Job Posting: Assistant Program Manager, ICMA, Washington DC

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Organization:

ICMA

Location:

United States (Washington, DC)

Website:

recruitment@icma.org

Contact Information:

Patricia Eckert

Phone:

202 962 3672

Email:

peckert@icma.org

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Description:

ICMA seeks an Assistant Program Manager based in DC to assist with program management and administrative oversight for overseas field programs and to support business and proposal development activities. ICMA is the premier local government leadership and management organization. Its mission is to create excellence in local governance worldwide by providing technical and management assistance, training, and information resources. Responsibilities include: Assisting with the management of at least one international development contract. Responsible for assisting in program start-up and close-out. Assist with recruiting consultants for programs and proposals. Process consultant and subcontractor contracts. Assist with preparing, managing, and monitoring program budgets. Work with program team (s) to ensure program compliance with USAID contractual regulations. Support a range of proposal development activities. Conduct country or thematic research for programs or proposals. Contribute to program-related articles and reports. May participate in overseas trips related to program management in conflict environments such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan etc.

Qualification:

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's Degree in International Affairs, Public Administration, International Business Administration, Economics, Urban Studies or related field.
• Two years overall work experience and 1 year of related experience. Master's Degree may be substituted for one year of experience.
• Experience with administration and finance of USAID-funded contracts or grants preferred. Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated financial management and budgetary skills.
• Word and Excel skills. Bachelor's degree in related field.

TO APPLY: Apply no later than March 17, 2011 at recruitment@icma.org. No phone calls please. Only finalists will be contacted.

More about the Peace Corps

Today on WHYY's Radio Times show, the first hour is about the 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps. You can listen to show online (as soon as the audio link is up--probably in about a day).  In addition to featuring journalist Stanley Meisler, talking about his new book When the World Calls: The Inside Story of the Peace Corps and its First Fifty Years, the show also features a roundtable of former Peace Corps volunteers.  This should be an insightful and interesting look inside the Peace Corps.

Internship Posting: Jewish Dialogue Group, Philadelphia PA, Unpaid

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The Jewish Dialogue Group is seeking interns to help us create our new Guidebook for Deliberation about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Jews across the U.S. will use the guidebook to conduct workshops in which participants systematically explore how they can respond to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in ways that are as ethical and effective as possible, in a supportive, non-adversarial environment.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Responsibilities can include:
1) researching questions about the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, analyses of the current situation, and visions for the future -- from multiple ideological perspectives
2) researching the work of a variety of advocacy organizations and the hopes, values, and assumptions that motivate them
3) conducting interviews with activists, teachers, and scholars with multiple perspectives
4) drafting sections of the guide
5) helping to assemble a bibliography of materials that are freely available online
Interns may also help to conduct and assess pilot workshops using preliminary drafts of the guidebook.
QUALIFICATIONS
We are seeking interns who are:
--skilled in writing and research
--knowledgeable about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, United States foreign policy, Judaism, and Jewish communal politics in the U.S.
--interested in learning and writing about a wide variety of perspectives on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
--organized and detail-oriented
--reliable and flexible
Past experience with conflict analysis and knowledge about conflict resolution or conflict transformation is helpful but not required.
TIMING AND LOCATION
Timing is flexible, but we will ask interns to commit at least 50 hours to the project in the summer or fall of 2011. Full-time and part-time positions are available. We welcome interns who live anywhere in the United States. People located in the Philadelphia area, New York, and Washington, DC are especially encouraged to apply.
ACADEMIC CREDIT AND COMPENSATION
If you are a student and you are eligible for a research grant, community service funding, or academic credit through your school, we would be glad to work with you to design a workplan that meets your program's criteria and to provide any documentation that is needed.

ABOUT THE JEWISH DIALOGUE GROUP
The Jewish Dialogue Group is a non-partisan organization that was founded in 2001 to foster constructive dialogue within Jewish communities about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and other controversial issues. Our board members and volunteers have many different political perspectives. As an organization, we do not take positions on any issues, but focus solely on helping people to talk across differences in useful ways.
We lead dialogue programs in synagogues, colleges, and other venues, which help people to (1) understand one another and built positive relationships across political differences; (2) reflect on their experiences, feelings, ideas, and questions; and (3) systematically explore how they can respond to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the most effective and ethical ways possible. We also train facilitators and create publications that empower people to lead programs of their own.

To apply, visit www.jewishdialogue.org/internships
If you have any questions, email Mitch Chanin at info@jewishdialogue.org.

