Monday, February 28, 2011

Program Officer, Arctic/Bering Sea

Organization: World Wildlife Fund

Website: WWF

Title: Program Officer

Location:  Anchorage, AK

Compensation: Not Listed

Description:
World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the global conservation organization, seeks a Program Officer for its Alaska office. This position assists with the implementation of WWF’s Bering Sea/Arctic field program and involves research, administration, project management, and writing. The Program Officer will coordinate activities and exchange information with WWF’s office in Russia, assist in report writing and support WWF’s work with diverse partners throughout Alaska and eastern Russia.

Qualifications:
A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience is required; a graduate degree in natural resources management, environmental science, international development, or conservation policy is preferred. Also required: at least three years experience in biodiversity conservation; excellent written and oral communications; organizational and project management skills; excellent understanding of Russia, the Arctic, and international conservation; oral and written fluency in Russian. 

To Apply: Apply here


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Program Director - Market Alliances Against Poverty

Organization:  Mercy Corps

Website:  Mercy Corps

Title: Program Director - Market Alliances Against Poverty

Location: Marneuli or Tbilisi, Georgia

Compensation: Not Listed

Description:
The Program Director has supervisory responsibility for the Alliances KK Program and is responsible for management, vision and leadership of the program.  The Alliances team will comprise intervention portfolio managers which are supported by technical advisors and support staff.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
Vision, Leadership and Strategy
Commitment to Quality Program and Staff Development
Reporting, Monitoring and Evaluation
Representation & Diplomacy
Fiscal, Compliance Management and Accountability
Organizational Learning  
Accountability to Beneficiaries

Qualifications:
BA/S in agriculture and/or agribusiness; MA/S in related field preferred.

Extensive experience in developing agricultural markets and value chains.

Demonstrated knowledge, experience and familiarity with the Making Markets Work for the Poor approach required.
Knowledge and experience in disaster risk reduction, gender and governance as transversal themes in market development projects.

Entrepreneurial spirit, adaptability and an ability to think creatively around market development problems.

Excellent communication skills.

Preference given to candidates with experience in the region.

Fluency in written and oral English required; preference given to candidates with local language skills.

To Apply: Apply here


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International Intern, Europe and Eurasia

Organization: American Bar Association

Website: ABA

Title: Intern

Location: Ukraine

Compensation: Unpaid

Description:
The ABA Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) is currently seeking a candidate for its International Volunteer Internship Program in the Europe and Eurasia Division to work primarily on its program in Ukraine. The Ukraine internship is well suited for recent graduates or students currently enrolled in master's or law programs. Candidates should have a proven background and interest in the region and international affairs and have excellent written and cross-cultural communication skills.


ABA ROLI's program in Ukraine currently aims to improve the system of continuing legal education for lawyers, provides expertise and analyses to governmental bodies to ensure compliance with human rights standards in the area of criminal law reform, and works to increase access to justice and legal representative for citizens throughout the country. The intern will be a key member of the Ukraine office and will assist in core responsibilities such as maintaining program records, writing reports, using evaluation tools to assess program progress, organizing administrative functions, conducting background research for programs and proposals, , attending meetings with stakeholders, and monitoring current events pertaining to ABA ROLI programming in the country.


The Ukraine internship will provide the opportunity to acquire knowledge of the U.S. Government assistance process, legal reform initiatives and priorities for democratization in the country, and international development in general. The intern will be under direct supervision of the ABA ROLI Country Director in Ukraine, and will attend meetings and events with members of staff and other interns.
 

