The Program Assistant will support several areas of activity across Lincoln’s programmatic work. It will range from ongoing support for: the Institute’s maturing climate change practice; climate resilience and migration initiatives; and networks like the Climigration Network and the Big City Planning Directors Institute to work on more discrete projects like Lincoln’s nascent green gentrification work and Consortium for Scenario Planning RFP. Projects will be assigned based on need and the Program Assistant’s experience and interests.
The Lincoln Institute has a strong commitment to practicing racial equity in both our internal and external work. We encourage individuals of all backgrounds to apply.
This is a full-time position at 37.5 hours/week located in Cambridge, MA, COVID permitting, reporting to the Director, Climate Strategies with a dotted line to the Associate Director, Planning Practice and Scenario Planning. Travel expectations up to approximately 5%.
What You’ll Do
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- In coordination and consultation with project managers, draft contract requests and work with the contracts team on contract execution; manage review processes for contract deliverables; and payment requests
- Assist in managing project financial accounts
- Plan events and coordinate with the events team on their execution, including drafting agendas and coordinating with speakers
- Edit working papers, policy guides, and other deliverable types, in collaboration with the publications and communications team as appropriate
- Post reports and other work products online and keep relevant portions of the website up to date
- Support program and network activities, including research, drafting materials to send to potential network members, and tracking contacts and their engagement with the network
- Research and support on projects as tasks arise
What You’ll Need
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- 1-3 years of relevant work experience
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- Demonstrable interest in climate change, city planning, and/or equity-focused policy
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Strong research, writing, and communication skills
- Comfort with Excel and Word and basic website maintenance
$53,000 - $57,000 a year
Compensation Overview
The salary market range for this role is $53K-$57K depending on level of education and years of experience.
Our Benefits
Benefits highlights include but are not limited to (a) 3x employer contribution towards retirement matching your employee contribution up to 15%, (b) health insurance, (c) dental insurance, (d) vision insurance, (e) 100% reimbursement of the health care deductible through a health reimbursement account, (f) short-term disability coverage, (g) long term disability coverage, (h) paid parental leave, (i) voluntary insurances such as accident insurance, (j) health care flexible spending, (k) dependent care flexible spending, (l) paid time off for holidays, vacation, personal, sick, bereavement, and jury duty, (m) office closure between December 24 – Jan 1 each calendar year, (n) flexible schedule and option for a compressed 4 day workweek, (o) tuition and staff development reimbursement, (p) pet insurance, and (q) Employee Assistance Program.
Our Values
We support a culture of forthright feedback, initiative, cooperation and teamwork, diversity, equity, and inclusion, and accepting responsibility.