Gulf Education & Workforce Programs Associate

National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 74,000 - 92,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability coverage

Retirement and savings benefits

Paid holidays and paid personal leave

Transportation subsidies

Education assistance

Hybrid work environment

Job summary

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is seeking an Associate Program Officer to support GUIDE’s higher education and workforce development programs, including Gulf Scholars and related student initiatives. You will manage operations, partnerships, alumni engagement, and grant processes in collaboration with the Sr.

Program Officer. You will help develop career exploration and readiness activities for students, coordinate communications, and track program outcomes while

Qualifications

• Knowledge of grant and program administration, including grantee management and solicitation processes.
• Experience developing higher education student engagement across career exploration, readiness, and opportunities preferred.
• Strong project management, communication, presentation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Knowledge of program performance and participant outcome measurement.

Responsibilities

• Manages the day-to-day operations of assigned higher education and workforce development programs, student engagement opportunities, and related portfolio activities.
• Coordinates partnerships with higher education institutions, public agencies, professional societies, community organizations, employers, and other partners.
• Identifies and manages day-to-day alumni engagement needs and activities across GUIDE's higher education and workforce development portfolio, including communications, outreach, participation opportunities, relationship management, tracking, and connections with students, grantees, employers, and other partners, in consultation with the Sr. Program Officer for oversight and strategic alignment.
• Facilitates coordinated support for grantees, including onboarding, communications, convenings, peer learning, technical assistance logistics, and connections to relevant resources.
• Provides programmatic support to Program Officers for grantee management and solicitation processes, including communications, meetings, award and deliverable tracking, records, solicitation materials, applicant communications, review logistics, and selection documentation.
• Works with evaluation staff and/or consultants to assess assigned higher education and workforce development programs, career-focused student engagement, and grantee support activities.
• Coordinates administrative facets of programs/projects, including identifying workflow needs, developing procedures and recordkeeping systems, and ensuring activities are executed and tracked.
• Develops written materials and coordinates publication and dissemination activities. May edit reports, facilitate responses to review, engage external organizations, prepare dissemination materials, and conduct dissemination meetings.
• Compiles and summarizes information for documents and correspondence and creates and maintains program records and databases.
• Coordinates with communications staff to maintain web content and may prepare newsletters and other promotional materials.
• Collects, organizes, and maintains program and grantee data for reporting, evaluation, and portfolio planning.
• Identifies career roles and pathways for students in GUIDE's higher education programs and works with Sr. Program Officer, Program Officers, and partners to develop related engagement opportunities.

Skills

Grant administration

Student engagement

Project management

Communication

Stakeholder engagement

Program metrics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Master’s degree preferred

Job description

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is seeking an Associate Program Officer to support GUIDE’s higher education and workforce development programs, including Gulf Scholars and related student initiatives. You will manage operations, partnerships, alumni engagement, and grant processes in collaboration with the Sr.

Program Officer. You will help develop career exploration and readiness activities for students, coordinate communications, and track program outcomes while