Senior Advisor, Religion & Country Profiles (Intermittent) – SENIO002416-00001

Who We Are

Peace is our commitment. The United States Institute of Peace represents the American people’s shared values and commitment to peace worldwide. We know that Peace is Security – it advances both U.S. and international security by preventing, managing, and mitigating violent conflict.

We are an independent, non-partisan institution and are actively engaged with peacebuilding efforts worldwide. Together we tackle the most challenging problems and hold fast to the possibility of a more peaceful world. To learn more about USIP programs and job openings, go to https://www.usip.org/about/careers.

If you have a passion for making the world a better place and want to have a front-row seat on the world stage, USIP is the place for you.

JOB BRIEF

The Program Assistant (PA) will support the Youth, Peace and Security Program. The PA provides programmatic, administrative, and logistical support, including program coordination and scheduling, reporting, basic research and writing, and other duties as they arise. This position supports budget and contract management, implementation activities, events and travel logistics using USIP’s standard policies, procedures, and guidelines. The PA position is full-time, based in Washington DC, will report to the Acting Director of the Youth, Peace & Security Program, and is a member of the Center for Thematic Excellence.

CLOSING DATE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS 7/22/2024

TARGET SALARY

Grade 15 – $163,000- $169,000

The Institute uses the General Schedule salary tables for administering compensation. Offers are determined based upon candidate qualifications, related experience, internal equity, and the amount budgeted for the position.

Major Duties and Responsibilities

Advising & Thought Leadership:
* Support the Institute’s leadership in leading and promoting programmatic analysis and practice on RPACC by ensuring that the latest and most relevant knowledge, theories, research, and practices are available to leadership and staff.
* Contribute to scholarly and policy-oriented audiences through writing reports, articles, and/or books for USIP publication.
* Conduct briefings for both internal and external audiences, including Congressional and inter-agency leaders and staff.
* Provide technical assistance to policy makers, government practitioners, non-government organizations, and regional and international organizations in the U.S. and abroad.
* Research and develop new strategies, plans and practices for RPACC to enable more sustainable outcomes to USIP’s work.
* Support regional and functional units in identifying funding streams that secure resources for the RPACC Profile Series.

Representation and Communications:
* Meet with foreign delegations to provide information on USIP and the Institute’s religious engagement approaches, expand contacts and information-sharing, and explore potential collaboration.
* Convening on- and off-the-record roundtable discussions, study groups. and organizing, chairing and speaking at conferences.

Project Leadership
* Build out the RPACC series by commissioning new publications and finalizing publications in development.

* Implement a systematic strategy for dissemination and “launching” new publications.
* Develop a stakeholder survey of the utility of the series.
* Institutionalize a mechanism/process to review and update currently published RPACCs (especially for priority contexts).

Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications
* Advanced degree in internationally focused discipline (international relations, anthropology, political science, foreign affairs, etc.) required.
* Minimum of 15 years of progressively responsible experience in policy and program leadership, development programming, strategic planning, coordination support or change management preferably in an international organization.
* Excellent representation and communication skills (oral and written), including cross-cultural, media, interpersonal skills; proven ability to deal with counterparts from the lowest and highest political, social, cultural, and economic levels.
* Strong knowledge and understanding of religious, political, social and economic issues and dynamics required.
* Significant previous experience working on religion, conflict and/or peace.
* Demonstrable expertise in the field gender.
* Field experience in a non-western context is preferable.
* Strong program management skills and experience overseeing complex projects; and previous experience implementing adaptive programs in highly complex and dynamic environments.
* Demonstrable experience and ability to conduct high quality programmatic research.
* Ability to think strategically, and to effectively develop, communicate, and execute plans.
* Proven track record of drafting high quality proposals, reports, strategic notes and related documents.

HOW TO APPLY
To be considered for this position, please submit a complete application package consisting of:
1. Completed employment application
2. Cover letter
3. Resume

Note: Only those applicants that are selected for further discussions will be contacted.

USIP is an equal opportunity employer. USIP does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, political affiliation, marital status, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit-based factors.