Non-profit Program Manager
Hunter’s Fund
Location: Remote; headquarters in McLean, Virginia
Schedule: Part-time, 20–30 hours per week to start, with potential to grow into a full-time leadership role
Pay: Starting at $20/hour, with higher compensation based on experience
Hunter’s Fund is looking for a thoughtful, organized, and mission-driven Program Manager to help guide the day-to-day work of our growing nonprofit.
This is a great role for someone who enjoys keeping projects moving, communicating clearly, supporting a team, and making sure important details do not fall through the cracks. The right person will be comfortable managing many moving parts and will care deeply about helping young people stay safe, pursue their ideas, and make a difference.
Hunter’s Fund is a McLean, Virginia-based 501(c)(3) non-profit founded in 2017 in memory of Hunter Watson. Our work honors Hunter’s life by helping young people pursue bold ideas through grants and mentorship, while also leading distracted-driving prevention efforts on college campuses. To date, Hunter’s Fund has supported more than 200 Safe Driving Weeks on colege campuses, helped more than 135 young people through grants, and inspired more than 100,000 students to pledge not to drive distracted.
In this role, you will help manage two of our signature programs: student-led Safe Driving Weeks and our grants program for promising young people with creative, entrepreneurial, and mission-driven ideas. You will also help keep our small staff and volunteer-driven team organized, connected, and moving forward.
What you’ll do
You will help with a wide range of program and organizational responsibilities, including:
- Managing day-to-day workflows, calendars, files, spreadsheets, and follow-up
- Coordinating campus Safe Driving Weeks with student volunteers, school partners, and related organizations
- Supporting tabling efforts, campus events and outreach connected to safe driving campaigns
- Helping manage the grants process, including applications, deadlines, applicant communication, review logistics, and winner follow-up
- Communicating with founders, staff, volunteers, board members, and outside partners
- Keeping records, program updates, and reporting materials organized
- Supporting newsletters, outreach, website updates, and other communications
- Assisting with online events, special projects, and other priorities as Hunter’s Fund grows
Required qualifications
We are looking for someone who brings:
- A bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
- The ability to manage projects independently in a remote work environment
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel
- Comfort using Google Docs, Google Sheets, or similar collaboration tools
- An interest in nonprofit work, youth empowerment, public safety, and mission-driven programs
Preferred qualifications
These are helpful, but not required:
- Experience working with a nonprofit, school, campus, youth, or community-based organization
- Experience coordinating programs, volunteers, student leaders, or events
- Experience working with student organizations, fraternities or sororities, or campus ambassador-style programs
- Familiarity with tools such as Slack, Trello, Mailchimp, Squarespace, Givebutter, Classy, Salesforce, Canva, Photoshop, QuickBooks, or basic video editing tools
- Comfort working in a Mac-based environment
- Experience with fundraising, donor communications, social media, and online events
What we offer
Hunter’s Fund offers:
- Flexible hours and remote work
- Vacation and sick leave
- A part-time schedule to start, with room to grow into a broader management or leadership role
- Mentorship from experienced nonprofit leaders and fundraisers
- The opportunity to help shape a growing organization with a meaningful mission and real impact
Why this role matters
This is an opportunity to join Hunter’s Fund at an important stage of growth. You will help strengthen programs that save lives, support young people, and carry forward Hunter’s legacy in practical and meaningful ways.
For someone who is organized, caring, dependable, and excited by mission-driven work, this role offers the chance to make a visible difference while helping build the systems and relationships that allow Hunter’s Fund to grow.
How to apply
Please submit your resume and a short note describing:
- Why Hunter’s Fund’s mission interests you
- One program, event, or project you have helped organize or manage
Hunter’s Fund welcomes applicants from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences. We are looking for someone who can help us serve young people well, work collaboratively, and move important work forward with professionalism, warmth, and care.
Pay: $20.00 - $30.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Flexible schedule
- Paid time off
Application Question(s):
- Why does Hunter’s Fund’s mission interests you?
- Please provide an example of one program, event, or project you have helped organize or manage.
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Work Location: Remote
