Remote Senior Program Associate, Forestry and Natural Resource Management

Summary

Join a dynamic team at Winrock International as a Senior Program Associate for Forestry and Natural Resource Management. This role will provide operational, administrative, and technical support for projects related to natural resource management, biodiversity conservation, and climate change.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in international development, environmental science, natural resource management, forestry, climate change, economics or related field required
• Minimum two years of relevant experience in program coordination, administration, or logistical support
• Experience working on United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded programs preferred
• Demonstrated interest in international development via previous work/volunteer experience and/or academic coursework/research

Responsibilities

• Support home office management and administrative oversight of international projects, including contracts, cooperative agreements, and grants
• Review monthly financial reports and wire requests and provide feedback to Program Manager or Senior Program Manager and in-country staff
• Ensure documentation for project activities is complete, compliant with donor/client requirements, and properly filed on internal systems
• Maintain, and update project management trackers
• Draft subawards and procurement documents, as needed, and route them through Winrock’s approval process
• Oversee and report on work of subawardees and consultants, including technical and financial performance
• Copyedit, format and contribute to technical reports and deliverables
• Track budgets, obligations, and subawards, and flag issues for in-country staff and home office management
• Liaise with home office support units dedicated to procurement, finance, travel, or contract/award management to provide solutions and guidance to in-country staff
• Travel to developing countries to conduct training, oversight, monitoring, and relationship building
• Support new business proposals, working with multi-disciplinary teams from the programs, new business, and cost and pricing units
• Assist organizing and facilitating internal and external meetings, take minutes and ensure follow-up of decisions
• Regulate project filing system and ensure accuracy of auditable record
• Perform other tasks as assigned

Benefits

• Salary of $62,000 – $64,000
• Excellent benefits package including a 10% 403b annual contribution
• Excellent health care coverage
• PTO/holiday leave plans