Qualifications:
  • currently enrolled in, or recently graduated from a master's or law program
  • highly motivated and proactive in engaging program goalswith independent initiative
  • excellent written and oral communication skills
  • working knowledge of MS Word, Excel and Outlook
  • knowledge and interest in political developments and the transition process in Eastern Europe, particularly in Ukraine
  • organized, analytical, priority-minded, and detail-oriented
  • flexibility to work as a group member as well as independently and able to communicate with others from various backgrounds
  • language skills in Russian or Ukrainian preferred

To Apply: Apply here


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Sunday, February 27, 2011

Georgia: Resident Program Manager/Senior Program Manager

Organization: National Democratic Institute

Website: NDI

Title: Resident Program Manager/Senior Program Manager

Location: Tbilisi, Georgia

Compensation: Not Listed

Description:
The National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) seeks to hire a Resident Program Manager/Senior Program Manager (depending on experience of the selected candidate) for Parliamentary Communications Center (PCC). The Resident PM/SPM will oversee the establishment of a media center which will improve parliamentary outreach and transparency through the creation of television and radio broadcasts from the Parliament of Georgia. The Resident Program Manager or Resident Senior Program Manager position will be based in Tbilisi but will require travel throughout the country. 
  • Supervises the establishment of a television/radio production studio within the Parliament of Georgia;
  • Develops and maintains relationships with Parliamentary Actors (i.e. the Speaker’s Office, Chief of Staff, Public Relations Department and other relevant parliamentary offices);
  • Reports to and strategizes with Resident Director and the Parliamentary Team on new directions for improving parliamentary transparency and outreach using television, radio, and internet;
  • Supervises the scheduling, design, and implementation of training workshops for members of parliament (MPs) and parliamentary staff members on interview skills and media relations;
  • Coordinates and supervises the development, production, and broadcast of political programming;
  • Develops and maintains relationships with regional broadcasters;
  • Oversees the work of PCC local staff members;
  • Manages relationship with local partner to assist in the development and operation of Parliamentary Communications Center;
  • Prepares updates on program activities for donors and NDI/Washington;
  • Contributes to the development of a sustainability plan for transfer of the Parliamentary Communications Center to the Parliament of Georgia;
  • Given the PCC’s role as an integral part of NDI’s existing PSP program, the Executive Producer would work closely with NDI Resident Director and the Parliamentary Team to achieve overall PSP objectives.

Qualifications:
  • For a Program Manager, we require a minimum eight (8) years experience or for the Senior Program Manager we require ten (10) years experience in professional broadcast journalism, political and/or governmental media relations, or international media development;
  • Experience working in communications and outreach for/with elected officials, preferably in a legislative context;
  • Ability to supervise a broad range of parliamentary strengthening and media development activities;
  • Ability to adjust to shifting political circumstances and create programming accordingly;
  • Sensitivity to cross-cultural dynamics in the work place;
  • BA required, MA preferred in International Relations or related subject;
  • English fluency required and Russian or Regional language skills useful;
  • Experience working and/or training in an international context strongly preferred but not required.
 To Apply: Apply here


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Friday, February 18, 2011

Chief Operating Officer (COO), FINCA Kyrgyzstan

Organization: FINCA International 

Website: FINCA

Title: Chief Operating Officer

Location: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 

Compensation: Not Listed

Description:

FINCA International is currently looking for a Chief Operating Officer (COO) for FINCA Kyrgyzstan, to be based in Bishkek. The COO is responsible for the management of core business operations, including lending, product development, marketing, policy development, and application of internal controls. He/she will ensure that the FINCA affiliate is competitive, and that outreach and profitability performance targets are met. The COO is responsible for ensuring that core business personnel are adequately trained and operate at a high standard of technical competency. The COO also ensures that the FINCA affiliate implements responsible lending practices. As a member of the Management Team, he/she shares responsibility for the overall performance and activities of the FINCA affiliate, and participates in making decisions on strategic issues. 

Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Management, Finance, Economics or related field, or equivalent work experience is required. Master’s degree or equivalent work experience is strongly preferred.
- 4-year experience minimum in banking or microfinance in an operations line-management role. Prior experience as a member of a senior management team is desirable.
- Experience in developing and implementing strategic/operational plans for financial institutions.
- Excellent organizational, planning, analytical and problem-solving skills,
- High level of customer service and strong willingness to work in the field,
- Strong business management and negotiation skills,
- Experience managing and motivating a large staff,
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and training skills,
- Excellent technical report writing skills and computer literacy,
- Fluency in Russian required; fluency in English is strongly preferred.
- Availability for domestic travel (up to 30%), and international travel (10%). 

