Senior Projects Manager International Alert Kyrgyzstan

Senior Projects Manager

Salary: Competitive NGO salary and benefits package (including relocation)

Based: Kyrgyzstan

We are looking for a talented individual to lead on Alert’s engagement in Kyrgyzstan, implementing existing programme commitments and developing new project opportunities. Supported by the Country Manager and in-country administrative and programme staff as well as Eurasia Programme staff in London, you will be responsible for management and implementation of a £1 million grant portfolio, as well as strategy development and donor relations.

Educated to post graduate degree level (in social sciences or related field), you will have significant experience working at senior level in an international environment related to peacebuilding, and of working in Central Asia or Eurasia in peacebuilding initiatives. Experience managing high level relationships, including with donors, international organisations and authorities is also essential.

You will be able to demonstrate fluency in English and Russian with excellent knowledge of the political, social and cultural context in Kyrgyzstan and the greater region

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 and ‘How to Apply’. In your application, please indicate the full job title of the role you are applying for.

To apply, please send a completed application form and equal opportunities form tojobs@international-alert.org, both of which can be found under ‘How to Apply’ which is part of the Jobs section of Alert’s website.

Please note we do not accept CVs

Closing date: 28^th July 2012 at 5pm (UK time)

Interviews will take place 7^th – 9^th August 2012

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 26-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 159 staff based in London and 14 field offices. To learn more about how and where we work, visit www.international-alert.org.