Programs Assistant, MESA
The Middle East Studies Association is seeking a full-time Washington-DC-based employee reporting to the executive director of the Middle East Studies Association, which is headquartered at Georgetown University.
This position reports primarily to the Executive Director, though the candidate also supports other MESA staff as needed. This professional full-time position offers competitive compensation with benefits.
The Programs Assistant will assist in coordinating the association's Annual Meeting, an academic conference with 1,500-2,000 attendees over the span of one week, each fall, which requires extensive planning and coordination throughout the year. Other routine tasks could include communicating with both association members and external partners, updating MESA's online resources, administering MESA's social media, staffing some of MESA's committees, and assisting with other aspects of the association's administration as directed.</p>
The ideal candidate should be resourceful and collaborative within a small team, with proven organizational and communications skills, and the flexibility and ability to solve problems both independently and as part of a team as tasks require. Familiarity with Middle East studies or regional languages (such as Arabic, Armenian, Amazigh/Berber, French, Kurdish, Hebrew, Persian, or Turkish) is preferred, though not required.
MESA is a non-profit association that fosters the study of the Middle East and North Africa, promotes high standards of scholarship and teaching, and encourages public understanding of the region and its peoples through programs, publications and services that enhance education, further intellectual exchange, recognize professional distinction, and defend academic freedom in accordance with its status as a 501(c)(3) scientific, educational, literary, and charitable organization.
Programs Assistant Anticipated Duties
Programs Assistant Requirements
Position details
The starting salary is anticipated in a range of $49,000-54,000 annually, commensurate with experience. MESA offers a competitive benefits package including retirement contributions and insurance coverage.
The position is based in MESA's DC office 3700 O St. NW Suite 241, Washington DC 20057 (Georgetown University Center for Contemporary Arab Studies).
MESA is currently a hybrid workplace, with employees working physically in person in the office at least two days per week.
Applicant must be based in the Washington DC metropolitan area at the time of hiring.
Application Procedure:
To apply, please send a cover letter, a resume, and the contact information for three references in a combined PDF to pa@mesana.org
Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Review of applications is ongoing and will continue until the position is filled.
MESA is an equal-opportunity employer.
Programs Assistant, MESA
The Middle East Studies Association is seeking a full-time Washington-DC-based employee reporting to the executive director of the Middle East Studies Association, which is headquartered at Georgetown…
MESA offers a competitive benefits package including retirement contributions and insurance coverage.
MESA offers a competitive benefits package including retirement contributions and insurance coverage.
Familiarity with Middle East studies or regional languages (such as Arabic, Armenian, Amazigh/Berber, French, Kurdish, Hebrew, Persian, or Turkish) is preferred, though not required.
Familiarity with Middle East studies or regional languages (such as Arabic, Armenian, Amazigh/Berber, French, Kurdish, Hebrew, Persian, or Turkish) is preferred, though not required.
To apply, please send a cover letter, a resume, and the contact information for three references in a combined PDF to pa@mesana.org.
To apply, please send a cover letter, a resume, and the contact information for three references in a combined PDF to pa@mesana.org.