Program Officer, US Exchange Alumni Program

Who We Are IREX is a global solutions provider that partners with communities and institutions in the United States and around the world to cultivate leaders, expand access to education, and create economic opportunity. With deep expertise, a forward-looking vision, and world-class practices in AI for Education, Future-Ready Workforce, Higher Education Solutions, Leadership Development, and Online Safety, IREX delivers innovative and proven solutions that help people, institutions, and communities thrive in a rapidly changing world. Job Summary IREX seeks a Program Officer to support the U.S. Exchange Alumni Network and Capacity Building Program. Program Officers play a central role in ensuring IREX programs are well planned, responsive, compliant, and delivered to a high standard. In this role, you will lead assigned workstreams across a robust catalog of professional development opportunities for U.S. citizen exchange alumni, including Career Connections seminars (virtual and in-person professional development events), the Citizen Diplomacy Action Fund Program (funding competition), and the U.S. Exchange Alumni Fellowship (professional networking program). You will also contribute to program-wide monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL), reporting, finance and procurement processes, and award compliance. You will manage key work products and timelines, coordinate participants and partners, resolve routine implementation challenges, and guide junior team members. This is an opportunity for an organized and solutions-oriented professional who combines strong judgment and attention to detail with a commitment to responsive participant and partner support. What You'll Do Program Operations & Administration: Lead assigned program workstreams from planning through closeout, ensuring timely, accurate, and thoughtful delivery. Develop and maintain work plans, timelines, risk and issue logs, standard operating procedures, systems, records, and donor deliverables. Monitor dependencies and quality across components, resolve routine implementation issues, recommend practical adjustments, and escalate unusual, sensitive, or high-risk matters to program leadership. Participant, Partner & Stakeholder Engagement: Serve as a primary point of contact for assigned applicants, participants, program partners, vendors, consultants, speakers, and other stakeholders. Responsible for drafting and sending correspondence and managing program email inboxes. Finance, Procurement & Grant Support: Develop and monitor budgets for assigned workstreams, events, participant support, travel, and procurements. Prepare and review payments, travel documents, vendor and consultant records, reconciliations, forecasts, and other financial transactions for accuracy, allowability, completeness, and approval. Lead assigned procurement and contracting processes, maintain audit-ready documentation, monitor vendor deliverables and payments, and address documentation gaps or discrepancies. Team Collaboration & Continuous Improvement: Coordinate and communicate effectively within the program team and across functional teams at IREX to ensure completion of deliverables. Guide and coach junior staff, including delegating work and ensuring the quality of their deliverables. Support cross-team efforts related to event implementation. Growth & New Business Support: Contribute to proposal development and partner engagement as needed, including maintaining relationships with external stakeholders and partner institutions, gathering data/supporting materials, and drafting and/or reviewing text. Our Culture is Our People At IREX, our culture is built on our people—and on how we work together to create meaningful impact every day. We look for colleagues who bring purpose, intellectual curiosity, collaborative problem solving, and a results driven, bias for action to help strengthen communities and advance our mission. Successful candidates build trust across differences, move…

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