Education Product Manager Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Lynker Corporation is seeking to hire a qualified candidate to support a contract with NOAA Research Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (OER). These are full-time positions that may be performed on-site or remotely, with anticipated travel in support of meetings, workshops, and field activities. Hiring for these positions will be contingent on contract award. Lynker will be operating under its Propel joint venture, a NOAA ProTech Oceans 2.0 prime contract holder.  
This Contract is Contingent on Contract Award.

The contractor shall provide technical and administrative services for the creation, management, and refinement of educational materials and digital content. The contractor shall provide technical and administrative services for the development, implementation, and expansion of education and outreach strategies.

Duties of the Education/Outreach Product Development, Strategy, and Programmatic Growth Support will include the following:

• Content Management and Gap Analysis: Establishing, curating, and maintaining a storage management system for all historic and current education content; identifying gaps in current content and priorities for the development of new materials.
• Education Product Development: Planning, coordinating, and executing the development of education products—including coordinating the technical inputs of external partners—that meet contemporary classroom needs, standards, and instructional methods.
• Brand Identity and Graphic Design Services: Coordinating the development of a unique brand identity for NOAA Ocean Exploration for education products produced in print and shared online; performing the graphic design of new educational materials and performing technical reviews of the work of external partners.
• Translation and Evaluation Coordination: Executing education and outreach product translations, including consulting and coordinating with regional language and local dialect experts and performing technical reviews of work completed by external partners; identifying resource evaluation needs and coordinating the workflow of external evaluators in coordination with the COR and/or applicable TPOC(s).
• Education Strategy and Implementation: Executing education strategy development and implementation to advance the NOAA Ocean Exploration and NOAA Education Strategic Plans; analyzing the education landscape and educator needs; performing evaluation of current education product development, educator training, and ocean exploration education communication approaches; identifying gaps in current education offerings; and formulating novel promotion and outreach approaches to expand the reach and utility of NOAA Ocean Exploration education offerings.
• Promotion and Communications Strategy: Coordinating the development and execution of a promotion strategy for sharing NOAA Ocean Exploration expedition updates and discoveries, education products, and educator and student opportunities to a national educator audience (and international where relevant) using communications tools such as, but not limited to email, social media, NOAA Ocean Exploration and Deep Ocean Education Project websites, conference presentations, and educator newsletters; providing prompt updates for the NOAA Ocean Exploration website as education products and educator opportunities arise; strategically growing the ocean education audience.
• Educational Outreach Material Development: Planning, developing, maintaining, and executing lists of educational outreach materials and needed supplies, and related activities to achieve NOAA Ocean Exploration outreach and engagement priorities; initiating and planning projects, including requirements and resourcing needs documents, that lead to innovative, new approaches to communicating information about ocean exploration to education-specific audiences.
• Expedition Education Coverage: Executing expedition education coverage through the implementation of modernized web-based approaches and the delivery of technical and administrative services for Ocean Exploration Education outreach events and presentations.

About Lynker

Lynker is a growing, employee owned business, specializing in professional, scientific and technical services. Our continually expanding team combines scientific expertise with mature, results-driven processes and tools to achieve technically sound, cost effective solutions in hydrology/water sciences, geospatial analysis, information technology, resource management, conservation, and management and business process improvement.

We focus on putting the right people in the right place to be effective. And having the right people is critical for success. Our streamlined organization enables and empowers our talented professionals to tackle our customers' scientific and technical priorities – creatively and effectively.

Lynker offers a team-oriented work environment, and the opportunity to work in a culture of exceptionally skilled professionals who embrace sound science and creative solutions. Lynker's benefits include the following:

• Comprehensive healthcare for the employee at no monthly cost
• Healthcare benefit covers medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision
• Personal Time Off (PTO) Policy plus paid holidays
• Highly competitive compensation plan regularly calibrated against industry and location benchmarks
• 401(k) retirement plan with company-matching
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) – we're all company owners!
• Flexible spending accounts
• Employee assistance program (EAP)
• Short- and long-term disability insurance
• Life and accident insurance
• Tuition assistance/Training/Workforce improvement reimbursement per year
• Spot bonuses for exceptional performance
• Annual Employee Recognition Awards with bonuses
• Employee Referral Program
• Free centralized, self-directed Learning Management System to learn at your own pace
• Personalized career growth plans for every employee

Lynker is an E-Verify employer.

Lynker is an equal opportunity employer and makes all employment decisions based on merit, qualifications, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other legally protected status under federal, state, or local laws.