About the role

  • Designs the strategic vision for the program’s goals and activities, in close coordination with the executive director
  • Organizes, coordinates and implements the program’s activities including conferences, workshops, publications, study tours, and visitor programs
  • Provides expert analysis to key partners and to the interested public
  • Undertakes policy research and writing, including for external publication
  • Identifies and builds partnerships in the US and Europe with relevant Heinrich Böll Foundation offices, US and European governmental and non-governmental institutions, and international organizations
  • Represents the program to the media
  • Manages the program’s website publications, including regular updates, preparation of reports, and other information
  • Manages program funds in close cooperation with the Finance Manager, including budget planning and expense monitoring
  • Conducts monitoring and evaluation for program activities

Requirements

  • Oral and written fluency in English
  • Relevant graduate degree
  • Relevant work and/or academic experience
  • Strong grasp of current foreign and security policy debates, particularly regarding the transatlantic relationship, NATO, and the EU and its neighborhood
  • Strong interest in issues of human security, feminist foreign policy, climate foreign policy, global justice and other approaches to foreign and security policy that go beyond a narrow focus on hard security
  • Strong critical/strategic thinking and excellent writing skills
  • Excellent organizational skills with attention to detail
  • Diplomatic and collaborative
  • Creative, self-directed, and responsible work attitude
  • Appreciation for working in international and culturally diverse teams
  • Sensitivity for issues of gender equality, racial justice, and intersectionality
  • Genuine interest in the values and mission of the green movement and the Heinrich Böll Foundation

Benefits

  • Insurance: vision, dental, and health insurance, including employer contribution to premiums
  • Short-term disability insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Flexible health spending account
  • 12 weeks of paid family/medical leave in line with the District of Columbia's Paid Family Leave regulations
  • Six weeks of paid prenatal leave for birthing parents
  • Up to additional three months of unpaid parental leave
  • 20 vacation days
  • Federal holidays
  • 10 sick days
  • 401(k) with a 6% employer match
  • Pre-tax commuter benefits
  • Paid time off and small annual stipend for professional development opportunities

Job title

Program Director – Foreign & Security Policy

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

$93,000 - $103,000 per year

Degree requirement

Postgraduate Degree

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