Executive Director of the BOTA Foundation

Organization: IREX

Website: IREX

Title: Executive Director of the BOTA Foundation

Location: Almaty, Kazakhstan

Compensation: Not Listed

Description:

At this exciting time in the Foundation’s evolution and growth, IREX and the BOTA Foundation Board of Trustees (BoT) seek a dynamic and proven leader to guide the Foundation into the future. The Executive Director will provide leadership and management to enhance and promote the Foundation’s initiatives, develop and lead a dynamic strategy, consistently achieve the Foundation’s mission and financial objectives, and drive a collaborative process with the BoT, IREX, implementing partners, and the Foundation staff.  The Executive Director reports both to IREX and the BOTA Foundation Board of Trustees (BoT) and is also responsive to the supervision of the World Bank and the three Government Parties (United States, Swiss Federation and Republic of Kazakhstan).

Qualifications:

Knowledge of Foundation or non-profit operations and management, organizational development and strategic planning
10 years of work experience in child welfare or complementary international development field
10 years of high level management experience
Masters degree or higher in social welfare, education, health or complementary international development field
Demonstrated ability to lead and develop staff and teams, manage budgets and plan strategically and creatively to meet specified objectives
Demonstrated interpersonal and people management skills
Strong representational and organizational skills
Strong sense of personal integrity
Problem solving abilities
Accuracy and attention to detail
Ability to handle confidential information
Ability to function professionally and effectively in verbal and written English required
Knowledge of Conditional Cash Transfer and large grants programs desirable
Russian and/or Kazakh language proficiency helpful

To Apply: Apply here


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Administrative Coordinator

Organization: Management Sciences for Health

Website: MSH

Title: Administrative Coordinator

Location: Arlington, VA

Compensation: Not Listed

Description:
The Administrative Coordinator (AdCo) for the SPS Program is responsible for ensuring the smooth administration of technical efforts and field activities by coordinating program information and providing logistical support for specific technical activities. He or she is supervised by a Program Support Associate and works with one or more technical managers. The AdCo is responsible for the day-to-day administrative management of activities in specific countries or subprojects, ensuring that tasks are carried through to completion and information disseminated. The AdCo is responsible for working with other staff to facilitate technical assistance and keep field staff or consultants informed of the status of specific field activities as well as broader CPM and MSH issues. The Administrative Coordinator is aware of, and adheres to, MSH’s Procurement procedures in all activities. 

Qualifications:
1. Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent relevant experience.
2. English and Russian fluency required.
3. Strong administrative, organizational, and written and verbal communication skills.
4. Ability to work independently and take initiative.
5. Ability to learn complex procedures.
6. Familiarity with protocols associated with setting up field offices. International work experience is a plus.
7. Demonstrated intermediate to advanced computer skills in Microsoft Office Suite applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, with the ability to learn new software packages.
8. Demonstrated competence to assess priorities and manage a variety of activities in a time-sensitive environment and meet deadlines with attention to detail and quality.
9. Excellent interpersonal skills; demonstrated ability to interact professionally with culturally diverse staff, clients, and consultants.
10. Demonstrated ability to work as an effective team member in a complex and fast paced environment. 

To Apply: Apply here


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Program Officer, Education Programs Division

Organization: IREX

Website: IREX

Title:   Program Officer, Education Programs Division

Location: Washington, DC

Compensation: Not Listed

Description:

IREX seeks a program officer for its Education Program Division for international research support and higher education programs.

Qualifications:
Candidates need a minimum 3-5 years progressive management experience in the following areas:
*Developing and managing international research support and higher education programs; *Working with the US and Eurasian higher education community, including administrators, faculty and scholars;
*Knowledge of higher education management issues in Eurasia and Africa;
*Developing and writing proposals and designing international development projects;
*Managing donor relations and grant agreements, specifically with US Department of State and/or US Agency for International Development;
*Designing and implementing monitoring and evaluation plans and analyzing data;
*Developing, monitoring and projecting budgets per program design and implementation, preferably in Excel;
*Managing multiple staff and proven supervisory skills;
*Strong business writing skills;
*Proven cross-cultural communication skills; and *International work or study experience in Eastern Europe and/or Eurasia.


