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Cato InstituteCore Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates strong project management capabilities with a focus on multi-stage project execution, stakeholder coordination, and effective communication. Familiarity with Cato's principles and the ability to adapt projects to meet evolving goals are essential.
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Project ManagementWritten CommunicationStakeholder CoordinationAdaptabilityFamiliarity With AI
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Run all operations for the Cato Innovation Project, including the full application and selection cycles and ongoing coordination across Cato
- Design and run programming for incoming Cato Innovation Project hires, including training, lectures, and events
- Manage the Vision for Liberty Awards from intake to announcement, including application intake, judge coordination, and winner communications
- Write communications for the Project and Awards, including outreach emails, program descriptions, winner announcements, and website copy
- Manage additional special projects from conception through execution, including cross-department coordination and setting objectives, goals, and metrics
- Provide limited administrative support for the Senior Vice President
- Stay current on Cato’s research, publications, and events
- Help the Senior Vice President for Policy track work across the Institute’s policy departments
Requirements
What you’ll need- 2+ years of experience as a project manager, program manager, executive assistant, or a similar role is strongly preferred
- Demonstrated, strong alignment with Cato’s principles of individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peace, and the ability to apply them to novel proposals
- A record of managing multi-stage projects with hard deadlines and internal and external stakeholders, both as an executor and as a delegator
- Ability to get busy people focused on meeting their needs against competing priorities
- Experience crafting and editing written communication intended to reach a specific population to drive interest
- A desire to continuously adapt and evolve projects to ensure they achieve their stated goals
- Familiarity working with AI as an efficiency tool
- Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis
- A background in philosophy, economics, social science, or law is preferred
- Resume and cover letter required
Benefits
Comp & perks- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Employer contribution to a Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Generous vacation and sick days
- Paid parental leave
- Employer-provided life and disability insurance
- 401(k) employer match
- Transit/ Parking benefits
- Pet discount plan
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Hard Skills
Project ManagementMulti-Stage Project ExecutionWritten CommunicationEditingGoal SettingMetrics Tracking
Soft Skills
DelegationFocus ManagementAdaptability
Tools & Technologies
AI Efficiency Tools
Industry Keywords
Individual LibertyLimited GovernmentFree MarketsPeacePhilosophyEconomicsSocial ScienceLaw