Diversity and Inclusion Fellowship
The Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA) seeks a Diversity and Inclusion Fellow. Working with APSIA staff, the fellow will assist in APSIA’s outreach to communities traditionally underrepresented in the field of international affairs.
Responsibilities:
o Assist in the execution of APSIA’s Diversity Forum programs, including but not limited to
o Participant recruitment
o Speaker recruitment
o Sponsor cultivation and stewardship
o Document preparation
o Event support.
o Research APSIA alumni from communities traditionally underrepresented in international affairs. Create social media, website, and other tools to share their stories.
o Identify opportunities to expand awareness of APSIA and its work within traditionally underrepresented communities.
o Assess APSIA’s work and the diversity of APSIA’s membership through background research and analysis.
Requirements
– Master’s (or higher) student at an APSIA member school.
– Experience working with multicultural communities, particularly in a US context. Understanding of diversity and inclusion in higher education strongly preferred.
– Experience with event planning and office management.
– Demonstrated excellence in oral and written communication skills in English. Additional language skills, particularly French or Korean, a strong plus.
– Demonstrated ability to multitask with minimal supervision required.
– Experience with MS-Office Suite. Canva, WordPress, MailChimp, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, social media scheduling tools (ex: Hootsuite), and related tools a plus. Basic HTML helpful.
– Eligibility to work in the United States.
Compensation: $15 / hour for 10-12 hours per week
Candidates do not need to be based in Washington DC, but – if not – must be available for regular check ins. The Fellow must be able to be present in Washington DC from July 10 – July 14, 2019 (inclusive). At a minimum, the fellow should be available for the Summer. APSIA would like to find candidates who will be available for a longer period of time.
To Apply: Interested candidates should send a resume and cover letter to Executive Director Carmen Mezzera at apsia AT apsia.org with the subject Diversity Fellowship_FamilyName. Please include your desired beginning and end dates in your cover letter. Please apply by April 12, 2019.
Education Data and Analysis Fellowship
The Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA) seeks an Education Data and Analysis Fellow. Working with APSIA staff, the fellow will collect information and provide statistical analysis. They will describe and forecast trends in data as related to APSIA member schools’ experiences.
Responsibilities:
o Develop and support 8+ surveys per year to collect APSIA members’ data
o Monitor results of each survey to ensure significant samples of responses
o Process and format results of each survey
o Confirm accuracy of responses provided to each survey
o Analyze results of each survey for trends
o Create reports on each survey’s results and trends
o Conduct comparative analyses with earlier APSIA data; clean up old data as needed
o Conduct comparative analyses with other organizations’ data
Requirements:
– Master’s (or higher) student at an APSIA member school.
– Experience conducting quantitative surveys, research, and analysis. Understanding of data collection in a higher education context strongly preferred.
– Experience in trends analysis and/or forecasting.
– Demonstrated ability to multitask with minimal supervision required.
– Familiarity with SurveyMonkey and similar information collection technologies.
– Eligibility to work in the United States.
Compensation: $16 / hour for 10 hours per week
Candidates do not need to be based in Washington DC, but – if not – must be available for regular check ins. At a minimum, the fellow should be available for a semester. APSIA would like to find candidates who will be available throughout the year.
To Apply: Interested candidates should send a resume and cover letter to Executive Director Carmen Mezzera at apsia AT apsia.org with the subject Data Fellowship_FamilyName. Please include your desired beginning and end dates in your cover letter. Please apply by April 12, 2019.
