Programs Officer

American Society of International Law

The American Society of International Law(“ASIL” or “the Society”) is the premier membership organization in the field of international law. Founded in 1906, ASIL’s mission is to foster the study of international law and to promote the establishment and maintenance of international relations on the basis of law and justice. The Society has roughly 3,500 members, some 40% of whom live and work outside the United States.

For more than 120 years, ASIL has published the leading peer reviewed journal in the field, the American Journal of International Law, alongside other critical publications. ASIL is a constituent member of the American Council of Learned Societies and maintains consultative status at the United Nations.

The Program Officer is responsible for, and is a significant resource to, the development, implementation, and administration of Department of Programs activities. The position writes synopses of events, leads a small handful of programs, and comprehensively supports and provides deliverables to the Society’s broad array of Programs, including speaker management, content revisions, virtual and in-person meeting logistics, communications, calendar and task management, and other responsibilities.

The Program Officer contributes to creating new programs, and strengthens and improves the Society’s existing program workflows and processes. The Program Officer provides comprehensive support to the Senior Programs Manager. The position requires occasional travel (up to 20%), including both domestic and international trips, to support programs and events.

• Support the Senior Programs Manager and presidentially appointed committees in developing and implementing the Annual and Midyear Meetings, including plenaries and program tracks, interest group sessions, continuing legal education, academic and professional development activities, and other events.
• Support the Senior Programs Manager and presidentially appointed committees in developing and implementing educational programming, including conferences, special events, interest group activities, webinars, educational resources, and research activities.
• Liaise directly with the Society’s Interest Groups on their creation of events and other programming.
• Create flyers, communications, and social media posts for programs and events.
• Track speaker data and information through extensive use of spreadsheets, data bases and task management tools.
• Support the Senior Programs Manager with the United Nations Observer program, including overseeing the selection of members to participate at official meetings of the UN, UNCITRAL, WTO, OSCE, OECD, and other bodies with whom the Society has official observer status, coordinating the accreditation and reporting obligations of authorized representatives of the Society, and ensuring its official status remains current.
• Create Society website content and promotional materials for all educational activities.
• Maintain an active social media presence in support of the Society’s programs with oversight by the Senior Program Manager and Director of Publications and Research.
• Support the Senior Programs Manager and Development Manager and Partnerships with the design and implementation of programs to support Academic, Law Firm, and Publisher Partnerships.
• Assist with the development and compliance of Society’s CLE programming, including accreditation, promotion, registration, online distribution, development of new program content, and identifying and obtaining research materials.
• Serve as rapporteur for ASIL events: in addition to staffing the events, monitor, and report on event attendance and take substantive notes.
• Coordinate with relevant…