Program Officer, Center Entrepreneurship & Enterprise

YAF Headquarters

Reston, Virginia

Opening:

Immediate

$55,000 to $75,000, based on experience

Reston, Virginia

Opening:

Immediate

$55,000 to $75,000, based on experience

Young America's Foundation (YAF) is committed to ensuring that increasing numbers of young Americans understand and are inspired by the ideas of individual freedom, a strong national defense, free enterprise, and traditional values.

Young America's Foundation (YAF) is committed to ensuring that increasing numbers of young Americans understand and are inspired by the ideas of individual freedom, a strong national defense, free enterprise, and traditional values.

Vice President and Program Director

Vice President and Program Director

The program officer for Young America's Foundation's Center for Entrepreneurship & Free Enterprise (CEFE) will play an important role in recruiting and training the next generation of students to champion free market principles and challenge the growing popularity of socialism. The candidate will be a self-starter and able to effectively prioritize responsibilities and manage travel schedules. Frequent travel is required.

The program officer for Young America's Foundation's Center for Entrepreneurship & Free Enterprise (CEFE) will play an important role in recruiting and training the next generation of students to champion free market principles and challenge the growing popularity of socialism. The candidate will be a self-starter and able to effectively prioritize responsibilities and manage travel schedules. Frequent travel is required.

• Support students and faculty members in organizing successful free enterprise campus lectures on college campuses and at schools nationwide.
• Assist with organizing free enterprise student conferences at YAF’s national headquarters and the Reagan Ranch Center, as well as organizing regional free enterprise seminars across the country.
• Manage the administrative aspects of CEFE, including conducting general correspondence, scheduling speakers on campuses and at conferences, and completing other tasks as necessary.
• Conduct research on and outreach to free market-oriented faculty members, business schools, economics departments, and other like-minded organizations to expand CEFE’s national network.
• Build relationships with college and high school students who participate in CEFE’s programs, ensure they are integrated into the Foundation’s overall activities, and provide them with the resources they need to be successful advocates for free market ideas among their peers.
• Work with the vice president and program director to market CEFE to attract new students, speakers, and faculty allies.
• Draft and compile reports on CEFE’s activities to be shared with the broader Foundation team, supporters, and key stakeholders.
• Support students and faculty members in organizing successful free enterprise campus lectures on college campuses and at schools nationwide.
• Assist with organizing free enterprise student conferences at YAF’s national headquarters and the Reagan Ranch Center, as well as organizing regional free enterprise seminars across the country.
• Manage the administrative aspects of CEFE, including conducting general correspondence, scheduling speakers on campuses and at conferences, and completing other tasks as necessary.
• Conduct research on and outreach to free market-oriented faculty members, business schools, economics departments, and other like-minded organizations to expand CEFE’s national network.
• Build relationships with college and high school students who participate in CEFE’s programs, ensure they are integrated into the Foundation’s overall…