What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate Director, Freedom and Prosperity Center position at ATLANTIC COUNCIL OF THE U S INC?
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Description
The Freedom and Prosperity Center aims to increase the well-being of people everywhere and especially that of the poor and marginalized in developing countries through unbiased, data-based research on the relationship between prosperity and economic, political, and legal freedoms, in support of sound policy choices.
The project’s goals are both theoretical and practical: It aims to produce cutting-edge research regarding the preconditions for the best socio-economic outcomes for poor and marginalized people across the developing world. It aims to reach governments and legislatures, civil societies, NGOs, educators and other thought leaders, news outlets and other media, and individual people.
The Associate Director, Freedom & Prosperity, will be a key part of the team and will work closely with the Senior Director and Deputy Director of the Center in the Atlantic Council’s dynamic and entrepreneurial workplace culture. This position requires close and continuous collaboration with colleagues in other regional and functional centers across the Atlantic Council. The ideal candidate is a passionate and entrepreneurial self-starter who will work closely with the Senior Director and Deputy Director of the Center to help lead the Center’s strategy and broader community engagement.
Based in Washington DC, the Associate Director will help to implement the Center’s strategy and advance community outreach. This position will focus on ensuring that F&P’s work is well-structured and reaches policy stakeholders while consistently broadening our reach to a new community of global stakeholders. The ideal candidate will grow the F&P’s brand and increase awareness of the Center’s content and convenings.
Job responsibilities
Research and analytics (33%)
- Freedom and Prosperity Indexes. Active involvement in all aspects of the production of the indexes.
- Freedom and Prosperity Annual Report. Active involvement in all aspects of the production of the annual report.
- Building the Intellectual Foundation for the F&P Center. Help with the analytical work to establish the intellectual foundation of the Center’s message. This includes infographics, short-format publications, topic-specific reports, as well as Twitter and LinkedIn publications.
Program Management (66%)
- Implementing the F&P message. Work with partner organization to provide grants to promote the Freedom & Prosperity research and advance real-world impact across the developing world.
- Convenings. Help with every aspect of efforts to continue building out a community of influence through the convening of roundtables and public events.
- Communications. Help build the Center’s international media presence.
- A strategic planner. Help think long-term and make plans to reach our multi-year goals.
- Financial Management. Primary responsibility for financial reporting and budget preparation.
- Business Development. Key role in crafting funding proposals for existing and new lines of effort. Working with the Office of External Relations, help build out the funding base by helping to sustain current financial support and contributing to the pursuit of additional support from corporations, governments, international organizations, foundations, and individuals.
Qualifications
- Minimum of 4-6 years of relevant full-time work experience within government service, the private sector, non-governmental organizations, and/or academia.
- Master’s degree in Political Science, International Relations, Economics, History, or a comparable degree preferred. A bachelor’s degree with additional relevant experience will also be considered.
- Interest in development economics.
- Proven track record in managing multiple projects simultaneously and demonstrated experience in advancing goals.
- Superb interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to work collegially with others and with the highest standards of integrity.
- Superior written and oral communications skills and a desire to experiment in analytic and outreach methods.
- Self-starter who can balance multiple tasks in a fluid environment.
- Knowledge of programming, model building and/or regression analysis in statistical analysis programs (such as Stata, SAS, R or Python)
- U.S. citizen or permission to work in the United States.
Preferred but not required is experience or proven interest in:
- Communications, business development, or brand development; and
- Budgeting and tracking expenses.
