Director, Adrienne Arsht National Security Resilience Initiative

ATLANTIC COUNCIL OF THE U S INC • DC

109d • $150,000 - $200,000

About The Position

The Adrienne Arsht National Security Resilience Initiative, housed within the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, works to advance resilience as a core tenet of US and allied national security policy and practice. The Initiative examines the sources of, and develops strategies for, enhancing individual, societal, and global resilience to help the United States and its allies and partners better prepare for, navigate, and adapt to an increasingly complex global threat environment. The Initiative examines key policy domains integral to national security resilience, such as individual and psychological resilience, homeland security, critical infrastructure resilience, societal readiness for crisis, and more. The Initiative serves to directly advance the Scowcroft Center’s core mission by developing sustainable, nonpartisan strategies to address the most important security challenges facing the United States and its allies and partners.

Requirements

• Master’s degree and at least 8-10 years of work experience in a relevant field.
• Relevant work experience, preferably in risk and/or resilience planning and policy, across foreign policy/national security/defense, the private sector, government, and/or a non-governmental organization.
• Substantial high-level leadership and communication skills and effective at building non-partisan communities of influence around key strategic resilience and policy priorities.
• Extensive experience in project management and a proven track record of business development success.
• An entrepreneurial approach to problem-solving and project management.
• Superior writing/communication skills and outstanding interpersonal skills to work well with all levels of experience and influence, from interns to senior officials.
• Outstanding interpersonal and relationship management skills, including the ability to identify and work through challenges, underscored by strong judgment and emotional intelligence.
• Team player with a can-do attitude and a passion for our shared work as an organization.

Responsibilities

• Play a leading role in developing the intellectual content and policy frameworks that centrally advance the Adrienne Arsht National Security Resilience Initiative’s mission.
• Advance resilience programming through written work, events, and speaking opportunities within and outside the Council.
• Develop selected issues on which the director maintains a profile and is respected in the policy community for their thought leadership.
• Spearhead the design, development, and implementation of annual strategy and budget plans for the Initiative aimed at influencing policy and impacting the public debate on US and allied national security resilience.
• Advance this mission through public and private events, establishing task forces, and other innovative engagements.
• Manage a small team of staff, multiple projects, and high-level donor relationships simultaneously.
• Contribute programmatic ideas for the Initiative, helping to craft proposals for funding that can generate financial support for new and existing lines of effort.
• Build the Initiative’s funding base by sustaining current financial support and pursuing additional support from corporations, governments, international organizations, foundations, and individuals.
• Represent the Atlantic Council externally with the administration, Congress, the diplomatic community and foreign governments, donors, media, etc.
• Serve as a reliable and faithful steward of Initiative and Council funds.
• Oversee expenses and revenues, management of budgets and anticipated fundraising, and ensure program solvency.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision insurance
• Paid time off
• 403(b) plan
• FSA options
• Pet insurance
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility
• Wellness benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Master's degree