Director, Foreign Policy

Position description

Stand Together is a philanthropic community that helps America’s boldest changemakers tackle the root causes of our country’s biggest problems, from education to the economy, broken communities, and toxic division, among dozens of other pressing issues. We provide our partners with access to resources including funding, thought leadership, a network of peers, and a playbook for applying proven principles to transform lives and society.

NOTICE OF FILING OF APPLICATION UNDER THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR’S PERMANENT LABOR CERTIFICATION PROGRAM

Position: Director, Foreign Policy

Company: Stand Together Chamber of Commerce, Inc.

Location Arlington, VA

Salary: $179,629.00 per year.

How You Will Contribute
 

• Act as Team Lead overseeing daily operations of grant-owners, researchers, and project managers.
• Mentor and supervise, as needed, grant-owners, researchers, and project managers contributing to Stand Together Trust’s (STT) Foreign Policy portfolio.
• Collaborate with the leadership team to identify and pursue opportunities to improve the efficacy of STT’s capabilities and develop strategy and financial forecasts.
• Support direct reports growth and performance through application of Principles Based Management.
• Maintain strong knowledge of STT’s strategies and goals, including an up-to-date perspective on progress to goals. When compliant, collaborate with capabilities across the Stand Together community to maximize the impact of partnerships and grants.
• Ensure direct reports have access to resources that support compliance and honor donor intent and are incentivized to use them.
• Collaborate with leadership to develop and maintain a broad strategy for ensuring knowledge sharing and collaboration across STT’s portfolios and the Stand Together community.
• Continuously gain knowledge of the foreign policy landscape to inform strategy development.
• Solicit, analyze, and recommend partnerships that further STT’s vision for foreign policy. Strategically optimize and scale partnerships.
  

What You Will Bring
 

• Bachelor’s degree in Political Science, International Relations, Public Policy, or a related field and 6 years of experience developing strategic philanthropic investment strategies and reinforcing restraint-driven foreign policy. In lieu of a Bachelor’s degree, the employer will accept two (2) additional years of experience developing strategic philanthropic investment strategies and reinforcing restraint-driven foreign policy.
  

Must have six (6) years of experience in all of the following:
 

• Analyzing results of investments and activities resulting from partnerships with Foreign Policy experts and organizations;
• Coordinating with internal and external partners on strategy development related to restraint-driven foreign policy;
• Managing and forecasting an annual budget of at least $7M;
• Relaying an organizational point of view on foreign policy issues to media and other external audiences; and
• Developing and maintaining relationships with at least 5 external stakeholders/grantees who are: creating research and ideas, developing talent, or engaging in thought leaderships to inform national and international foreign policy debates;
  

Must have one (1) year of experience in all of the following:
 

• Managing a team of one or more direct reports who are maintaining relationships with at least 20 external stakeholders/grantees who are: creating research and ideas, developing talent, or engaging in thought leadership to inform national and international foreign policy debates.
• Telecommuting permitted up to 1 day per week.
• Domestic travel required up to 15%.
  

For complete job description, list of requirements, and to apply, visit https://careers.standtogether.org/ and search for Director, Foreign Policy.

This notice is provided as a result of the filing of an application for permanent alien labor certification for the relevant job opportunity, in compliance with 20 CFR 656.10(d). Any person may provide documentary evidence bearing on the application to the Certifying Officer of the U.S. Department of Labor holding jurisdiction over the location of the proposed employment. Contact information for this office can be found on the Internet at http://www.foreignlaborcert.doleta.gov/contacts.cfm#npc or by contacting:

U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration Office of Foreign Labor Certification 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Room N– 5311 Washington, DC 20210

Our Values: Working at Stand Together is different from many other organizations. Our culture is deeply rooted in Principle Based Management® (PBM®), a framework guided by the principles that drive human progress, such as dignity, openness, and bottom-up empowerment. PBM® empowers our employees to be entrepreneurial, to innovate, and to continually drive transformation.

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