Let’s Work Together!
Student Outreach & Engagement Manager
Application Timeline:
Applications close on: June 6, 2025
Interviews: June 9, 2025 - June 20, 2025
(interviews may be held on a rolling-basis once you submit your application)
Offers & Onboarding: June 21 - June 27, 2025
Kickoff Meeting: June 29th or June 30th
*Please watch this page for changes to application timeline & general job-related announcements.
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Project Prana Overview:
Project Prana Foundation (PPF), a registered 501(c)(3), was founded by Prof. Shriya Srinivasan (assistant professor, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences) to facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration and spur innovation from classroom to clinic. PPF uses an interdisciplinary approach to disrupt and rebuild global health systems through affordable, patient-centered innovations. Its two wings, Prana Innovation Institute and Prana Innovation Network, provide education/mentorship opportunities that facilitate innovations to reach clinical settings, respectively.
Project Prana Foundation now seeks to inspire young, aspiring innovators at early stages of their academic journeys.
Their programs offer hands-on healthcare innovation experiences to high school and undergraduate students to expose and inspire them to the world of opportunities and paths available in healthcare.
Our mission is to reshape how students engage with healthcare innovation by providing real-world project experience, expert mentorship, and meaningful impact opportunities. Project Prana is expanding their team in order to launch their new “Young Innovator” program.
Job Overview:
The Project Prana Foundation seeks a part-time volunteer Student Outreach & Engagement Manager to drive student recruitment and manage our weekend innovation programs. This role focuses on lead generation, event planning, and building educational partnerships for future engagements. This role provides a robust training opportunity in healthcare innovation, human-centered design thinking, program planning, and leadership. This will be a volunteer position; volunteers should be open to having team meetings over the weekend.
Requirements:
Experience in education-related settings, program management, or student services
Strong understanding of project-based learning methodologies
Experience working with high school or undergraduate students
Excellent organizational and communication skills
Ability to commit 8-10 hours per week
Available for weekly virtual team meetings
Comfortable with remote work and virtual collaboration tools
Passion for improving healthcare and learning experiences
Reliable, timely, and self sufficient.
Nice to Have:
Experience in healthcare education or innovation
Background in curriculum development
Experience with student mentorship programs
During your initial 6-month commitment, you will:
Develop and implement student onboarding processes
Create program evaluation metrics and feedback systems
Coordinate with US-university innovation spaces
Manage student applications and placements
Create and maintain student documentation
Build relationships with educational partners
Monitor and report on program effectiveness
Volunteer Benefits:
You will be provided a volunteer stipend based on your level of experience.
If the organization grows as predicted, you may transition into a full-time role in the future.