Senior Associate, Cross-Cutting, Safer Chemicals Project

The Pew Charitable Trusts • Washington, DC

8d • Hybrid

About The Position

Safer Chemicals Project Pew’s Safer Chemicals Project aims to measurably reduce Americans’ exposure to harmful endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). The project focuses on reducing exposure to the most harmful EDCs in use in the near-term, while laying the foundation for longer-term policy reform to prevent additional harmful EDCs from being introduced. The Safer Chemicals Project is a collaboration between Pew’s Environment and Government Performance portfolios. The Environment Portfolio focuses on science-based, nonpartisan, and sustainable solutions to help protect the planet and people. We work in partnership with governments, Indigenous rights holders, intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations, local stakeholders, scientists, and other researchers to advance public policy so that nature and communities can thrive. The Government Performance portfolio provides the nonpartisan research, solutions, and momentum decisionmakers need to ensure our institutions improve the health of people in the United States and enable them to successfully climb the economic ladder. Those goals are pursued through a wide range of the portfolio’s policy-focused projects (with explorations into new areas underway)—from ensuring states’ finances are prepared for future volatility, to unlocking gateways to mental health care, to addressing the nation’s lack of attainable housing. Position Overview The Senior Associate, Cross-Cutting, Safer Chemicals Project, is part of a team that provides multi-disciplinary support to Pew’s Safer Chemicals Project and helps to implement the strategies that achieve the team’s objectives. Reporting to the Senior Manager, the Senior Associate will support leadership in achieving goals and contribute to the effective day-to-day functioning of the project. Located in Pew’s Washington D.C. office, this position participates in Pew’s hybrid work program with core days in the office and the flexibility to telework the remaining days. Staff also enjoy four telework “flex weeks” per year.

Requirements

• Generally, four years of applicable experience, specifically in project management, operations, and/or events management.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Proven capacity to think strategically and creatively, juggle multiple priorities, adjust to changing circumstances, organize time efficiently, and remain attentive to details.
• Strong written and oral communication.
• Demonstrated experience working as part of a team, fostering consensus, and collaborating with diverse partners to advance pragmatic solutions.

Responsibilities

• Foster a work environment that inspires excellence, values impact, encourages transparency, builds mutual trust and respect, embraces and values diversity, and is collaborative, caring and compassionate.
• Ensure connectivity among adjacent workstreams (e.g., Science, Public Policy, Private Sector teams). Including managing the coordination of external stakeholder outreach, identifying areas of intersection that need coordination, etc.
• Provide basic project management support to adjacent workstreams as needed to ensure alignment and coordination.
• Manage and maintain budgets and track project expenditures and projections for specific initiatives.
• Work in conjunction with the Senior Manager to organize logistics and provide operational support for events and meetings.
• Prepare meeting materials, including PowerPoint presentations, agendas, leave-behinds and schedules, for internal and external audiences.
• Support the project’s internal Steering Committee meetings and deliberations (e.g., schedule meetings, develop agenda, record outcomes).
• Serve as a buyer for project grants and contracts.
• Provide operational support to project leadership including assisting with the project’s response to requests from the Executive Office and Chief Program Officer.
• Participate in activities that support program and Pew-wide objectives.

Benefits

• comprehensive, affordable health care through medical, dental, and vision coverage
• financial security with life and disability insurance
• opportunities to save using health savings and flexible spending accounts
• retirement benefits to help prepare for the future
• work/life benefits to maintain a good balance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level