To Apply: Apply here


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Chief Operating Officer (COO), FINCA Azerbaijan

Organization: FINCA International 

Website: FINCA

Title: Chief Operating Officer (COO)

Location: Baku, Azerbaijan

Compensation: Not Listed

Description:
FINCA International is currently looking for a Chief Operating Officer (COO) for FINCA Azerbaijan, to be based in Baku. The COO is responsible for the management of core business operations, including lending, product development, marketing, policy development, and application of internal controls. He/she will ensure that the FINCA affiliate is competitive, and that outreach and profitability performance targets are met. The COO is responsible for ensuring that core business personnel are adequately trained and operate at a high standard of technical competency. The COO also ensures that the FINCA affiliate implements responsible lending practices. As a member of the Management Team, he/she shares responsibility for the overall performance and activities of the FINCA affiliate, and participates in making decisions on strategic issues.

Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Management, Finance, Economics or related field, or equivalent work experience is required. Master’s degree or equivalent work experience is strongly preferred.
- 4-year experience minimum in banking or microfinance in an operations line-management role. Prior experience as a member of a senior management team is desirable.
- Experience in developing and implementing strategic/operational plans for financial institutions.
- Excellent organizational, planning, analytical and problem-solving skills,
- High level of customer service and strong willingness to work in the field,
- Strong business management and negotiation skills,
- Experience managing and motivating a large staff,
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and training skills,
- Excellent technical report writing skills and computer literacy,
- Fluency in Russian and English required; fluency in Azeri a plus.
- Availability for domestic travel (up to 30%), and international travel (10%).

To Apply: Apply here


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Regional FLEXCUBE Support Officer - Eurasia

Organization: FINCA International 

Website: FINCA

Title: Regional FLEXCUBE Support Officer - Eurasia

Location: Geogia

Compensation: Not Listed

Description:
FINCA is currently looking for a Regional FLEXCUBE Support Officer (RFSO) - Eurasia, to be based in Georgia. As an important part of the strategic transformation program FINCA implements the unified retail core banking application - Oracle FLEXCUBE Retail in all affiliates. A Regional IT team is currently being formed to provide Oracle FLEXCUBE Retail implementation as well as further support for FINCA’s affiliates in Eurasia (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan). The RFSO is an integral part of the regional IT team.

The RFSO performs daily maintenance activities to secure required service level of Oracle FLEXCUBE instances within the Eurasia’s regional network of FINCA affiliates, and reports to the Senior Regional FLEXCUBE Administrator. The RFSO is responsible for:
- Ad-hoc analysis of issues reported by affiliates’ help-desks,
- Testing of updates and corrections to core banking application software;
- Deployment and documenting of patches, scripts, fixes and updates to the application;
- Performing daily operations: day and period closure procedures, backups etc;
- Monitoring of core banking application production and supporting environments.

Qualifications:
- Strong commitment with the social mission of FINCA.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in technical or economic sciences;
- Over 3 years of experience in software applications support;
- Over 3 years of experience in PL/SQL;
- Experience of work in banking area desired;
- Good knowledge in relational databases;
- Basic knowledge in Unix/Linux family operation systems;
- Good knowledge of Oracle database desired;
- Good knowledge in Windows and Unix/Linux family operation systems desired;
- Knowledge of incident and problem management processes desired;
- Experience of work in help desk teams desired.
- Technical writing and documentation skills;
- Fluent English and Russian. 

To Apply: Apply here


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Regional Business Analyst - Eurasia

Organization: FINCA International 

Website: FINCA

Title: Regional Business Analyst - Eurasia

Location: Tbilisi, Georgia

Compensation: Not Listed

Description:
The RBA leads business requirements collecting and technical specifications development for FLEXCUBE core banking application implementation project in Eurasia’s regional network of FINCA affiliates and reports to the Director of Regional Information Technology for Eurasia. - Leadership in business requirements collecting;

- Development of functional and configuration specifications;
- Leadership in gap analysis;
- Leadership in core banking application software configuration;
- Documenting business processes;
- Organization of data migration process verification;
- Leadership in User Acceptance Testing preparation and execution process;
- Participation in problem resolution process;
- Ensuring conformance of new functionality with business requirements.