To Apply: Apply here


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Epidemiologist (Senior Staff Associate)

Organization: Columbia University - International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs (ICAP)

Website: CU-ICAP

Title: Epidemiologist (Senior Staff Associate)

Location: New York, NY

Compensation: Not Listed

Description:
Working under the general direction of Central Asia HIV Strategic Information Program Director, the Epidemiologist (Senior Staff Associate) will coordinate ICAP's consortium activities, and provide technical direction in the development and implementation of a SI technical assistance work plan for the Central Asia region. Incumbent will work closely with consortium partners, in-country CASICA staff and Central Asian Ministries of Health (MOH) to coordinate and undertake activities to build and strengthen high quality and sustainable SI activities. Activities in each country will include critical evaluation of M&E systems for HIV prevention, enhancing HIV sentinel surveillance systems, planning and implementing population surveys and strengthening data use and analysis skills. Incumbent will be expected to have regular and frequent communication with the in-country CASICA staff and travel to sites 3 to 4 times a year with trips lasting 1 to 2 weeks.

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:
• Coordinate work plans and implement CASICA activities with US based partners, Almaty based CASICA staff, Central Asian MOH, and CDC.
• Assist in the development and implementation of a Central Asia regional technical assistance work plan.
• Provide direct technical assistance to Almaty-based CASICA technical team to support the implementation of work plan activities.
• Evaluate existing MOH HIV-related M&E systems with a particular focus on prevention to strengthen existing M&E systems.
• Assess and provide technical assistance to strengthen existing HIV-related health databases, including sentinel surveillance systems.
• Participate in the design and implementation of key population surveys to assess HIV prevalence and behaviors in hard to reach populations. Activities will include identifying need, developing sampling design and data collection tools, and monitoring implementation progress.
• Analyze and summarize data from routine M&E systems, health databases and population surveys for program evaluation purposes.
• Compile findings from key SI evaluations into reports for use by partners, regional and CDC.
• Prepare relevant training materials to build capacity around SI activities.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
 

Qualifications:
• Minimum Bachelor’s Degree
• At least 8 years of professional experience in a relevant field
• Experience and knowledge in monitoring and evaluation and/or public health surveillance systems
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills and analytical capabilities
• Excellent written and oral communications skills
• Demonstrated interpersonal and team-building skills
• Basic understanding of the Russian language - both oral and written
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (e.g., Outlook, Word, Excel, etc.)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
• Master’s Degree in Public Health or PhD
• Experience working with U.S. government or other bilateral donors, especially CDC
• Experience collaborating with MOH, NGO and/or CDC
• Experience in HIV/AIDS surveillance and/or monitoring and evaluation, ideally in Eastern Europe, Russia or Central Asia 

To Apply: Apply Here


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Program Assistant - Humanitarian Assistance

Organization: Counterpart International 

Website: Counterpart

Title: Program Assistant

Location: Arlington, VA

Compensation: Not Listed

Description:
The Program Assistant will assist in coordinating the transportation and logistics operations of private and U.S. government funded humanitarian assistance programs. The Program Assistant will report to Director, Humanitarian Assistance.

Responsibilities:

·         Assist in administering the day-to-day aspects of transportation and other support activities, including the preparation of transportation requests, processing of inventories, scheduling of loads, reviewing of bills of lading packages, processing of invoices, tracking of shipments, and provision of shipment information to all involved parties
·         Liaise with partner organizations, transportation companies, commodity donors, field offices, screeners, vendors, and other involved parties
·         Provide general programmatic and administrative support to the Transportation Management Services unit team (including filing, faxing, copying, etc.)
·         Research, track, brief, and report necessary statistics, information, and data
·         Maintain all relevant shipment data. Ensure that accurate and up-to-date records, data, and information are kept in physical files, Counterpart shared drives, and CHAP database
·         Assist in drafting programmatic reports
·         Other duties as assigned.

