IREX is hiring a
Program Consultant

Summary

The job is for expert consultants to work remotely on various projects for the Mandela Washington Fellowship from November 2024 to December 2025. The consultant should have a bachelor's degree and at least five years of experience in project management and implementation, preferably in higher education, international education, or a related field.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in project management and implementation, preferably in higher education, international education, or a related field
• Strong writing and editing skillset
• Experience in participant management
• Strong interpersonal skills and experience developing professional relationships
• Knowledge and understanding of the Mandela Washington Fellowship strongly preferred
• Excellent written and spoken English is required

Responsibilities

• Complete all projects remotely (work from home), with the exception of potential in-person events and/or disability accommodations support as requested
• Implement discrete projects for the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders from November 2024 to December 2025

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in communications, including writing, copy editing, and materials composition and development
• Experience in digital media development, including video editing and captioning, graphic design, social media content creation and management, and online resource development
• Experience in monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL), including survey creation and administration, qualitative data collection, data cleaning and analysis, and data visualization
• Experience in event management and support, including but not limited to procuring vendors for large-scale events, managing large-volume printing and shipping, coordinating travel and lodging, and on-site coordination
• Planning and logistics management for disability accommodations, including procuring services, coordinating with participants and host institutions, and in-person support
• Congressional engagement and advocacy, including outreach to Member offices, meeting coordination, and supporting congressional material development and distribution
• Developing and/or revising leadership curricula and associated materials, preferably ones based on the CliftonStrengths methodology, including producing videos and/or providing live instruction
• Discrete operational project support, including data cleaning, vendor procurement and support, materials review, and/or data management
• Experience in video creation and editing, social media content creation, and graphic design preferred
• Experience in curriculum development; familiarity with the CliftonStrengths methodology and Gallup-Certified Strengths Coaches preferred
• Experience procuring and managing vendors preferred
• Experience managing large-scale logistics for 200 or more people preferred
• Experience in monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL), including designing surveys and needs assessments and data collection, cleaning, and coding preferred
• Software fluency in Canva, Adobe Creative Suite, Canvas, Alchemer, Salesforce, and/or PowerBI preferred