Qualifications:
- Strong commitment with the social mission of FINCA;
- Master’s degree in technical or economic sciences;
- Over 3 years of experience as a business analyst for IT projects;
- Over 2 years of experience in financial services or banking area;
- Experience in conducting gap analysis;
- Experience with process modeling tools and techniques (at least one: UML, IDEF0, BPMN);
- Experience in business requirements collecting and development of technical specifications;
- Experience in full scale software development desired (analysis, design, coding, testing, and implementation);
- Deep knowledge of relational databases;
- Knowledge in Oracle databases desired;
- Knowledge of programming languages, especially PL/SQL and Java, desired;
- Strong presentation and communication skills;
- Fluent English and Russian;
- Readiness to travel up to 75% of time.

To Apply: Apply here


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Monday, February 7, 2011

Field-based Intern

Organization: American Bar Association

Website: ABA

Title: Intern

Location: Yerevan, Armenia

Compensation: Unpaid

Description:
The ABA Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) is currently seeking a candidate for its International Volunteer Internship Program in the Europe and Eurasia Division to work primarily on its program in Armenia. The Armenia internship is well suited for recent graduates or students currently enrolled in master’s or law programs. Candidates should have a proven background and interest in the region and international affairs and have excellent written and cross-cultural communication skills.

The Armenia internship will provide the opportunity to acquire knowledge of the U.S. Government assistance process, legal reform initiatives and priorities for democratization in the country, and international development in general. The intern will attend meetings and events with members of staff and other interns.  

This internship will be offered for a minimum of 10 weeks during the summer term. Funding, including travel to and from Armenia, is not available for this position and candidates are encouraged to seek funding or fellowships from their universities. Applications will be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis. No phone calls, please. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.  

Qualifications:
The ideal candidate will possess the following qualifications, skills and attributes:

• currently enrolled in, or recently graduated from a master’s or law program
• highly motivated and proactive in engaging program goals with independent initiative
• excellent written and oral communication skills
• working knowledge of MS Word, Excel and Outlook
• knowledge and interest in political developments and the transition process in Eastern Europe, particularly in Ukraine
• organized, analytical, priority-minded, and detail-oriented
• flexibility to work as a group member as well as independently and able to communicate with others from various backgrounds
• language skills in Russian or Armenian preferred

To Apply: Apply here


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ABA ROLI Country Director, Russia

Organization: American Bar Association

Website: ABA

Title: ABA ROLI Country Director, Russia

Location: Moscow, Russia

Compensation: Not Listed

Description:

The ABA Rule of Law Initiative is currently recruiting for a Country Director for its programs in Russia. This position will be based in the ROLI field office in Moscow, Russia and will commence as soon as possible. The Country Director will report directly to the Europe and Eurasia Director based in Washington, D.C.

Primary duties will be to guide the implementation of programs, proposal and program development, management of program budget and finance issues and management of international and national staff. The Russia program promotes rule of law through technical assistance programs covering judicial reform; including judicial training and court administration, legal aid and access to the courts, mediation, continuing legal education, and judicial and legal ethics. ABA ROLI also works on fair trial issues, anti-trafficking, and anti-corruption. ABA ROLI partners with regional and local administrations, legal associations, and NGOs, coordinating assistance with USG donors and other international implementers.  

Qualifications:
The ideal candidate will have direct experience on rule of law issues preferably in the Europe and Eurasia region. Applicants must have a J.D. or foreign equivalent and seven to ten years of relevant experience. Russian language fluency is mandatory. Preference will be given to applicants who have Chief of Party experience managing US Government donor-funded international legal reform programs. Knowledge of USAID rules and regulations preferred.  

To Apply: Apply here


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