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Associate, Trade and Enterprise
Improving Economies for Stronger Communities (IESC) is a leading U.S. nonprofit organization that catalyzes private sector growth and creates economic opportunity for people and communities across the economically developing world. Since our founding in 1964, we have delivered lasting solutions across 139 countries.
IESC is a valued partner to people and communities throughout the economically developing world. We share proven business skills and experience with entrepreneurs, jobseekers, businesses, farmers, cooperatives, and governments. We also offer resources—human, technological, financial—that sustainably build capacity and empower communities. Our long legacy of strengthening developing economies is matched by our vision for the next generation: a world with economic opportunity for all, where people and communities thrive.
Our major funders today are the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), among others.
We are currently recruiting an Associate to support the Trade and Enterprise Practice Area. The Associate, Trade and Enterprise will support IESC’s implementation of the USDA-Food for Progress funded Agricultural Trade and Climate Smart Innovations (ATraCSI) project. The project operates in the Northern Triangle Region of Central America (El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras). The project focuses on implementing international and risk-based Sanitary and Phytosanitary Regulations (SPS) measures, implement measures under the existing World Trade Organization (WTO) Trade Facilitation Agreements (TFA), and assist in strengthening Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) through development and transfer of agriculture technologies that focus on effective, sustainable, and environmentally friendly use of agricultural resources, which focus on the high value horticulture value chains.?
The Associate, Trade and Enterprise will also support new business efforts. This position is based in the Washington, DC home office of IESC, reports to the Director, Trade and Enterprise and is a full-time (40 hours per week) position.
Duties and Responsibilities
Improving Economies for Stronger Communities (IESC) is a leading U.S. nonprofit organization that catalyzes private sector growth and creates economic opportunity for people and communities across the economically developing world. Since our founding in 1964, we have delivered lasting solutions across 139 countries.
IESC is a valued partner to people and communities throughout the economically developing world. We share proven business skills and experience with entrepreneurs, jobseekers, businesses, farmers, cooperatives, and governments. We also offer resources—human, technological, financial—that sustainably build capacity and empower communities. Our long legacy of strengthening developing economies is matched by our vision for the next generation: a world with economic opportunity for all, where people and communities thrive.
Our major funders today are the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), among others.
We are currently recruiting an Associate to support the Trade and Enterprise Practice Area. The Associate, Trade and Enterprise will support IESC’s implementation of the USDA-Food for Progress funded Agricultural Trade and Climate Smart Innovations (ATraCSI) project. The project operates in the Northern Triangle Region of Central America (El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras). The project focuses on implementing international and risk-based Sanitary and Phytosanitary Regulations (SPS) measures, implement measures under the existing World Trade Organization (WTO) Trade Facilitation Agreements (TFA), and assist in strengthening Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) through development and transfer of agriculture technologies that focus on effective, sustainable, and environmentally friendly use of agricultural resources, which focus on the high value horticulture value chains.?
The Associate, Trade and Enterprise will also support new business efforts. This position is based in the Washington, DC home office of IESC, reports to the Director, Trade and Enterprise and is a full-time (40 hours per week) position.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Provide support for day-to-day project operations.
- Support field office team with all operational and technical requests.
- Review and edit project reports and deliverables.
- Provide support for project sub partners and contracts, monitor monthly invoices and issue contract modifications, as necessary.
- Assist with startup and closeout activities for projects, which may include travel to field offices.
- Manage project documentation including reports, financials, and contact information and maintain files in SharePoint.
- Support the monitoring of project expenditures and projections.
- Review and reconcile monthly expense reports from the field offices and expense reports and ensure compliance with IESC policies and U.S. government and USDA regulations.
- Update and manage the recording of project property.
- Coordinate review and revision of project manuals on annual schedule.
- Support development and management of closeout plans.
- Attend industry events related to the subject matter or region of a project to network and learn information that could be valuable to project activities.
- Support new business efforts, including cost data collection, budget, and cost narrative development.
- Other tasks as assigned.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree with 1 to 2 years of related experience.
- Fluency in English and Spanish required.
- Previous international work experience preferred.
- Experience with financial and operational management.
- Self-starter, detail-oriented, thorough, and well organized with the ability to prioritize among competing requests.
- Effective communication skills and cross-cultural competency.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
IESC is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to achieving a diverse workforce in which all applicants and employees receive equal treatment regardless of their personal characteristics. IESC is committed to providing employment opportunities for all persons, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by law.
At IESC, we value a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace. We also encourage individuals who meet some but not all of the criteria and share IESC’s vision of creating economic opportunity through private sector growth to apply.
