Associate

An Associate is an entry-level position for regional, functional or sector practices. Associates support practice leads and other senior staff with scheduling, team operations, editing and archiving client deliverables, and other duties that support the team’s client service and internal functioning. This job exposes the employee to the details of DGA-ASG business and client work, allowing them to begin to develop geopolitical, regional, and sectoral/industry expertise. Once adept at supporting the smooth operations of the practice, associates collaborate with senior associates and others to develop and/or edit written products (e.g., country reports, stakeholder maps, market analyses), following DGA-ASG best practices.  

Location

Washington, DC (hybrid, with a minimum of three days per week in the office) 

Responsibilities

Administrative Support: Supports the practice lead and other senior staff with scheduling, team operations and other duties as needed; and engages with clients in a support role, as requested. This may include:

• Manages administrative functions and tasks of the practice, arranging senior team members’ schedules, appointments, meetings, and travel arrangements.
• Prepares and edits correspondence, communications, presentations, and other documents.
• Records, transcribes, and distributes meeting minutes.
• Supports communications with clients and members of the DGA-ASG Advisory network.
• Periodically evaluates team operations, promoting increased efficiencies, including the adoption of technology wherever possible.
• Coordinates with team members as well as members of other DGA-ASG practices as needed to support workflow.

Client Service and Thought Leadership: Supports the practice lead and other senior staff with drafting and editing client deliverables, white papers, and other products as needed. This may include:

• Works to develop geopolitical, regional, functional or sector/industry expertise by engaging other members of their practice and participating in client engagements as needed.
• Begins to learn DGA-ASG best practices in research and product delivery, including the use of DGA-ASG proprietary knowledge and diverse sources of public information, and begins to develop the ability to analyze – and work with senior staff to make judgments about – competing versions of events or asymmetrical understanding of crucial factors.

Business Development: Supports the practice lead and other senior staff with business development, as needed. This may include:

• Help identify ways to approach business development or enhance client profitability; associates are not expected to directly lead or produce revenue.
• Function as the “keeper” of team’s business development pipeline in Scoro.
• Add, update, and maintain new or existing accounts and opportunities for your team.
• Add, update, and maintain contacts for your team; create distribution/mailing lists.
• Track events and convening’s your team has hosted or attended through Salesforce campaigns.

Perform other duties assigned at the discretion of management.

Expectations of a DGA-ASG Associate 

• Manage time pressure without compromising quality
• Be accountable for consistency
• Be comfortable in a start-up environment
• Contribute to a culture of collaboration
• Take initiative and solve problems
• Learn from mistakes (we all make them)
• Have a team-first mindset, always looking for ways to pitch in to help your coworkers to succeed inside and outside of work
• Help drive diversity, equity and inclusion by actively creating a supportive and engaging work environment for the team
• Understand confidentiality and act with integrity at all times 

Qualifications

• Zero to three years of relevant prior work experience.
• BA/BS in political science, international relations, public policy or business administration, or a related field, or equivalent experience, with a Master’s in related field a plus.
• Highly proficient in PowerPoint and other MS Office tools.

About Us

ASG, a foundational partner of DGA Group, is a leading provider of global strategic advisory and commercial diplomacy services.  We offer perspectives honed at the highest levels of government and business, and insights informed by an unparalleled worldwide network of regional experts and sectoral specialists based in more than 40 countries.  We help our clients make well informed decisions, secure opportunities, and overcome challenges with the benefit of sound judgment and a singular breadth and depth of expertise.  As a member of DGA Group, ASG provides clients with a