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Job Title: Program Associate, Mellon Mays Programs Location of position: New York City Reporting relationship: Program Associate reports to Director, Mellon Mays Operations and Senior Program Officer Overview of ACLS Formed a century ago, the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is a nonprofit federation of 81 scholarly organizations. As the leading representative of American scholarship in the humanities and social sciences, ACLS’s core principle is that knowledge is a public good. As such, ACLS strives to promote the circulation of humanistic knowledge throughout society.
In addition to stewarding and representing its member organizations, ACLS employs its endowment and $34 million annual operating budget to support scholarship in the humanities and social sciences and to advocate for its central role in the twenty-first century. Program Scope Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship program and Mellon Mays Graduate and Professional Initiatives Emphasizing mentoring, research support, and student cohort building, the Mellon Mays programs partner with member colleges and universities to identify and support students of great promise and to help them become scholars and professionals of the highest distinction.
The Mellon Mays staff at ACLS are currently responsible for: Coordinating annual grantmaking, programming, and reporting from 50 colleges, universities, and consortia in the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship network Developing strategies for outreach to Mellon fellows to maximize engagement Designing programming that is responsive to the changing landscape of graduate education and Mellon Mays alumni needs that aligns with the mission and goals of ACLS Documenting and assessing the 35-year history of the program Job Summary This role supports the Mellon Mays Programs within the Intentional Design for an Equitable Academy (IDEA) unit.
Reporting to the Director of Mellon Mays Operations and Senior Program Officer, the Program Associate will support all administrative aspects of the Programs, including, but not limited to: the planning and organization of activities connected with these programs, maintenance and analysis of information and data, and the research and development of new programming. The program associate is often the first point of contact with program partners and communicates with current and past fellows on a range of subjects.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Assist with maintaining program-related database records and ACLS web-based portals, including those associated with applications, fellows, and colleges and universities Manage program calendar and track deadlines using project management software Process grant applications, track and analyze grant spending, and process payments for program-related activities Create and maintain records of convenings, including drafting and circulating meeting summaries and minutes of discussions Monitor program inbox and communicate with applicants, fellows…