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Department: | ASCEND |
Location: | Washington, DC |
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The Aspen Institute
The Aspen Institute is a global nonprofit organization committed to realizing a free, just, and equitable society. Since its founding in 1949, the Institute has been driving change through dialogue, leadership, and action to help solve the most critical challenges facing communities in the United States and around the world. Headquartered in Washington, DC, the Institute has a campus in Aspen, Colorado, and an international network of partners.
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Ascend at the Aspen Institute is the national hub for breakthrough ideas and collaborations to build family economic prosperity and well-being. Ascend embraces a two-generation approach – focusing on children and the adults in their lives together - and is committed to centering gender, racial equity, and lived experiences in our work. We believe that early childhood learning and care, postsecondary education/employment pathways for parents, economic assets, social capital, and health and well-being are the core elements that enable families to achieve their full potential. Our work includes convenings, virtual and in-person; toolkit development; data collection; operational organization (outreach and scheduling); detailed notetaking and analysis; and presentations to practitioners, policymakers, and philanthropy.
The selected candidate will join a dynamic, entrepreneurial, high-performing team within the larger environment of the Aspen Institute in its Washington, DC, headquarters. This position’s focus is to ensure the successful implementation of our program, which is focused on a series of activities that deepen and advance two-generation (2Gen) solutions in key places (namely, 10-12 states, the District of Columbia; and LA County). This work is grounded in racial and gender equity, and family voice. She/he/they is a multi-talented, early-career professional with experience handling a wide range of logistics, operational, and research tasks; is creative and eager to learn on the job; and has extremely high standards for the quality of their work.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Research, Communications, and Program Support
Centralized Team Responsibilities
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The Program Coordinator is a critical position that will provide high-quality administrative, research, and outreach support to the field-building team, which includes the Managing Director, Associate Director for Network and Outreach, program manager, and a program associate. The position will report to the Associate Director for Network and Outreach.
All interested applicants must submit the following. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.
The Institute has implemented a mandatory COVID vaccination policy for all employees who will work at one of our physical locations, attend any of our in-person events or travel on behalf of the Institute. Staff unable to be vaccinated may request an exemption under certain circumstances.
The Aspen Institute is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all District and federal laws. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or protected veteran or disabled status and will not be discriminated against.
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