Project Management Professional seeking Career Change

[jdlobb]

Currently looking to change careers, and hoping I can find something outdoors or overloading related, or at least adjacent.

I have over 13 years of project management experience in Finance and Technology, most recently managing firm-wide regulatory reporting changes and issue management.

I have a bachelors degree in International Business (B.S) and a masters degree in Non-Profit Management (M.S.), and have been a PMI-certified Project Management Professional (PMP) for over a decade.

In addition to my professional qualifications as a project manager, I also bring with me 10 years of experience as a firefighter. In the last 2 years I also went back to school and got licensed as a Paramedic (NREMT-P), primarily for volunteer work and my own desire to improve and learn more, while getting back to my emergency services roots I cam from so many years ago. From here, I intend to continue getting training and experience in remote emergency medicine.

I suppose I'm more interested in changing industries, rather than changing careers. I would love to bring my years of project management and change management to a firm involved in the outdoors lifestyle or vehicle-based expeditions for humanitarian or scientific purposes.

Currently based out of Dallas, TX, but actively seeking to relocate elsewhere.

Please DM me if you are interested, or have any directional advice on companies that may be a fit, I can share a resume or my LinkedIn profile.

I am prepared to step into a less-senior role than I currently hold, in order to transition out of finance.

Thank you,
Jon

 

[AbleGuy]

To fill in the gaps before you find something more full-time, you could start your own nonprofit consulting business, doing grant research and grant writing, staff training, board, training and consulting, media campaign development, and strategic planning advice for nonprofits in the fields at your interested in.

And the networking this could create would also help to open doors for you.

I have done this kind of work for many years, to fill in the time gaps and fight the boredom created by my early retirement. It has been extremely satisfying to work with a big variety of good hearted people and organizations who are engaged in projects targeting community improvement and assistance.

Check out the Chronicle of Philanthropy for ideas and job postings.