Advisor Support Services
Nonpartisan nonprofit policy initiative producing recommendations on U.S. competitiveness in AI and other emerging technologies.
Funding history
Investors
About Special Competitive Studies Project
Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP) is an Arlington, Virginia private operating foundation focused on how AI and emerging technologies affect U.S. national security, the economy, and society. It publishes policy work and operates programs, assessments, and convenings.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will manage a portfolio of Fellows, respond to routine inquiries, maintain case records, and provide support related to education, funding, benefits, and wellbeing. You will administer higher-education funding workflows, coordinate payments and benefits, support communications and events, maintain Airtable data, and escalate complex, safeguarding, or policy-sensitive matters.
Requirements
- Experience working with young people across global cultures
- Organizational, detail-management, and problem-solving skills
- Written and verbal communication skills
- Experience supporting financial administration, reporting, databases, and process improvement
- Experience using databases, project-management systems, Airtable, and Google Workspace
- Commitment to ethics, integrity, confidentiality, and safeguarding young people
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent education and relevant experience
- Willingness to work extended hours and potentially travel internationally
Responsibilities
- Manage an assigned portfolio of Fellows and provide routine support
- Conduct Fellow support and advising calls
- Escalate complex cases, funding exceptions, appeals, hardship needs, wellbeing concerns, and safeguarding matters
- Maintain safeguarding, privacy, data-protection, and documentation standards
- Support higher-education funding workflows, payments, and benefits administration
- Coordinate funding requests and payments with Fellows, universities, and partners
- Support Fellow communications and major virtual and in-person events
- Maintain Fellow, funding, and partner data in Airtable and other systems
- Maintain workflows and operational resources and identify recurring inefficiencies
Benefits
- Secondary education opportunities
- Technology package
- Rise Residential Summit
- College advising
- Higher education scholarships
- Additional convenings
- Funding