to run them.

Education

M.S.W. in Social Work, Management and Leadership Concentration, Chesapeake Crown University 2011 – 2013

Coursework in Nonprofit Management, Program Evaluation, Social Policy, Financial Management for Nonprofits, and Community Organising.

B.A. in Sociology and Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Patapsco Line University and Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners 2006 – 2010, LCSW 2016

Also completed a nonprofit executive leadership programme in 2021 and holds a Certified Nonprofit Professional credential earned in 2018.

Skills

Program Leadership

Multi-program portfolio strategy and oversight, program design and evidence-based model selection, outcome measurement and evaluation systems, quality improvement and accreditation, program budgeting and financial oversight, risk and compliance management

Funding and Partnerships

Grant strategy and proposal leadership, government contract negotiation and management, funder relationship management, community and agency partnerships, advocacy and policy engagement, board committee support

People Leadership

Leading through program managers, staff development and retention, clinical supervision oversight, organisational culture and equity, executive team collaboration, crisis leadership

Tools & Platforms

Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud, Apricot, Excel and Power BI, QuickBooks Nonprofit and Sage Intacct, Asana, Google Workspace, Microsoft Teams, grants management portals, Bloomerang

Experience

Program Director 01/2021 – Present

Chesapeake Crown Youth and Family Services Baltimore, MD

Direct all programs for a youth and family services nonprofit with a $14M budget, 9 programs, 120 staff, and about 6,000 clients a year, through 9 program managers, reporting to the chief executive officer.
Grew the program portfolio from $8M to $14M in 4 years through 11 new grants and 2 government contracts worth $9M, and raised the share of programs meeting outcome targets from 55% to 91%.
Led a national accreditation process across 9 programs completed with 0 required corrective actions, and cut program staff turnover from 34% to 16% through a supervision model and a compensation study.

Director of Family Programs 06/2016 – 12/2020

Patapsco Line Community Services Baltimore, MD

Directed 4 family support programs with a $4.5M budget and 40 staff serving about 2,000 families a year over 4.5 years.
Launched an evidence-based home visiting program that reached 400 families a year and passed a fidelity review with a 95% score.
Secured $3.2M in new funding including the organisation first federal grant.

Program Manager and Clinical Social Worker 08/2013 – 05/2016

Patapsco Line Community Services Baltimore, MD

Practised as a clinical social worker with a caseload of 30 families for 1 year, then managed a family counselling program of 8 staff for 2 years.
Raised program treatment completion from 58% to 77% and cut wait time for a first appointment from 5 weeks to 8 days.
Promoted to director of family programs after 33 months based on the counselling program results.

Projects

Outcomes Measurement System. Built an outcomes framework with 3 to 5 measurable outcomes per program across 9 programs, a shared data model in Salesforce, quarterly outcome reviews with each program manager, and a board dashboard, which raised the share of programs meeting targets from 55% to 91%, gave every funder report a common evidence base, and was cited by 3 funders as a reason for renewal.

Portfolio Growth Strategy. Led a growth strategy with a gap analysis of community needs, a grant pipeline of 30 opportunities a year, and 2 government contract pursuits requiring accreditation and cost reporting, which grew the portfolio from $8M to $14M in 4 years through 11 new grants and 2 contracts, and added 3 programs serving 1,800 additional clients a year.

Accreditation Programme. Led an 18-month accreditation process across 9 programs with a self-study covering 200 standards, a policy rewrite of 60 documents, staff training for 120 employees, and 3 mock site visits, which achieved accreditation with 0 required corrective actions and qualified the organisation for $4M in contracts requiring accredited status.

Extra-Curricular Activities

Board member of a state nonprofit association since 2022, chairing the program quality committee.
Adjunct instructor teaching a graduate nonprofit program management course of 20 students each fall.
Speaker at 4 nonprofit conferences on outcomes measurement and accreditation.

Leadership

Lead 120 staff through 9 program managers with a $14M budget, with 6 internal promotions to program manager since 2021.
Serve on the executive team and present program outcomes and strategy to the board program committee quarterly.
Represent the organisation with 14 funders and on 3 city and state advisory bodies.

Elias Brandvold

(202) 555-0143 ◇ Washington, DC

elias.brandvold@example.com ◇ linkedin.com/in/elias-brandvold ◇ eliasbrandvold.com

Objective

Program officer with 9 years in philanthropy and international development, currently a senior program officer at a private foundation managing a $28M annual grant portfolio of 45 grantees in education and workforce development across 6 countries. Sourced and structured 60 grants worth $110M over 5 years, raised the share of grants meeting milestone targets from 62% to 86% through a redesigned monitoring approach, and led a $12M multi-funder collaborative that pooled 4 foundations behind 1 strategy. Reviews about 200 proposals a year and visits 20 grantees a year in the field. Makes grants that grantees can actually deliver, and stays close enough to know when they cannot.

