Anunțuri de Angajare

POSITION TYPE: part-time, 18 hours/week

EMPLOYMENT DURATION: 8 months, January 9, 2024, until August 31, 2024.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: December 25, 2023

PREFERRED START DATE: January 9, 2024

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Chisinau-based Program Assistant is responsible for overseas functions related to the SURE program and other office programs developed in partnership with the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Embassy, or other partners. This position reports to the Country Director in Chisinau and to SURE Program Coordinator, and works in conjunction with program managers in Washington, DC and the U.S. Embassy in Chisinau. The position is a limited-term, part-time position.

ABOUT SURE PROGRAM:

This project will encourage university students in Moldova, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia to promote social cohesion in communities where refugees from Ukraine reside and push back against anti-Ukraine/Ukrainian narratives online and offline. This project will increase public awareness about harmful disinformation spread by the Kremlin, its supporters inside and outside of Russia, and racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists (REMVEs) about refugees from Ukraine in the target countries and ensure that they can continue to live peacefully in these communities for as long as necessary.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Chisinau-based program assistant will support the SURE Program Coordinator based in Bucharest, Romania, in the coordination of the SURE Program. Main responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Coordinate participant recruitment (securing participants, attending students’ sessions, visits, interviews, informational meetings for students and teachers’, data tracking, and English-Polish translations).
• Prepare social media posts.
• Communicate with funders and partners.
• Data collection
• Logistical preparation of virtual and in-person events

• Preparing monthly financial reports.
• Preparing monthly budget requests.
• Contribute to the writing and editing of narrative reports, including data collection.
• Support arrangements for consultants, program staff and partners to travel to visit field-offices, including flights, visas, and accommodation.
• Assists with the planning of events such as visits by foreign delegations and conferences.
• Performs copying, filing, clerical, and other duties as assigned.
• In-country and outside country travelling.
• Delivering public presentations, including audio and video interviews.
• Other tasks connected to American Councils programs, as instructed by Country Director or SURE Program Coordinator.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelors in relevant field (business, international relations, management, etc.)
• Strong oral and written communication skills in English
• Propensity for strict attentiveness to details, deadlines, and maintaining files.
• Aptitude for working with numbers and spreadsheets.
• Ability to work independently while contributing to an overall team effort.
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills in a consultative environment.
• Proven interpersonal effectiveness in cross-cultural and long-distance work environments.

TO APPLY:

Please send your CV and Cover Letter to cflowers@americancouncils.org

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY:

American Councils is committed to taking affirmative steps to enhance employment opportunities for minorities, women, veterans, and people with disabilities, and strives to ensure that meaningful employment and promotional opportunities are maintained for everyone. American Councils’ commitment to equal employment opportunity is based not only on federal requirements, but also on a longstanding commitment to maintaining a diverse workforce reflective of the communities in which we operate.

PAY TRANSPARENCY NONDISCRIMINATION PROVISION:

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.