Program Associate

Responsibilities:

• Process and track payment requests, travel expense reports, narrative and financial reports, and other filings.
• Create and maintain a variety of program, financial, correspondence, and contract files in paper form and electronically.
• Prepare routine documents such as grant agreements, consultant contracts, reporting documents for grantees, etc.
• Coordinate international travel and local meeting logistics for CIPE staff, consultants and program participants.
• Develop and improve administrative management processes.
• Coordinate with programmatic teams to develop CIPE expertise on anti-corruption, to track anti-corruption programming, to develop innovative anti-corruption programs, to support the sharing of anti-corruption expertise.
• Maintain organizational development tools and content, and assist program staff in accessing relevant tools and content.
• Correspond via e-mail and phone with program partners, international organizations, and consultants to coordinate program activities, updates, events, and travel.
• Support writing, reviewing, editing, and preparing reports, cumulative assessments, programmatic proposals, blogs, articles, and other documents.
• Contribute to ACGC’s communications efforts.
• Collaborate with multiple departments to achieve programmatic goals, including Communications, Grants and Finance, Knowledge Management, and other teams.
• Adhere to appropriate office procedures, CIPE, NED, USAID, and other donor policies and procedures.
• Contribute to an organization-wide culture of innovation and high performance.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in one the following fields is required: International Relations, International Business, Economic Development, Finance, Political Science, or Public Policy.
• Candidate should have a minimum of two years’ of administrative experience and a demonstrated interest in international affairs, with an emphasis on anti-corruption and governance.
• Proficiency in MS-Office, Excel, WordPress and willingness to integrate new software programs into workflow.
• Strong writing abilities, critical thinking, and analytical skills.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Strong English writing and research skills.
• Ability to handle multiple, detail-oriented tasks simultaneously with limited supervision in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills in a multi-cultural environment.
• Good financial acumen and ability to develop, manage, and monitor project budgets.
• Fluency in a second language, especially Spanish, is preferred.