Hybrid Program Director – Foreign & Security Policy

at Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Washington, DC

• Job title: Program Director – Foreign & Security Policy
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $93,000 - $103,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Postgraduate Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Washington, United States

About the role

• Program Director for Foreign & Security Policy at Heinrich Böll Foundation. Overseeing strategic vision and program activities in a transatlantic context with a focus on security policy.

Responsibilities

• 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