The Pacific Council seeks to hire a Senior Programs Officer to oversee the day-to-day operations of the Pacific Council's Programs department. Reporting directly to the Pacific Council's executive team, the Sr. Programs Officer will oversee the Pacific Council's line-up of general programs, develop and implement new strategies and initiatives around programs, secure and administer program sponsorships, and manage the work of personnel in the Council's programs department. The Sr. Programs Officer will also administer the Pacific Council's international trips portfolio and oversee sustaining member programming.
The Sr. Programs Officer will work in close collaboration with other Pacific Council departments and individual/institutional stakeholders to make sure that the programming architecture supports membership and other strategic goals. The successful candidate will have a strong, combined academic and professional background in international affairs and management with the proven ability to oversee complex projects in a faced-paced and demanding atmosphere.
Key responsibilities:
General Programs: Programs Calendar & Speaker Recruitment
- Oversee the Pacific Council's general programming calendar
- Develop and implement a refined speaker recruitment plan in collaboration with executive team
- Recruit prominent speakers from a myriad of backgrounds for speaking engagements in Los Angeles and other program opportunities
- Develop a long-term recruitment plan for prospective speakers characterized by regular, routine check-ins with speakers' offices
- Leverage the Pacific Council's Board, members, and institutional collaborators to bolster speaker recruitment
- Develop short, medium, and long-term programming plans that respond to breaking issues in international affairs
- Disseminate programming forecasts for internal and external audiences, including a monthly forecast to the Pacific Council's executive team
General Programs: Programs Administration & Agenda Forecasting
- Stay on the cutting edge of new developments in international affairs to serve as a key organizational agenda-setter
- Ensure that key issue areas are covered on a timely basis by assessing breaking/looming developments in the short, medium, and long-terms and developing appropriate programming
- Administer "named" programs series in collaboration with series' donors
- Develop and implement feedback mechanism to ensure that Pacific Council programming is adequately responding to the interests of our members
Content Generation & Other Programming
- Develop and implement innovative in-person and virtual programming formats to better deliver Pacific Council 'content' to core audiences
- Develop new linkages between in-person programs, teleconferences, virtual programming, written content and other specialized communications to foster a 'continuum of content'
- Refine and implement more robust teleconference portfolio characterized by regular calls times
- Develop new teleconference feature: the on-the-record '30-minute briefing' by key issue experts
- Develop an action plan to launch video conferences and live-streaming on the Pacific Council's website and/or social media sites
International Trips & Sustaining Member Programming
- Organized and facilitate international trips in collaboration with the executive team and programs staff
- Develop pre-trip agendas and build in-country itineraries
- Develop a strategic action plan for the Pacific Council's international trips portfolio, characterized by a 3-year plan for new trips
- Develop a strategic action plan for sustaining member programming
- Develop a 'scalable' model for sustaining member programming in close coordination with the development team
Fundraising/Sponsorship & Membership Support
- Develop and market new funding proposals for prospective programming and teleconference series, in collaboration with programs and development staff
- Secure one-off program sponsorships, including in-kind support, for regular programming
- In collaboration with the Membership department, develop and execute strategies in programs to increase the involvement of current members, strengthen member relationships, and recruit new members
- Initiate and develop new initiatives and outreach strategies to build sustainable, long-term relations/institutional collaborations with corporations and foundations
Programs Department Strategy and Operations
- Recruit and manage programs personnel in coordination with HR department
- Develop work plans, job responsibilities, and work calendars
- Provide developmental feedback to support professional growth
- Make recommendations for incentives and compensation to executive team
- Develop and manage Pacific Council's annual programs budget
- Forecast appropriate revenue and expense models for general programs, international trips, and sustaining member programs
- Refine and implement program operating and administrative policies
- Develop and implement further quality control measures to maintain a consistently high level of customer service to members
Qualifications and Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree strongly preferred.
- 5 - 7 years of relevant experience.
- Substantive background in international affairs, political science, or a related field with record of high academic achievement required.
MORE / LESSHOW TO APPLY
The Pacific Council is affiliated with the University of Southern California. YOU MUST UPLOAD YOUR COVER LETTER AND RESUME DIRECLTY ON USC'S WEBSITE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE POSITION.
Please apply for the position through the University of Southern California's jobs website,https://jobs.usc.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1325870930365. Please look for the internal job title "Sr. Programs Officer" with the requisition number 016219 under the Department "Pacific Council."
Due to a high volume of applications at the Pacific Council, only select candidates will be contacted direclty. No phone calls or direct solicitiations, please.