Job Posting: Learning Tours Program Manager, CARE, Washington DC

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LEARNING TOURS PROGRAM MANAGER
WASHINGTON, DC

CARE seeks a Learning Tours Program Manager within CARE's Policy Advocacy Unit in Washington, DC. The Learning Tours Program Manager will support efforts to cultivate U.S. Congressional champions for improved policies and increased funding for maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) in the developing world through CARE- sponsored travel to Africa, Asia and/or Latin America and follow-up education and advocacy. In order to develop U.S. champions for MNCH in the developing world, the project's two main strategies are to: 1) organize learning tours for Members of Congress and other influential individuals to developing countries to visit MNCH sites and meet local leaders, so U.S. decision makers can gain personal experience of the problems and solutions; and 2) conduct follow-up advocacy to maximize impacts on U.S. government policy and funding levels. The Program Manager will contribute to the Learning Tours operation, including tour preparation, site selection, in-country activities, relationships with partner NGOs and agencies, relationships with CARE Country Directors and country office staff, follow-up advocacy with tour participants, coordination with the CARE Action Network, and the full range of tour communications. In this role, the Program Manager will coordinate between partner organizations and across many divisions, departments, regional management units and country offices within CARE. REQUIRES: Bachelor's degree in political science, international affairs, international development or a related field. The Program Manager must have a background in both advocacy and humanitarian development and/or MNCH in developing countries. Experience managing projects in a complex, international organization. Experience with political and/or social change advocacy campaigns. Experience planning and managing Congressional delegation travel and/or other VIP travel overseas. Experience getting things done without direct line management authority. Experience with and knowledge of how USG policy is made and implemented. Experience developing and managing partnerships and alliances. Advanced written and oral communication skills. Advanced planning and implementation skills. Desired Skills: Experience doing advance work for political campaigns. Knowledge of policy issues related to maternal, newborn and child health. General familiarity with U.S. tax laws and lobbying regulations related to nonprofit organizations. Understanding of maternal, newborn and child health policy issues. TO APPLY: CARE is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer dedicated to workplace diversity. For more information and to apply, please visit www.care.org/careers.

Job Posting: AmeriCorps Recruitment Director, Philadelphia PA

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RECRUITMENT DIRECTOR
The Recruitment Director will plan and implement a comprehensive program to recruit AmeriCorps members to serve in EducationWorks programs. The Recruitment Director is an employee of EducationWorks and reports to the Training and Member Development Director.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Planning and Procedures
• Develop and implement a comprehensive plan to recruit corpsmembers locally and regionally. The plan should include strategies for using media, technology, presentations, exhibits, and public events.
• Establish new and build on existing partnerships with organizations from which large numbers of applicants may be sought, e.g., local colleges and universities, faith-based organizations, senior organizations, city-wide organizations.
• Develop and maintain an applicant review, selection and placement process which assures quality and which maintains central office and local decision-making.
• Maintain and refine systems to provide up-to-date status of recruitment referrals, applications, applicant status, team rosters, and other pertinent records related to recruitment and selection.
• Provide ongoing recruitment enrollment data for Pre-Service Training to Management Team and central office staff.
• Ensure database entries, AmeriCorps websites and other technological recruitment sources are accurate and up-to-date.
• Schedule and coordinate outreach and recruitment activities.
• Manage the Corpsmember re-upping process. Recruit college work-study students and maintain PHEAA and individual college work-study contractual responsibilities.
Materials
• With Lawrenceville staff and supervisor, develop new and revise existing recruitment materials, e.g., application form, brochure, descriptive materials.
• Oversee preparation and distribution of materials and advertising for Corpsmember positions to:
o Newspapers and local organization newsletters and publications
o Colleges
o PSAs
o Technology-based resources, e.g., JobTrack, Internet Service Sites, Peace Corps database, CNCS On-line Recruitment Database
o Organizations serving target populations, e.g., senior centers
o Others as appropriate
• Oversee ordering of recruitment promotional give-a-ways and maintenance of an inventory of all recruitment materials.
Human Resources • Oversee the processing of criminal, FBI, sex offender, and child abuse clearance forms for Corpsmembers, volunteers and staff.
Other
• Oversee the work of the recruitment department staff.
• Coordinate efforts with other departments, site coordinators, program directors, and Training & Member Development Director.
• Participate on the Organization-Wide Planning Team and the Philadelphia Management Team.
• Represent the organization at meetings and events as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree required
• Supervisory experience
• Knowledge of major recruitment sources in the region (faith community, colleges and universities, community based organizations)
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English
• Excellent organizational and administrative management skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Facility with Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, Outlook, and Access)
• Car and driver’s license required
EducationWorks is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Please send cover letter complete with salary requirements and resume to Trish Buchanan: TBuchanan@educationworks.org . Due to the anticipated volume of applicants, we regret that we will only be contacting those we wish to interview.

Job Posting: Director, Gender Justice Program, the International Center for Transnational Justice, New York City

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The International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ). New York, NY, USA.
Closing date: March 14, 2011.

