PROGRAM ASSOCIATE
Job Opening

The Energy Foundation is a private grant-making foundation based in San Francisco, U.S.A. with a Beijing representative office whose mission is to assist in China’s transition to a sustainable energy future by promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy policies.  The Foundation’s San Francisco office has a staff of fifteen, and the Beijing office has a staff of ten.  The Beijing office is located in the CITIC Building, No. 19 Jianguomenwai Dajie.

We seek one responsible, energetic, and highly professional individual with a strong interest in policy research for the position of Program Associate.  The position will support the work of our Transportation Program Officer Responsibilities:

• Support senior staff with meeting arrangements, compile meeting reports, liaison with staff of senior government officials and policy experts
• Support senior staff with managing projects, initiate creative ideas, supervise the progress of projects.
• Work with senior staff to compile background reports, reference materials and policy research
• Coordinate detailed arrangements for meetings and international workshops including: invitation letters, travel arrangements, assemble meeting materials 
• Manage filing systems (both paper and electronic files)
• Handle correspondence, and project management duties in partnership with other staff

Qualifications:

• Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to plan and manage meetings, reports, contractors, etc.
• Strong analytical skills and experience with report writing with emphasis in policy research promoting energy efficient technologies, economic savings from air pollution control, or analysis of laws and regulations
• Excellent English written and verbal skills
• Ability to translate Chinese to English and vice versa
• Solid project management skills and expertise
• Solid computer experience (Filemaker Pro, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint)
• Work well under pressure, independently and as a team member, and be a creative problem-solver

Start Date:  Immediate.

Competitive salary plus benefits.

Please send resume (both in Chinese and English) and cover letter (in English ) immediately to: