Strategy Coordination Advisor - EPNK International Alert

Strategy Coordination Advisor

Salary: £41,283 p.a. (with more for an exceptional candidate) + excellent benefits, including a relocation package, five weeks annual leave, 10% non-contributory pension scheme, and subsidised gym membership. If located in Brussels, the salary will be adjusted to reflect relevant tax implications.

Based: London or Brussels

We are looking for a Russian-speaking high level advisor to work closely with and support the European Partnership for the Peaceful Settlement of the Conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh (EPNK). EPNK is a consortium of five international organisations, including International Alert (the lead agency), Conciliation Resources, Crisis Management Initiative, The Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation, and LINKS. The post holder will lead on the coordination of the strategic thinking that underpins the EPNK project, identify areas and opportunities for synergy and cooperation between the EPNK member organisations and implement certain EPNK-wide events.

The successful candidate will have the ability to build consensus amongst people with strong and sometimes diverse opinions. To do this, you will draw on your considerable understanding and experience of peacebuilding, your interpersonal skills and on your talent for persuasive argument.

Note: The above are some of the requirements for the job. For the full job requirements and an application pack (the person specification section of which will form the basis of short-listing), please visit http://www.international-alert.org/about-us/recruitment/list

Please note we do not accept CVs. In your application, please indicate the full job title of the role you are applying for.

To apply, please send a completed application form to Rebecca Shepherd at rshepherd@international-alert.org

For any questions, please contact Katharine Mote on 020 7627 6876.

Closing date: Friday 2^nd December 2011 5pm UK time.

Interviews will take place during the week commencing 12^th December 2011.

While International Alert will endeavour to contact all candidates within a reasonable time, this may not always be possible due to limited resources. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date, you can assume that your application has, on this occasion, been unsuccessful. International Alert is an equal opportunities employer. All applicants will be judged strictly on the basis of merit.

International Alert is a 25-year old independent peacebuilding organisation. We work with people who are directly affected by violent conflict to improve their prospects of peace, and we seek to influence the policies and ways of working of governments, international organisations like the UN and multinational companies, to reduce conflict risk and increase the prospects of peace.

We work in Africa, several parts of Asia, the South Caucasus, the Middle East and Latin America and have recently started work in the UK. Our policy work focuses on several key themes that influence prospects for peace – the economy, climate change, gender, the role of international institutions, the impact of development aid, and the effect of good and bad governance.

We are one of the world’s leading peacebuilding NGOs with more than 155 staff based in London and 15 field offices. To learn more about how and where we work, visit www.international-alert.org.