Subject: [CivilSoc] Job opening at IREX
From: Katharine Beckman (kbeckman@irex.org)
Date: Mon Oct 02 2000 - 12:21:37 EDT
Job Announcement
Title: Moscow Program Director
IREX seeks applicants for the position of Moscow Program Director.
Applicants may be US citizens or Russian nationals. His/her services will
be required on a full-time basis for three years to manage a program to
promote and strengthen Russian non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The
Moscow Program Director will direct and oversee all work performed under a
Cooperative Agreement with USAID and will be the primary point of contact
with the USAID/Russia Mission.
ABOUT IREX: IREX is a US-based nonprofit organization committed to
international education in its broadest sense. IREX's efforts encompass
academic research, professional training, institution building, technical
assistance, and policy programs between the United States and the countries
of Eastern Europe, the New Independent States, Asia, and the Near East.
IREX has administered programs in Russia since the organization was founded
in 1968. IREX established its Moscow office in 1989 and has since expanded
with representation in Ekaterinburg, Irkutsk, Khabarovsk, Novgorod,
Novosibirsk, Rostov-na-Donu, Samara, St. Petersburg, Tomsk, Vladivostok,
Yakutsk, and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. IREX programs in Russia span academic
exchanges, US-Russian partnership building, NGO development, professional
training, academic advising, and alumni activities.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Approve and submit to USAID all proposed workplans, staffing plans and
budgets;
2. Negotiate agreements (or amendments/revisions) with the resource centers
or networks and present these agreements to the USAID CTO for approval;
3. Mobilize experts within his/her NGO and from other Russian and foreign
NGOs and consulting firms to provide advice on or carry out NGO
management/civil society development activities;
4. Make effective written and oral presentations in Russian and English on
the developmental challenges facing the "Promoting and Strengthening Russian
NGO Development" project and articulate the project's successes in meeting
those challenges, especially with programs involving youth;
5. Extensively travel to regional project sites within Russia for project
management and monitoring purposes required;
6. Responsible for the quality, cost, and timeliness of performance of all
work performed under this Cooperative Agreement.
QUALIFICATIONS:
1. MA in a relevant field (minimum);
2. English and Russian language fluency;
3. Professional experience conducting NGO development programs in Russia and
a thorough understanding of the issues surrounding NGO and civil society
development in Russia;
4. Demonstrated experience managing NGO programs; ability to manage several
activities dealing with complex issues related to NGO management and civil
society development simultaneously;
5. Past experience working with foreign donors (preferably with USAID);
6. Strong interpersonal skills to negotiate with Russian and foreign
experts, managers, and government officials to ensure the successful
completion of project activities.
Please send cover letter and resume to HR/DEV/AR, by e-mail <irex@irex.org>
or by fax (202) 628-8189. EOE.
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