Representative, Middle East and North Africa
Date Posted 6 June 2011
Application Deadline Until Filled
Location Cairo, Egypt
Find out more about our work in Egypt
Summary Description
The Representative directs the Foundation’s activities in MENA, providing overall leadership to the Foundation’s grant-making programs, managing the office in Cairo, and representing the Foundation with government, business, civil society and the donor community. The Representative reports to a supervising Program Vice President based in New York.
The Representative is the Foundation’s ambassador in the region to many important constituencies. Specifically, the Representative assesses local political, social, cultural and economic developments and helps shape the Foundation’s strategy in the region and guides its programming and grant-making priorities in alignment with the Foundation’s mission, values and set of global initiatives. The Representative seeks to promote innovative grant-making; enhance the quality and impact of programming; and promote a collaborative working environment in the office and across areas of expertise that maximizes the diverse backgrounds, perspectives and skills of staff to accomplish Foundation goals. In collaboration with the thematic Directors based in New York, the Representative supervises and works closely with program staff in developing, monitoring and evaluating grant programs and projects within the office’s major fields of concern.
Additionally, the Representative prepares and manages the office’s grant and management budgets, oversees all legal matters, and supervises local administrative staff with responsibilities for accounting, grants administration, and general services functions. The Representative facilitates development of communications strategies; and maintains effective ties and promotes strategic partnerships with local leaders, governmental agencies and non-governmental organizations, the press and other donors to leverage of new resources, scale impact, and advance the goals of the office.
The Representative also manages a modest grants portfolio of his/her own; collaborates with the Foundation’s other representatives in Africa to develop and implement Pan-African grant-making strategies; and works with senior management staff from around the world in helping shape various aspects of the Foundation’s work globally.
CRITERIA FOR SUCCESS
- A proven ability to think analytically, critically with agility to translate ideas and insights into action through coherent and viable program work
- An action oriented, entrepreneurial person who is a self starter that can work independently, as well as in teams
- Ability to effectively lead a local office within a larger global organization with headquarters in New York
- Demonstrated people management skills, including the ability to manage complex relationships with private and public sector stakeholders in the region
- An understanding of the civil society landscape in Egypt and the region
- Administrative skills, in particular an appreciation for the importance of effective fiscal management
- Strong facilitation skills – the ability to listen and learn from diverse perspectives
- Exemplary communication skills, both oral and written
- Demonstrated organizational skills, and the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
- Strong time management proficiency
- Sound, mature judgment and integrity
- Personal qualities of humility and capacity for self-reflection and sense of humor
- Ability to motivate staff through effective leadership, mentoring, coaching, development, facilitation, evaluation and rewards
- Commitment to FF's mission and core values of equity and fairness, diversity, voice and participation, knowledge and creativity, humility and respect, and honesty and integrity
Qualifications
- An advanced graduate degree in public policy, law, business or related fields
- Ability to travel extensively on behalf of the Foundation
- Creativity, energy and synthetic thinking capacity
- Fluency in Arabic and English
Please submit a 5-20 page sole-authored writing sample in English with your application materials.
Salary
s based on experience and on the Foundation’s commitment to internal equity. A generous benefits package is provided
Apply Online :http://www.fordfoundation.org/employment/jobs/321
Application Deadline Until Filled
Location Cairo, Egypt
Find out more about our work in Egypt
Summary Description
The Representative directs the Foundation’s activities in MENA, providing overall leadership to the Foundation’s grant-making programs, managing the office in Cairo, and representing the Foundation with government, business, civil society and the donor community. The Representative reports to a supervising Program Vice President based in New York.
The Representative is the Foundation’s ambassador in the region to many important constituencies. Specifically, the Representative assesses local political, social, cultural and economic developments and helps shape the Foundation’s strategy in the region and guides its programming and grant-making priorities in alignment with the Foundation’s mission, values and set of global initiatives. The Representative seeks to promote innovative grant-making; enhance the quality and impact of programming; and promote a collaborative working environment in the office and across areas of expertise that maximizes the diverse backgrounds, perspectives and skills of staff to accomplish Foundation goals. In collaboration with the thematic Directors based in New York, the Representative supervises and works closely with program staff in developing, monitoring and evaluating grant programs and projects within the office’s major fields of concern.
Additionally, the Representative prepares and manages the office’s grant and management budgets, oversees all legal matters, and supervises local administrative staff with responsibilities for accounting, grants administration, and general services functions. The Representative facilitates development of communications strategies; and maintains effective ties and promotes strategic partnerships with local leaders, governmental agencies and non-governmental organizations, the press and other donors to leverage of new resources, scale impact, and advance the goals of the office.
The Representative also manages a modest grants portfolio of his/her own; collaborates with the Foundation’s other representatives in Africa to develop and implement Pan-African grant-making strategies; and works with senior management staff from around the world in helping shape various aspects of the Foundation’s work globally.
CRITERIA FOR SUCCESS
- A proven ability to think analytically, critically with agility to translate ideas and insights into action through coherent and viable program work
- An action oriented, entrepreneurial person who is a self starter that can work independently, as well as in teams
- Ability to effectively lead a local office within a larger global organization with headquarters in New York
- Demonstrated people management skills, including the ability to manage complex relationships with private and public sector stakeholders in the region
- An understanding of the civil society landscape in Egypt and the region
- Administrative skills, in particular an appreciation for the importance of effective fiscal management
- Strong facilitation skills – the ability to listen and learn from diverse perspectives
- Exemplary communication skills, both oral and written
- Demonstrated organizational skills, and the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
- Strong time management proficiency
- Sound, mature judgment and integrity
- Personal qualities of humility and capacity for self-reflection and sense of humor
- Ability to motivate staff through effective leadership, mentoring, coaching, development, facilitation, evaluation and rewards
- Commitment to FF's mission and core values of equity and fairness, diversity, voice and participation, knowledge and creativity, humility and respect, and honesty and integrity
Qualifications
- An advanced graduate degree in public policy, law, business or related fields
- Ability to travel extensively on behalf of the Foundation
- Creativity, energy and synthetic thinking capacity
- Fluency in Arabic and English
Please submit a 5-20 page sole-authored writing sample in English with your application materials.
Salary
s based on experience and on the Foundation’s commitment to internal equity. A generous benefits package is provided
Apply Online :http://www.fordfoundation.org/employment/jobs/321
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