Program Associate- Washington, D.C.
Organization: RESOLVE
Job Title: Program Associate
Location: Washington, D.C.
Hours and Compensation: Full Time; Salary is commensurate with education and experience.
Benefits: RESOLVE offers excellent benefits, including: medical and dental insurance; retirement and education contributions; generous family, vacation, and sick leave; and long-term disability.
Application Deadline: Now accepting applications.
Posted on: March 22, 2012
Organization Overview
RESOLVE is an independent organization focused on building strong, enduring solutions to environmental, social, and health challenges. We help community, business, government, foundation, and NGO leaders get results and create lasting relationships through collaboration. We are based in Washington, DC and work on local, regional, national, and international projects. Our projects focus on healthy people and communities, clean air and water, resilient ecosystems, smart energy, sustainable development, and natural resource conflicts.
Description
RESOLVE, a non-profit organization in Washington, DC, is seeking a Program Associate. The Program Associate will assist in coordinating collaboration and consensus building activities. We are particularly interested in candidates who have experience and/or interest in endangered species, ecosystem management, large landscape-level planning, conservation, and restoration.
Responsibilities
- Serve as junior member of facilitation, mediation, and training teams. This includes interviewing stakeholders, drafting agendas, recording flip chart notes or taking notes in meetings, and writing meeting summaries and project reports.
- Manage logistics for meetings, including polling teams for meeting dates, reserving venues, communicating with participants, developing and managing project websites, and managing collaborative technology (e.g., Adobe Connect) for meetings.
- Work with organizational teams and partners to research issues, track collaborative opportunities, and write proposals.
Qualifications
Applicants must have a Bachelor’s degree (advanced degree a plus) and should have prior work experience relating to conflict resolution, public policy, or natural resource issues.
We are looking for an individual with demonstrated commitment to the conflict resolution field and knowledge, skills, personal characteristics, and referrals that attest to:
Knowledge
- Familiarity with neutrality, group dynamics, collaboration, and consensus building theories and practices
- Familiarity with public policy context and processes and the role of different groups in agenda setting, advocacy, and problem solving
- Understanding of science and technical information in environment and natural resources issues
Skills
- Excellent organizational skills and an ability to pay close attention to detail
- Excellent analytical, writing, and editing skills
- Proficiency with databases, spreadsheets, collaborative technology, and social media
- Ability to balance many projects and priorities simultaneously, while closely tracking and managing various project activities, timelines, and deliverables
- Ability to take initiative and work with teams to coordinate projects on scope and budget, with attention to highest quality and detail
- Excellent relationship skills such as listening, building trust, empathizing, developing rapport, and both giving and receiving constructive criticism
Personal Characteristics
- Intellectual curiosity and depth
- Energy, drive, and commitment to excellence
- Strong values and impeccable ethics
- Courage, confidence, and ease in front of groups
- Personal depth and self-awareness
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Self-motivation, self-discipline, and capacity to work with little supervision or structure
- Willingness to cope with an irregular work schedule, sometimes requiring evening and weekend work and travel
How to Apply:
Please go to: http://tbe.taleo.net/NA6/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=THEHRTEAM&cws=1&rid=186
Please do not send applications by e-mail, call or e-mail staff, or inquire about opportunities by phone.