 

Qualifications:

·         Graduate degree preferred (in International Development, Public Management, or other relevant field)
·         Strong communications and interpersonal skills
·         Must have strong organizational skills and the ability to juggle multiple tasks simultaneously
·         Must be able to work with little supervision, yet collaborate easily for a team effort
·         Proficiency in computer programs
·         Fluency in Russian language is a plus

 

To Apply: Apply Here


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Evaluation Officer

Organization: Eurasia Foundation

Website: EF

Title: Evaluation Officer

Location: Washington, DC

Compensation: Not Listed

Description:

Under the supervision of the Director of Programs, the Evaluation Officer is responsible for providing evaluation guidance to the EF Network, building the program design capacity of the EF partner foundations and drafting monitoring and evaluation sections of proposals to donors. The Evaluation Officer also assists in conducting regular assessments of the partner foundations’ institutional development. 

Evaluation

·         Review EF Network fundraising proposals from the design and evaluation perspective and contribute to the development of M&E sections of those proposals.

·         Provide evaluation and program design guidance as needed to EFN evaluation staff.

·         Collaborate with EF Network staff in designing evaluation methodologies, developing scopes of work for program evaluations, and reviewing proposals from potential evaluation consultants.

·         Facilitate the outsourcing of evaluation services.

·         Provide training to EF Network staff in results-based management, evaluation theory and practical application.

·         Coordinate with the communications staff in disseminating evaluation findings and recommendations.

·         Support data collection and data analysis by EF and partner foundations; support improvements and modification of databases and systems used in data collection and analysis across the Network.

·         Keep up with evaluation trends and professional debate in evaluation.

·         Under the direction of the Director of Programs, assist with carrying out institutional development assessments of EF partner foundations.

Program Management

·         Serve as point of contact for donor awards.

·         Review donor reports, coordinate their submission and ensure compliance with donor requirements.

·         Serve as liaison between partner foundations and donors, review and ensure proper financial and programmatic progress, undertake corrective actions as necessary.

·         Work with Senior Grants Officer and the finance staff to draft sub-agreements and track and review program spending on non-core awards.

Qualifications:

Education – Bachelors degree(s) in public policy, business or economics, or social sciences and at least 5 years of relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Master’s degree in related field a plus.

Experience - Strong analytical skills; knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research methods; demonstrated experience in performance and impact evaluations of projects; excellent writing skills.

Other - A team player with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment; ability to take initiative and handle a variety of activities concurrently; fluency in Russian language desired; international travel required.

 

To Apply:
Please e-mail or fax resume and cover letter to:

Eurasia Foundation
Attention: HR Department
1350 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20036
Fax ( U.S.): (202) 234-7377
E-mail: resumes@eurasia.org
 


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Program Manager, Russia and Eurasia Program

Organization: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Website: Carnegie

Title: Program Manager, Russia and Eurasia Program

Location: Washington, DC

Compensation: Not Listed

Description:
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a leading think tank specializing in international affairs, seeks a creative and energetic individual to work with the Russia and Eurasia Program’s experts and management to advance the Program’s strategic goals. The Program Manager will assist the Director and Deputy Director in developing, implementing and evaluating programming, including events, publications, and Track II activities; manage relationships with key partners in the government, non-profit and private sectors; draft proposals, letters and reports in support of program activities; support budgeting and financial management; and provide research assistance to program experts. Position reports to the Deputy Director. 

Qualifications:
Successful candidate will have three years’ relevant experience, possess proven management and organizational ability, superb oral and written communication skills, and strong substantive knowledge of the region. Post-graduate degree a plus. Proficiency in Russian is also preferred. Position will be based in Washington, D.C., and require occasional domestic and international travel. 

To Apply: Apply Here


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Protection Program Manager

Organization: Danish Refugee Council

Website: DRC

Title: Protection Programme Manager

Location: Osh, Kyrgyzstan

Compensation: Not Listed

Description:
The Osh based Protection Programme Manager will have primary role in managing the protection monitoring activities of DRC in South Kyrgyzstan (under a UNHCR-funded protection project), as well as in identifying protection gaps and writing protection project proposals.

Primary responsibilities
• Planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting to donors and other relevant humanitarian actors;
• Supervision and co-ordination of staff ;
• Liaison and close co-ordination with UN agencies, international and local NGOs;
• Liaison and close co-ordination with government authorities and, if required, non-state actors
• Management of DRC protection Unit and logistics;
• Monitoring of project expenditures;
• Assisting in developing new programme initiatives and fundraising relating to protection and emergency response, as and when required. 

