International hotelier Conrad N. Hilton established the grantmaking foundation that bears his name in 1944 to help people living in poverty and experiencing disadvantage worldwide. Today, the work continues, concentrating on efforts to improve early childhood development outcomes, support older youth as they transition from foster care, ensure opportunity youth can access career pathways, prevent homelessness, identify solutions to safe-water access, help integrate refugees into society and lift the work of Catholic sisters. Additionally, following selection by an independent, international jury, the Foundation annually awards the $2.5 million Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize to an organization doing extraordinary work to reduce human suffering. The Foundation is one of the world’s largest, with assets recently growing to approximately $7.5 billion. It has awarded grants to date totaling more than $2 billion, $207 million worldwide in 2020. Please visit www.hiltonfoundation.org for more information.

ABOUT THE POSITION

The Program Associate will play a central role in coordinating the Catholic Sisters Initiative as a central part of the program team. The program Associate holds a variety of responsibilities related to research, analysis and coordination for programmatic and administrative support to their respective program teams, and act as a liaison between program staff, grantees and external consultants. S/he will provide support for key operational areas of the team, including: project tracking,financial and budget, communications and knowledge sharing, coordination of meetings and contribution to project reports, grant oversight, and planning. This position will also assist the team with general administration functions including the coordination of convenings.

This position will work closely with the Sr. Program Officer/Program Officer in the Catholic Sisters strategic initiative and as a member of the team, the Program Associate will participate in project and department-wide activities, meetings, conferences, etc. The Program Associate may need to travel internationally and domestically. S/he will participate in programming discussions, and will be conversant with the Foundation's approaches.

COMPENSATION

$66k - $86k

HOW TO APPLY

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The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation is an equal opportunity employer with values grounded in promoting equality and inclusion and embracing diversity.  We welcome qualified applicants of all races, colors, gender identities, sexual orientations, economic classes, ages, religions, national origins, and ability/disability statuses. Veterans and individuals with lived expertise are encouraged to apply. We respect and seek to empower every member of our Foundation community. We support and celebrate our collective array of cultures, backgrounds, perspectives, skills and experiences; fully realizing that such diversity is what makes our organization flourish and better enables us to fulfill our mission in the world.