MCCA Program Assistant - DC

MCCA Program Assistant
The American Association of Museums (AAM) seeks a Program Assistant to support the Museums and Community Collaborations Abroad (MCCA) Program. This is a local in-office (Washington, DC) position funded by an approved grant that is estimated to last for approximate eighteen months, with possible extension and possible growth in responsibilities if extended. The Program Assistant will perform a wide range of administrative tasks, providing excellent customer services to US museums and professionals, US embassies and consulates as well as non-US museums and professionals.
Duties include: Maintaining databases and paper files for the MCCA program and partnerships, collecting and reviewing quarterly reports, registering travelers, processing Visas and health insurance requests, responding to numerous inquiries from participants, staff, and program applicants, handling incoming mail and fax messages, and assisting in MCCA program marketing and promotional efforts by preparing mass communication mailings and tracking responses..
Qualifications: Bachelors of Arts degree with at least one year of general office experience in a nonprofit environment, excellent interpersonal, communication and organizational skills, including responsiveness, accuracy, and attention to details, ability to handle multiple tasks efficiently and simultaneously, flexibility in coordinating a variety of projects, and relating to a variety of people in a complex environment, experience in handling sensitive material and inquiries, high levels of integrity, energy, and diplomacy, word processing and database experience, knowledge of museums or previous work experience in the museums community a plus.
Katherine McNamee, PHR
Assistant Director, Human Resources
American Association of Museums
1575 Eye Street NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20005