Position: Program Assistant: US-Japan NEXT Alliance Initiative

Organization: Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA

Location: Washington, DC

Job Listing: https://www.idealist.org/en/nonprofit-job/21b7600ed8884e4c86868746675119e1-program-assistant-us-japan-next-alliance-initiative-sasakawa-peace-foundation-usa-washington

Primary Responsibilities Include:

• Assist the Initiative’s Sr. Director (Jim Schoff) in planning and executing programs, projects, or events (includes management of outreach database)

•  Prepare not-for-attribution summaries of private roundtables and summaries of other relevant think tank events or legislative debates in both countries

•   Keep track of budgets and expenses for programs, projects, or events

•  Conduct preliminary/background research for/with the Sr. Director (with occasional co-authorship of published articles and reports with Sr. Director)

•  Prepare a short bi-monthly “Alliance Digest”: a US-Japan only news digest highlighting notable alliance news of the past two weeks and a near-term look ahead

•  Support to prepare outgoing grant proposals and reports

•  Organize and review incoming grant proposals and reports

•  Monitor social media and website content and coordinate with the relevant staff members to provide updates for posting