Program Manager

Hardwired Incorporated/Hardwired Global is accepting resumes for a program manager based in our Richmond, VA office, which will require international travel.

As a program manager, you will help facilitate Hardwired’s legal, educational and civil society programs internationally. You will support ongoing communication, logistics, planning, facilitation, follow-up with participants, and reporting on programs. In order to support field operations for international programs, particularly in the Middle East, Africa, and Eastern Europe, the position will require international travel to countries in which we have programs. This currently includes Iraq, South Sudan, Lebanon, and Kosovo.

A. Primary Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree related to the humanitarian field and/or international relations.
• At least three to five years of relevant junior or senior program management experience in multiple countries.
• Foreign travel experience related to program management.
• Financial program management experience on grant reporting on international programs and currencies.

B. Secondary Requirement

1. Technical Skills and Abilities:

• High level of agility to navigate diverse settings, people, and scheduling changes, including in conflict situations.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and with people from different language and cultures.
• Strong organizational, management, and planning skills.
• Creative or narrative writing skills, creative arts abilities
• Strong attention to detail.
• Demonstrated sound judgment in problem-solving and decision-making.
• Strong ability to manage time, multi-task, and meet tight and sometimes unpredictable deadlines.
• Must have strong analytical skills to analyze metrics and create reports at the Senior-Level

1. Personal Attributes and Characteristics:

• Commitment Hardwired Global’s mission in the field of religious freedom as a human right in alignment with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948 (UDHR), Article 18.
• Ability to maintain the highest degree of confidentiality and exhibit unquestionable integrity, honesty, and forthrightness.
• Exceptional tolerance of high ambiguity and ability to thrive in a constantly changing environment.
• Deep commitment to nonpartisanship and the mission of Hardwired Global.

1. Other Desired Qualities

• At least three years of experience in human rights, preferably related to religious freedom, highly desirable.
• Congressional and/or policy-making experience of at least two years a plus.
• Kurdish and Arabic language skills highly desired.
• Experience in the Middle East highly desired.

health insurance (supplemented), health savings plan, annual leave (12 days first year) plus federal holidays

English (first language)