Job Description

An Associate is an entry-level position at ASGAssociates support practice leads and other senior staff with scheduling, team operations, drafting, editing and archiving client and other deliverables, and other duties that support the team's functions. This job exposes the employee to the details of 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 take the lead in developing and/or editing written products following ASG best practices. As part of the ASG Business Development team the Business Development (BD) Associate will support all activities of the BD Practice, and the BD efforts of practices across the firm.

Responsibilities

Administrative Support: Supports the BD practice lead and team 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, helping arranging team members' schedules, appointments, meetings, and travel arrangements.
• Prepares and edits correspondence, communications, presentations, proposals, and other documents.
• Records, transcribes, and distributes meeting minutes.
• Supports communications with clients, members of the ASG Advisory network, and DGA Group collagues.
• Periodically evaluates team operations, promoting increased efficiencies, including the adoption of technology wherever possible.
• Coordinates with team members as well as members of other ASG practices as needed to support workflow.

Business Development: Supports the practice lead and other senior staff in BD efforts, as needed. This may include:

• Helps identify ways to approach business development or enhance client profitability; associates are not expected to directly lead or produce revenue.
• Research and identify potential BD leads for the firm, and prepare colleagues for BD discussions with insightful research and writing of memos, presentations and proposals.
• Help maintain the firm's business development pipeline in our CRM platform.
• Begins to learn ASG best practices in research and product delivery in our business development, marketing, and client service activities, including the use of 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.

Perform other duties assigned at the discretion of management.

Core Competencies

• Customer Service: Works to become a trusted partner to colleagues, continuously focused on developing substantive expertise to meet the team's needs. The BD customers will predominantly be ASG colleagues, but the BD Associate may occasionally work on client service projects.
• Research: Adept at conducting desktop research across variety of topics and sectors and synthesizing into well written memos, reports and/or presentations.
• Oral/Written Communications: Can effectively produce portions of written products with clear direction. Communicates well with other members of the ASG team. Effective communicator with the ASG network and/or local offices. Fluency in multiple languages is a plus.
• Personal Characteristics: Entrepreneurial and focused on value creation. Energetic, forward-thinking, "can-do" and creative individual with the highest ethical standards and an appropriate professional presentation.
• Teamwork: Interacts effectively with colleagues at all levels and across firm. Works to create a positive work environment.
• Firm Contributions: Contributes to the development, administration, and culture of the firm. Takes an active role in institution building.

Qualifications

• Zero to three years of relevant prior work experience.
• BA/BS in political science, international relations, public policy, economics, or business administration, or a related field, or equivalent experience, with a Master's in related field a plus.
• Proficient in PowerPoint, Excel and other software tools.
• Proficiency in the use of AI models is a plus.

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 access to an integrated range of advisory services spanning commercial, reputational, financial, regulatory, and governance dimensions. Equal Opportunity Employer DGA Group is committed to equal opportunity in recruitment and employment practices and opposes all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination. No job applicant or employee receives unfavorable treatment on the grounds of color, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, religion or belief, or any other status protected by law.

To Apply

Please upload a cover letter and writing sample along with a resume. Include all documents in one PDF attachment - cover letter, writing sample, and resume.

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