Joshua David Rogers

Human Resources & Benefits Administration

• Administer payroll and employee benefits, including enrollment, changes, and answering employee questions.

• Assist with employee onboarding and offboarding, maintaining comprehensive and confidential personnel records.

• Facilitate the recruitment process, including posting job descriptions, coordinating interviews, and communicating with candidates.

  State & Federal Compliance

• Ensuring we meet all state and federal reporting requirements, including charitable registrations and insurance filings.

• Track and manage key compliance deadlines and work with external partners as needed (e.g., accountant, legal counsel, etc.).

  Bookkeeping & Financial Administration

• Support accounts payable and receivable functions, ensuring timely and accurate financial transactions.

• Assist with monthly financial reconciliations and maintain records for expense reports, reimbursements, and credit card usage. 

• Ensure appropriate allocations for restricted grant funds. 

• Coordinate with external accountants as needed for audit preparations.

  Executive Assistance

• Support the CEO in tracking and executing strategic initiatives, projects, and organizational priorities. 

• Coordinate logistics for board meetings and retreats. Assist in preparing materials for board meetings, take meeting minutes, and follow up on action items. 

• Plan and coordinate travel arrangements, accommodations, and other logistics for the CEO’s business travel. 

• Assist with organizing special events, including fundraising events, community outreach, and staff activities.

• Established and managed the Consulate’s first Community Liaison Office, using qualitative and quantitative data collection to create the office’s SOPs, yearly calendar of events and reporting, budget, resource library, and emergency plans

• Advocated for Eligible Family Members and the consulate community by serving on the Emergency Action Committee, Senior Staff, and addressing issues directly to Mission leadership, including the Consul General and Deputy Chief of Mission

• Led the Consulate’s internal communications through creating monthly newsletters and official notices and organized round tables to discuss community issues such as grief, security concerns, and political discourse

• Organized 25-30 events per year for a community of 75 people with a budget of $5,000 per year

• Managed teams to execute projects such as re-vamping the Consulate’s Welcome and Onboarding, coordinating offsite training for the Management Section, designing an official visitor’s guide, and implementing a Mission-wide approach to CLO planing and reporting    

• Liaised between our American community and external international stakeholders such as schools, community sports or arts groups, events planners, healthcare providers, and community advocates 

• Used Microsoft tools to create a Chief of Mission staffing matrix, contact groups to ensure the targeted audiences are receiving correct and timely information, and several office-wide and mission-wide presentations via Teams and Zoom platforms 

• Monitored all incoming cable traffic from oversees missions and disseminate relevant material to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) team

• Created briefing materials for the EUR Bureau Front Office on international elections, Russian troops on the Ukrainian border, and the Armenian/Azerbaijani conflict

• Coordinated virtual meeting logistics for the OSCE teams in Washington and in Vienna

• Organized office staffing and schedule to accommodate COVID-19 regulations

Political Office – US Mission to the EU

• Received a Franklin Award for coverage of the Latin America and Caribbean portfolio with a focus on the Venezuelan crisis 

• Drafted Cables, Official Informal Memos, and Talking Points which were used up to the Secretary of State level 

• Coordinated policy objectives with EU officials and Venezuelan representatives in Brussels

• Formed multilateral approaches to US/Venezuelan relations in coordination with State Department stakeholders 

Executive Office – US Mission to Belgium

• Managed the Deputy Chief of Mission’s schedule, expenses, international travel and communications

• Drafted correspondence and Diplomatic Notes for the Deputy Chief of Mission and the Ambassador

• Oversaw the time and attendance for the executive section of the mission

Economic Office – US Mission to the EU

• Provided support through booking travel, tracking representational expenses and managing time and attendance

• Planned and managed events, including large receptions and meetings with the Deputy Ambassadors of all EU Member States 

• Maintained the US Vice President's schedule, expenses, and domestic and international travel logistics

• Tracked new business updates for the Public Affairs practice, including: prospects, upcoming pitches, and wins/losses

• Advised pro bono clients on public affairs messaging and coverage

• Lead the DC chapter of the company's LGBTQ resource group 

• Managed over 70 active volunteers and fellows in the Scranton field office for the 2016 presidential election

• Planned and organized an average of 10 events per week to increase voter registration and volunteer recruitment, including specialized events for college students, women, and LGBTQ constituents

• Created digital content to engage voters that was distributed to the North East Pennsylvania region via Facebook, Twitter, email, and SMS messaging through CRM services