Qualifications:
• Professional background in protection of internally displaced persons and/or refugees, as well as human rights law in general;
• Minimum 5 years of protection experience, including at least 3 years working in the field in refugee/IDP situations;
• Experience with documentation and analysis of protection data;
• Experience in protection training and advocacy;
• Experience in project management, including donor relations and staff supervision;
• Experience with relief/emergency response activities, especially assessment, logistics and monitoring, are an advantage;
• Willingness to live and work in an insecure environment with limited physical amenities;
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills;
• Fluent English (spoken and written);
• Knowledge of Russian is an asset;
• Experience working for or with UNHCR is an advantage;
• Good experience in training and liaising with national NGOs.  

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Project Manager DHS

Organization: Danish Refugee Council

Website: DRC

Title: Project Manager DHS

Location: Zugdidi, Georgia

Compensation: Not Listed

Description:
The Project Manager will guide and implement the Danish Refugee Council’s Durable Housing Solutions project including DRC protection and advocacy work in Georgia proper and Abkhazia, and support the overall objective of durable solutions for internally displaced persons.

• Project Management of the project including analysis, reporting and budget control
• Facilitating a collaborative process to develop procedures to guide the provision of Durable Housing Solutions in cooperation with ministerial, regional and municipal authorities.
• Support to the above mentioned authorities during implementation of developed procedures
• Monitoring of the implementation, both regarding beneficiary selection and reconstruction works
• Management of implementation team of approximately 20 national and international staff divided over several field offices
• Overall implementation of DRC Protection strategy

Qualifications:
• 5 years professional work experience in IDP or, including at least 3 years at an international level
• Strong experience of collaborative development, documentation, training  and implementation of business procedures
• Previous demonstrated skill of leading field based operations of 20 – 50 staff
• Previous experience in facilitating trainings and workshops
• Excellent analytical and strategic skills
• Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to establish effective working relations with local staff, authorities and other stakeholders
• Excellent communication skills, calm and good sense of humour
• Fluent in written and spoken English essential; knowledge of Georgian or Russian an asset

To Apply: Apply Here


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Program Officer

Organization: Open Society Institute

Website: OSI

Title: Program Officer

Location: New York, New York

Compensation: Not Listed

Description:
The Public Health Program’s Health Media Initiative seeks a full-time program officer in its New York office. The program officer will report to HMI’s senior program officer, and will work in collaboration with all of the PHP’s other projects as well as staff of the OSF network.
The geographic focus of this work will be Eastern Europe, East and Southeast Asia, with possible additional activities in East and Southern Africa.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development and implementation of the Health Media Initiative strategy, annual work plan and budget.
• Work collaboratively with PHP projects and campaigns to strengthen grantees’ capacity to refine advocacy strategies and effectively utilize the media to advance their organizational policy goals.
• Build and develop collaborative projects with Soros National and Regional Foundations.
• Help develop and oversee a portfolio of grants, including the drafting of requests for proposals, evaluation of proposals, preparation of related documentation, and follow up and monitoring of grantee activity.
• Identify and facilitate media technical assistance for grantees and partners.
• Help identify and build a pool of long term strategic advocacy/media technical assistance providers (organizations and individuals) able to engage with PHP grantees in East and Southern Africa, Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Southeast Asia.
• Develop terms of reference and contract agreements with consultants.
• Develop joint initiatives with other OSI Programs and Offices.
• Identify joint programming opportunities and efforts with external funders and partners.
• Conceptualize and convene meetings, seminars and training workshops for partners and grantees.
• Represent HMI at various fora, including meetings, conferences, partnerships and special events
• Engage in other projects as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Graduate degree in communications, journalism or other related social science field.
• A minimum of 5 years’ work experience in strategic communications and advocacy.
• NGO experience essential.
• An understanding of civil society approaches for conducting advocacy.
• Experience collaborating with/providing technical assistance to civil society organizations in developing advocacy strategies and media actions.
• Up-to-date knowledge of digital and social media and their use by human rights activists. Knowledge of key organizations and networks active in the field of digital and social media for activism.
• An understanding of and demonstrated commitment to advance, the health and human rights of marginalized people, including: people living with HIV/AIDS, TB; injecting drug users; people with intellectual disabilities; Roma; sex workers; and lesbian, gay bisexual and transgender persons.
• Experience in grant-making, project management, including managing consultants, and developing and managing project budgets would be a plus.
• Experience working in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union in a relevant field strongly preferred.
• Excellent oral and written English.
• Proficiency in oral and written Russian required, and other relevant languages for Eastern Europe, East and Southeast Asia would a plus.
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills.
• Ability to work as a team member and independently, with high level of self-motivation.
• Ability to listen and communicate clearly and effectively with people from diverse cultures and backgrounds.
• Ability to effectively manage several projects simultaneously in a fast-paced working environment.
• Willingness to travel internationally on a frequent basis.

