Country: United States of America
Closing date: 10 Mar 2020
World Learning seeks a Program Associate to join the Global Networks team. Working with the Program Manager and Program Officer, the Program Associate will make logistical arrangements and provide administrative support for the team’s exchange programs, including the US Speaker Program and the Professional Fellows Programs. Responsibilities
- Arrange program logistics, specifically booking travel, ground transportation, hotels, meeting space, disbursement of per diem for the US Speaker ProgramDevelop prospective program calendars and itineraries and arrange professional appointments;
- Coordinate with contracted visa service company to arrange participants’ visas and passports as needed;
- Communicate with participants and the State Department on a daily basis to coordinate travel, obtain necessary documents, and provide required program information;
- Write, prepare and disburse necessary program materials;
- Assist with financial aspects of program arrangements, including per diem requests and receipts, checks for vendors, and invoices, ensuring that all financial transactions are executed in compliance with accounting and procurement procedures and requirements;
- Draft program announcements and program highlights;
- Prepare and maintain program files and databases;
- Author program reports and other writing assignments;
- Manage group travel when needed; and
- Handle other tasks as assigned.
Requirements
We seek candidates with excellent attention to detail, who thrive in collaborative settings, and who are committed to international exchange. You should have:
- Eligibility to work in the U.S.;
- Bachelor’s Degree and related work experience in an office environment;
- Demonstrated accuracy, attention to detail, and organizational ability;
- Strong cross-cultural, communications and interpersonal skills;
- Be an energetic and strong team player;
- Have proven strong written skills, including ability to effectively summarize key points and address a diversity of professional subjects;
- Strong oral communication skills in English;
- Computer and Internet proficiency, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint and other web-based tools
- Professional experience with social media tools and platforms preferred;
- Experience with living/studying/working abroad preferred;
- Foreign language skills desirable;
- Fosters diverse, equitable and inclusive practices and challenges practices which may be exclusionary.
- Effectively copes with change; able to shift comfortably; decides and acts without having the total picture; comfortably handles risk and uncertainty. Demonstrates the ability to function in unstructured work environments and/or uncertain conditions; and
- Demonstrates a curiosity about World Learning as a whole, with the aim of being able to effectively represent the organization to external audiences commensurate with the position.
The World Learning Inc. Family
World Learning | worldlearning.org
World Learning works globally to enhance the capacity and commitment of individuals, institutions, and communities to create a more peaceful and just world through education, sustainable development, and exchange. Our programs advance leadership in more than 150 countries.
The Experiment in International Living | experiment.org
The Experiment in International Living is the most experienced provider of summer abroad programs for high school students. For more than 85 years, our immersive programs have allowed participants to explore the world in an authentic and impactful way, while developing enduring friendships through hands on cultural experiences and homestays. Students come away from The Experiment with invaluable cultural, interpersonal, leadership, language, and college-prep skills that help them thrive in diverse environments and careers.
SIT | sit.edu
School for International Training (SIT), founded more than 50 years ago as a training center for early Peace Corps volunteers, provides accredited undergraduate study abroad programs on all seven continents and global and low-residency master’s degrees focused on the world’s most pressing issues. Undergraduates on SIT Study Abroad programs engage deeply with a critical global issue—climate and the environment; development and inequality; global health; media, the arts, and social change; peace and human rights; or migration and identity—within specific cultural and geographical contexts. SIT Graduate Institute students get hands-on professional training in the fields of climate change and global sustainability, conflict transformation and peace and justice leadership, international education, sustainable development, and TESOL. All SIT programs are based on the experiential learning model and a commitment to social justice.
World Learning is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action/veterans/ADA employer, committed to increasing the diversity of its workforce.
How to apply:
Apply for Program Associate (Global Networks) using the link below:
https://workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default/mdf/recruitment/recruitment.html?cid=094b78b8-9c3e-4fc8-b833-5fcb05de82e2&ccId=19000101_000001&jobId=359417&lang=en_US&source=CC4