Temporary Program Coordinator

Position Title: Temporary Program Coordinator, Issue Advocacy

Reports to: Manira Alva, VP Issue Advocacy

Organization: Vital Voices Global Partnership

Position Location: Washington, DC

Organization Description

Vital Voices Global Partnership is a leading international non-profit organization. We invest in women leaders who are tackling the world s greatest challenges from gender-based violence to the climate crisis, economic inequities, and more. We are venture catalysts, identifying leaders with a daring vision for change and partnering with them to make that vision a reality. What sets Vital Voices apart is that we make long-term, holistic investments in leaders with bold ideas for change — providing them connections, capacity, a network of their peers, financial support, and visibility for their work. We have provided early support for leaders who went on to become Nobel Peace Laureates, US Youth Poet Laureates, Prime Ministers, award winning innovators and breakthrough social entrepreneurs. Over the past 24 years, we have directly invested in more than 20,000 change-makers across 184 countries, who in turn have improved the lives of millions of people in their communities and countries.

Today, Vital Voices has a staff of nearly 80 headquartered in Washington, DC. We ve recently been working to dramatically scale our impact in accordance with our bold vision. In early 2022, we opened the first ever Global Headquarters for Women s Leadership, a 30,000+ sq. ft. historic building just blocks from the White House on 16th Street. It is a hub of activity, events, and collaborations — bringing together women leaders and their allies to tackle the world s greatest challenges.

Mission

Vital Voices invests in women leaders taking on the world s greatest challenges and accelerates collective action towards an equitable and sustainable world.

Organizational Goals 2030

1. Scale our proven investment model from 20,000 to 50,000 women leaders - who together will positively impact the lives of one billion people.
2. Make a measurable impact on 1-2 of the greatest challenges as defined by the Vital Voices Global Network - proving the power of collective action.

Summary

The Temporary Program Coordinator will work directly under the supervision and guidance of the VP of Issue Advocacy to plan and coordinate the Global Climate Convening, a partnership between Vital Voices and The Rockefeller Foundation. This project will bring together women leaders working on the human impact of the climate emergency by giving them a virtual forum in which they will develop priorities, create individual advocacy plans, draw up an action plan for governments to better engage women in climate negotiations. This position will be responsible for coordinating event logistics, managing communications between participants and VV staff, creating event materials, scheduling transportation and serving as a primary point of contact for participants. This position is based in Washington, DC with the option of a hybrid work schedule. We are not accepting remote candidates at this time.

Additional responsibilities include:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Event Coordination: Support program and event planning and execution, including logistical preparations, technological support, participant tracking, and development of agendas, content, and materials for in-person and virtual events for international settings.
• Communications: Serve as a primary point of contact for program participants and VV staff, share relevant event information, write email correspondence in adherence to the VV best practices, create one pagers and concept notes.
• Relationship Management: Identify and liaise with key stakeholders and partners. Maintain contact and relationships with organizations, individuals, and participants on VV s behalf.
• Reporting: Provide relevant updates and reports to internal staff, collaborate with MERL staff to assess program effectiveness.
• DE&I Commitment: Embrace and model the Vital Voices guiding principles, values, investment, and leadership models with the goal of supporting Vital Voices organization culture and success;
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor s degree in international relations or a related field, plus 2-4 years of relevant work experience required, OR Graduate degree in in international relations or a related field, plus 1 years of work experience REQUIRED;
• Strong demonstrated experience in global women s issues, refugee issues, and human rights;
• Excellent oral and written communications skills in English;
• Excellent oral and written communications in the English language;
• Ability to prioritize tasks, swiftly shift priorities, and work in a dynamic environment with tight deadlines
• Ability to work independently and as part of a dynamic team;
• Strong computer skills including MS Office applications (esp. Excel, Word, and PowerPoint), social networking tools, and database software (i.e., Salesforce).
• Experience working cross-functionally to support key objectives and to help team members

This position is a part-time, non-exempt position. If and when it is safe to travel, domestic and international travel up to 10% may be required for the position.

The starting salary range for this position is $59,635 $72,888 based on experience and ability to have broad impact early. The schedule for this role is as follows:

• November 20 hours per week
• Dec 1 through Dec 10 40 hours per week
• Dec 10 through March 31 20 hours per week

Vital Voices provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Vital Voices complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Vital Voices expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Vital Voices employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.

Staff may experience secondary trauma due to exposure to descriptive and/or graphic gender-based violence content in their work on the urgent assistance program. Vital Voices does not provide work visa sponsorship or relocation assistance for this position.

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Salary expectations

Applications will be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.