To Apply:
Please email resume and cover letter with salary requirements before February 25, 2011 to: humanresources@sorosny.org. Include job code in subject line: PO/PHP/HMI

OR

Open Society Institute
Human Resources – Code PO/PHP/HMI
400 West 59th Street
New York, New York 10019
FAX: 212.548.4675
 


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Program Coordinator (Russia and Central European University)

Organization: Open Society Institute

Website: OSI

Title: Program Coordinator

Location: New York, New York

Compensation: Not Listed

Description:
The Office of the Regional Director works to advance Open Society Foundations grantmaking in the Russian Federation. We solicit and evaluate proposals from NGOs across Russia and outside, and closely monitor the social, political and economic environment in the region. Our areas of focus are human rights, civil society, rule of law, new media, and access to information.
Additionally, the Regional Director serves as the Open Society Foundations liaison to the Central European University’s new School of Public Policy and International Affairs.  This entails being the primary point person facilitating connections between the School and the Open Society Foundations thematic programs and national and regional foundations.
The Office of the Regional Director seeks a program coordinator (Russia and Central European University).

Responsibilities

• Work with applicants to develop and finalize grant proposals;
• Draft/edit correspondence and memoranda, letters to grant applicants, grant documentation and dockets;
• Monitor grants through review of narrative and financial reports and other communication with grantees;
• Liaise with relevant OSI departments and programs to ensure that the program’s grantmaking activities are conducted in a seamless and timely manner;
• Perform site visits of prospective and current grantees;
• Meet with program consultants and area specialists to identify opportunities for new projects or prospective grantees;
• Assist in developing grantmaking strategy, priorities, and guidelines;
• Translate from Russian to English on as-needed basis;
• Conduct research on issues relevant to Russia and the former Soviet Union;
• Monitor Russian-language websites and disseminate relevant articles to program staff;
• Provide general administrative support to the program (including expense reports, travel requests, payment requests, grant processing, and records management);
• Contribute to development of fruitful cooperation between OSF and the newly developed Public Policy School at Central European University.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required; background in international affairs, human rights, and/or civil society important;
• 3+ years of work experience in NGO program management;
• Excellent written and oral English, excellent Russian language reading skills;
• Extensive computer skills and high comfort level with computers (expertise with Microsoft Word and Excel required;
• Superior interpersonal, written, research and organizational skills and ability to compose effective, thoughtful correspondence;
• Flexibility and willingness to work simultaneously and independently on a wide range of tasks and projects and ability to prioritize tasks; 
• Ability to learn quickly and work independently;
• Strong intellectual curiosity;
• High level of organization and self-motivation;
• Attentiveness to detail and ability to work well under pressure; 
• Commitment to working as a member of a team, pleasant, diplomatic manner and disposition in interacting with senior management, co-workers and the general public;
• Integrity, professional discretion and ability to handle confidential matters;
• Ability to travel internationally when required.

To Apply:
Please email resume, cover letter and writing sample with salary requirements before February 11, 2011, to: humanresources@sorosny.org. Include job code in subject line: PC-IO/Russia

OR

Open Society Foundations
Human Resources – Code PC-IO/Russia
400 West 59th Street
New York, New York 10019
FAX: 212.548.4675

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