United States of America: Regional Director - Europe and Eurasia
Country: United States of America
Closing date: 07 Feb 2014
CLOSING DATE: 7 FEBRUARY 2014
GENERAL FUNCTION
The Regional Director for Europe and Eurasia oversees all Internews media programs across the E&E region. Management responsibilities for this position include direct line management of core E&E support staff and regional country leads, regular donor correspondence and business development, program representation, coordination with security team, identification/ communication with the designated VP and other key staff on development opportunities, and overall award management/ donor administration compliance.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following:
Supervise and oversee region’s long term and short-term country, regional, or ad-hoc programs;Supervise expanded program support staff supporting the E&E region, as required;Coordinate and supervise launch and further development of new projects and other new developments as they evolve;Oversee and coordinate refunding priorities for key Internews presence countries with key program and E&E team members;Devolve where needed supervisory responsibilities to program team members for operations and implementation, increase overall coordination responsibilities across expanded portfolio;As assigned, coordinate or supervise in-region thematic or global programs such as, environment or humanitarian programs; supervise, coordinate and implement DC led global programs where appropriate;Manage, coordinate, and facilitate needed professional development to Internews Network senior field staff and other employees as assigned in the region in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws;Responsibilities include overseeing employment planning; assigning and directing work; appraising performance; addressing complaints; and resolving problems;Manage internal communications and information resources for region’s programs;In coordination w/country and E&E staff designs and drafts where needed scopes of work for vendor and personal services contracts; supervise where needed program staff to undertake these tasks; Coordinate, track and ultimately be responsible for all formal award actions such as changes in scope-of-work, waiver requests, quarterly and final project narrative reports across all programs in the E&E portfolio. This responsibility extends to coordinating and ensuring that global reports that require regional input or support are fulfilled;Works closely w/ the E&E Business Manager and finance team to prepare new proposal budgets, spending plans and projections, budget modifications, formal requests for obligation increases, cost extensions, and no cost extensions;Manage reporting requirements on Internews projects to donors;Assist Vice President in program development, including project design, proposal writing, donor relations;Oversee region’s program logistics and operations for program set-up, renewal, and close-out, as necessary and in coordination with other E&E staff;Representation of programs to donors and stakeholders both in the US and in the field;Other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
10+ years experience in international development, media, and/or nonprofit fieldsRelevant advanced university degreeUSG grants management experience5+ years E&E regional work and field-based projects management experience in at least 2 countriesExcellent critical thinking, writing, communications skillsStrong budgeting and financial management skillsStrong staff management and organizational skillsAbility to manage multiple, ongoing obligations and assignmentsWillingness to travel frequently, often in difficult conditionsSkilled in MS Office and ExcelRussian language preferred
How to apply:
Visit: https://ch.tbe.taleo.net/CH17/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=INTERNEWS&...
