Program Associate, Journalism and Media

The Stanley Center for Peace and Security has an exciting opening for a journalism and media program associate.

The program associate reports to the director of policy programming strategy and works as part of a two person team under the day-to-day direction of the senior program officer for journalism and media.

The program associate is a key part of developing and carrying out programs such as workshops, reporting fellowships, dialogues, reporting projects, and training in the United States and around the world in collaboration with partner organisations.

Primary Responsibilities

• Program Support: Because the design and implementation of programming is how the Stanley Center furthers their vision, mission, and goals, the program associate provides key support to their programming activities as part of a two-person team.
• External Networking and Relationship Maintenance: Because collaboration with other organisations is a key element of the Stanley Center’s work, the program associate is a part of networking and maintaining strong and supportive ties with key organisational partners, journalists, editors, and other media professionals.
• Learning: Because the Stanley Center has a learning process to help best understand the impact of the center’s programming, the program associate is expected to understand and contribute to that process.
• Team Contribution: Because the Stanley Center values teamwork and collaboration, they expect the program associate to use open, respectful, and inclusive communication and be part of creating a workplace with a sense of belonging.
• Other assigned or voluntary responsibilities. The program associate may be asked or voluntarily choose to be part of meetings, processes, or organisational committees focused on tasks outside of their primary responsibilities.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will possess:

• A bachelor’s degree—or equivalent combination of experience, education, and/or training—in journalism, media, mass communications, or a related field. Some coursework in international relations, political science, and/or foreign policy issues preferred.
• One to two years of project/program implementation experience, including a proven capacity to manage tasks, set daily work goals, and meet deadlines, and an interest in gaining new or additional knowledge of and experience with programming design and implementation.
• Practical experience interacting with journalists and media organisations and/or producing journalism or media content, and a demonstrated familiarity with a variety of news, media, and communications platforms.
• An interest in international policy and global challenges that cannot be solved by one country alone, particularly policy related to the center’s vision, mission, or areas of focus—climate change, nuclear weapons, and mass violence and atrocities.
• Excellent communication and active-listening skills, including the ability to present your own ideas and other information effectively and to provide and accept appropriate feedback.
• Highly effective organisational skills, including the ability to track details and manage multidirectional information flows across multiple ongoing activities and to plan, schedule, and organise everyday work in a way that allows for a high level of quality productivity.
• Proficient writing and analytical skills, including the ability to connect background research and ideas with their practical application in designing and implementing programming.
• Excellent collaborative skills in a team setting, including the ability to pursue shared goals, establish trust and maintain openness/transparency with others across the organisation, and adopt work habits that contribute to a positive work environment.
• Dynamic networking and relationship-cultivation-and-maintenance skills.
• Familiarity with technology and tools that are commonly used in today’s digital workspaces.

  Additional desirable traits include:

• Familiarity with utilising social media and other digital media and communications platforms.
• Exposure to international policy work and a broad understanding of how policy change is created.
• Ability to speak, read, and/or write in multiple languages.
• Study, travel, or living experience outside of the United States.

How to apply

The deadline for applications is December 3, 2024. To learn more and apply, please click here.