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The Center for Strategic and International Studies Research Assistant United States CSIS Jobs 2024
The Center for Strategic and International Studies looking for “Research Assistant”. Applicants with a Bachelor’s degree may apply on or before 13-Jul-24.
The The Center for Strategic and International Studies has published a job vacancy announcement on 28/06/2024 for qualified applicants to fill in the vacant post of Research Assistant to be based in Washington DC , United States. For more jobs, please visit https://unjoblink.org
Company Name: The Center for Strategic and International Studies
Job Title: Research Assistant
Duty Station: Washington DC , United States
Country: United States
Application Deadline: 13-Jul-24
Responsibilities:
Essential functions may include, but are not limited to the following:
The PCRA will be responsible for consistent engagement, coordination, and communication with a variety of stakeholders in organizations and governments in India and the United States and across CSIS projects. Responsibilities include:
• Provide administrative support to multiple projects: Currently, the projects focus on industrial energy efficiency, electric mobility, and renewable energy, though this can evolve over time as projects begin and conclude. This administrative support includes:
o Expand & maintain our connections with related Indian state-level policymakers in these areas. This will regularly require making phone calls/ video calls/ exchanging messages with officials outside of normal office hours to accommodate the time difference with India.
o Organizing workshops, virtual and in-person, between Indian state policymakers and U.S. counterparts. A few times per year, this includes managing international travel for small (6-10 person) delegations. This includes coordinating schedules for key participants, helping the Senior Fellow frame the agenda and think about potential speakers/ participants, and for in-person workshops- Venues, catering, and sometimes coordinating travel.
o Track state-level policies and research in India related to the projects the position covers.
• Budget Management: Serve as the primary budget manager for the program. CSIS maintains a larger picture of our accounts, but our team budget manager needs to be able to present more nuance/ updates/ and project future financial scenarios.
o New project budgets: This also includes serving as our primary contact for building new project budgets, and liaising with the CSIS finance team for this purpose.
• Contracting: This role will track the status of all new and renewing contracts with partners, and ensure these contracts are uploaded into our internal system once completed.
• Invoicing: This role will handle our preparation of invoices (a handful per year) as well as paying invoices we owe (3-4 per month) for consultants, research partners, and service providers.
• Expense Reports: This role with prepare and submit expense reports for at least one fellow.
• Research: Conduct research for team projects.
• Writing: Writing occasional articles, assisting with drafting longer team reports.
Requirements:
• Must have strong communication, interpersonal, and analytical skills. For our work with Indian states, phone calls – often during early or late hours—are crucial to ensure engagement. Emailing will not suffice.
• Computer and mobile phone / technology sufficient to work from home.
• Strong research skills.
• Experience with administrative tasks and attention to detail in all/ most of the following: budgeting, expense reporting, scheduling, and event logistics.
• Must be eligible to work in Washington, DC and commit at least 35 hours per week.
• Must have the ability to work independently with minimal oversight.
• Must be willing to travel to India approximately two times per year for project-related work, including travel to India’s state capitals.
• Must have demonstrated experience managing competing priorities and multiple projects under tight deadlines.
• Hindi language ability not, required but highly desirable.
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