Institute Associate, Sustainability Research Institute

• Help increase the flow of external funding to GW from federal, private, and individual funders to support research activities by monitoring funding announcements and communicating pertinent opportunities to the Institute Director and the communities. The Institute Associate will also provide support to researchers writing grants, for example by conducting research and literature reviews, developing and maintaining standard templates for inclusion in grants, preparing budgets, and compiling and submitting grants applications.
• Help build connections among faculty and non-academic partners to spark the development of new and interesting research questions and novel approaches to solving complex challenges. This process will include lunches, trainings, mentoring sessions, ignite talks, sandboxes, social events, and other activities. The Institute Associate will coordinate the logistics for these events, and regularly communicate with faculty, research community leaders, and others about events and other matters related to research and research opportunities.
• The Institute Associate will help coordinate and monitor seed grants awarded by the Institute to teams of promising researchers.

• Working with the Communications Director, the Institute Associate will help set up and maintain email, website, and social media communications to reach SRI's various audiences, including faculty and external partners. This includes building mailing lists and working with the Institute Director and the Alliance's Communications Director to develop content, as appropriate.

• Help build ties with businesses, NGOs, and community members outside of the university for the purpose of working with them on projects and amplifying the impact of GW's work.

• Help develop budgets for the Institute.
• Monitor the income and expenses for the Institute and its projects and assure timely payment.
• Manage grant budgets, expenses, reallocations, and sub-accounts.
• Take notes at various meetings and distribute succinct lists of follow-up steps.
• Monitor and submit expense reports for the Director as well as themselves.
• Hire student research assistants and monitor their timekeeping.
• Procure goods and services as needed.

Qualified candidates will hold a BA/BS in a related discipline. Degree must be conferred by the start date of the position.

• A background in one of the areas related to sustainability, either in the social or natural sciences, and a passion for furthering this work. The ability to understand and integrate across a wide range of sustainability-related topics is critical to being able to communicate effectively with faculty, students, and others from diverse disciplines and advance their work.
• Strong writing ability. This position will require extensive writing skills for effective communication, in multiple formats (e.g., grant proposals, reports, newsletters, business correspondence). The successful applicant will have the ability to write clearly, concisely, and in a style that is persuasive.
• Strong organizational skills. This position requires managing workflows, meetings, and events, coordinating activities of multiple research communities, foreseeing problems and managing conflicts, and otherwise helping to keep an active and growing program on track.
• Strong interpersonal skills and effective networking ability. A central requirement of this job is to aid the Director in building and maintaining strong networks which include faculty, students, staff, and members of the community.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively. The Institute structure will be horizontal and the Institute Associate must be a team player able to function in a small office where each person has unique responsibilities but close coordination is also essential.
• High level of attention to detail and the ability to master multiple software systems and processes. This position requires interfacing with multiple offices at GW, each of which uses software tailored to its purposes. The Institute Associate will also be expected to use common office software (Microsoft Office, Adobe, Canva).
• Experience in the academic, non-profit, governmental, or private sector is a strong plus as is administrative experience.
• Administrative experience. The position will help prepare and execute budgets, administer grants, and provide support for the Sustainability Research Institute and the Alliance as needed to ensure smooth and effective operations.

How is pay for new employees determined at GW?

The university is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer that does not unlawfully discriminate in any of its programs or activities on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or on any other basis prohibited by applicable law.