Education

M.P.P. in Public Policy, International Development, Potomac Crown University 2015 – 2017

Coursework in Development Economics, Program Evaluation, Philanthropy and Social Investment, Impact Measurement, and Policy Analysis.

B.A. in Economics and International Relations, Chesapeake Line University 2009 – 2013

Graduated with honours. Also completed a monitoring, evaluation, and learning certificate in 2019 and a foundation leadership programme in 2023. Working proficiency in Spanish and Portuguese.

Skills

Grantmaking

Portfolio strategy and pipeline development, proposal review and due diligence, grant structuring and milestone design, budget analysis, grant agreement negotiation, renewal and exit decisions, capacity building support

Monitoring and Learning

Monitoring, evaluation, and learning frameworks, site visits and grantee reporting review, theory of change development, evaluation commissioning and management, portfolio-level analysis, learning synthesis for trustees

Partnerships and Influence

Funder collaboratives and co-funding, grantee relationship management across cultures, government and multilateral engagement, board and trustee communication, convening design, field building

Tools & Platforms

Fluxx and Salesforce grants management, Excel and Power BI, Candid and Foundation Directory, DevResults, Google Workspace, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Airtable

Experience

Senior Program Officer, Education and Workforce 03/2021 – Present

Potomac Crown Foundation Washington, DC

Manage a $28M annual grant portfolio of 45 grantees in education and workforce development across 6 countries for a private foundation with $1.1B in assets, supervising 2 program associates.
Sourced and structured 60 grants worth $110M over 5 years from about 200 proposals reviewed a year, and raised the share of grants meeting milestone targets from 62% to 86% through a redesigned monitoring approach.
Led a $12M multi-funder collaborative pooling 4 foundations behind a single workforce strategy in 2 countries, reaching 40,000 young people in its first 2 years.

Program Officer 07/2017 – 02/2021

Chesapeake Line Global Fund Washington, DC

Managed a $9M annual portfolio of 25 education grantees in 4 countries over 3.75 years, with 35 field visits.
Designed a monitoring, evaluation, and learning framework adopted across the fund portfolio of 90 grants.
Commissioned 4 external evaluations that informed a $20M strategy renewal approved by the board.

Program Associate and Research Analyst 08/2013 – 06/2017

Chesapeake Line Global Fund Washington, DC

Supported 3 program officers with proposal analysis and grant monitoring on 60 grants over 4 years while completing a master of public policy.
Built the proposal scoring rubric on 8 criteria adopted across the fund and used on about 400 proposals a year.
Promoted to program officer after 4 years based on the scoring rubric and portfolio analysis work.

Projects

Multi-Funder Workforce Collaborative. Designed and led a collaborative pooling $12M from 4 foundations behind a single youth workforce strategy in 2 countries, with a shared theory of change, a joint governance committee, a pooled grant to 6 implementing organisations, and a common measurement framework, which reached 40,000 young people in 2 years with a 68% job placement rate and attracted a 5th funder in year 3.

Monitoring Redesign. Replaced annual narrative reporting across 45 grantees with milestone-based agreements, a 6-month check-in call, a light-touch data template, and an early-warning flag for at-risk grants, which raised the share of grants meeting milestone targets from 62% to 86%, cut grantee reporting time by about half, and enabled 8 mid-course grant adjustments.

Portfolio Strategy Renewal. Led a 9-month strategy renewal for the education and workforce portfolio with a landscape analysis of 120 organisations, 40 stakeholder interviews across 6 countries, and 4 external evaluations, which produced a 5-year strategy approved by trustees with a $140M commitment and a focus on 3 outcome areas.

Extra-Curricular Activities

Member of a grantmakers affinity group on education, co-chairing its learning committee since 2023.
Board member of a community foundation since 2021, serving on the grants committee.
Speaker at 3 philanthropy conferences on funder collaboratives and monitoring design.

Leadership

Supervise 2 program associates and lead the education and workforce portfolio team of 5 across 2 offices.
Present grant recommendations and portfolio results to the foundation trustees at 4 board meetings a year.
Chair the governance committee of a 5-funder collaborative and represent the foundation on 2 global education partnerships.

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