Primary Function:

The Director of the Gender Justice Program is responsible for designing and overseeing the implementation of the ICTJ's gender program. S/he will operate with a high degree of autonomy, will report to the Director, Program Office, and will be responsible for managing the ICTJ Gender Justice team. The Director of the Gender Justice Program must work with ICTJ’s Regional Directors and other Thematic Directors in order to infuse a gendered approach in the various regions in which ICTJ works, as well as within the institution as a whole. The Director of the Gender Justice Program will design and manage the Program’s budget and the allocate resources, and monitor its expenditure, along with his/her team. S/he will also bear substantial responsibility for fundraising for the Program, working closely with the ICTJ Development Department.
The Director of the Gender Justice Program will be expected to travel, as necessary, to various countries where ICTJ is engaged and will oversee and organize a team of highly qualified experts, both within ICTJ’s New York headquarters and in various places around the globe. S/he will assist in the development of research and the dissemination of knowledge on gender and transitional justice issues which result from work in the field. S/he will ensure that information and analysis generated by the Gender Justice Program is not only made available to ICTJ staff and disseminated throughout the organization, but also disseminated externally so as to impact the field as a whole.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

Program Development Thematic Work and Country Work

• Conceptualize, design and develop ICTJ's Gender Justice Program in collaboration with the program staff. Work closely with local and international women’s rights networks in identifying priorities and implementing these programs.
• Manage ICTJ’S Gender Justice Program, including advising and liaising with ICTJ’s various regional and thematic programs (including: truth-seeking; prosecution efforts; reparations programming), ensuring that a gendered approach to transitional justice is developed and “mainstreamed” within ICTJ’s in-country and thematic work.
• Coordinate South-South Exchange on gender and transitional justice issues, including the facilitation of regional and global networks and ‘affinity groups’.
• Strengthen civil society actors who work on gender issues in transitional justice contexts as well as those actors who work in TJ contexts who do not possess gender expertise.
• Influence governmental and multilateral organizations to adopt appropriate policies on gender and transitional justice.
• Work with ICTJ’s Research Unit to help develop gender-related projects.
• Work with other units in ICTJ to ensure that all ICTJ training programs for emerging transitional justice practitioners, policymakers, and donors have significant gender content. Also work with others in ICTJ to ensure that any training courses developed for internal staff have significant gender content.
• Follow Transitional Justice developments in specific world regions, key countries and in the field in general.
• Facilitate the provision of comparative knowledge and analysis, policy advice, technical assistance and capacity building related to gender in transitional justice to relevant actors and ICTJ partners.
• In conjunction with the country head and/or relevant Regional Director, develop and maintain relevant in-country contacts with partner organizations, donors and policy-makers.

Fundraising

• Oversee the design of the ICTJ Gender Justice Program’s fundraising plan.
• With the support of the ICTJ’s Development Department, conduct fundraising activities for the Program and maintain contacts with relevant donors.
• With the support of ICTJ’s Development Department, draft grant applications and grant reports on gender-related activities for ICTJ donors.
• Participate in formulating proposals and in the discussion of proposed new activities.

Research and Writing

• The Gender Program Director will be expected to undertake research and writing assignments as agreed with the Director, Program Office and time will be earmarked for this purpose.
• Develop, supervise and provide quality control for all publications initiated by the Gender Justice Program. This may include commissioned expert papers; operational manuals; educational modules for ICTJ programs; staff research projects; reporting documents; think pieces; etc.
• Respond to requests from other ICTJ programs and Units to enhance gender-related information, recommendations, etc. in their work. This will require research, analysis, and collaborative drafting.
• Perform research and writing tasks to critically analyze gender and transitional justice interventions and approaches, including both theoretical and comparative research and writing for ICTJ publications.

Management

• Lead the development of the Program’s strategic vision and work-plan.
• Build collaborative working relationships with the ICTJ’s Regional and Thematic Directors.
• Build and oversee a global team of staff and consultants.
• Supervise staff and consultants to ensure the completion of program goals. The Director of the Gender Justice Program will also make decisions regarding the selection, evaluation and other personnel matters involving the Gender Justice Program staff and consultants
• Supervise or undertake strategic research missions, write briefing memoranda, reports, and public statements in a concise and accurate manner, with a quick turn-around time.
• Build, manage and assess the Gender Justice Program team.
• Update the website and where necessary contribute to the Annual Report, contribute to the ICTJ’s global knowledge management work, participate in other unit activities and once-off assignments from management or across units, and review and comment on ICTJ documents.
• Manage the allocation of resources within the Gender Justice Program, develop the Program's budget and monitor expenditures.
• Represent the Gender Justice Program in the ICTJ’s various management structures.
• Contribute to the overall work of ICTJ as a team player with professionalism, integrity and commitment.

Networking and Outreach

• Develop and maintain good working relationships with policy-makers, ambassadors, and High Commissioners, governments, nongovernmental organizations and others.
• Develop and maintain good working relationships with justice and truth-seeking institutions, civil society organizations and victims groups and particularly with women’s organizations.
• Represent the ICTJ Gender Justice Program externally.

Major Qualifications:

To direct its Gender Justice Program, ICTJ seeks a candidate with:

• Education: a relevant graduate degree in law, political science, social science, international affairs, journalism, history, gender studies or experience in a related field.
• Experience: Ten years of experience in the field of gender, human rights, peace-building, humanitarian work, transitional justice, conflict prevention, development, or related field, with program and operational management experience, ideally in an international setting.

Skills and Attributes:

• Experience in project and program management.
• Capacity to interact effectively in both the human rights and gender communities.
• Familiarity and experience with fundraising.
• Professional level English language skills.
• Proficiency in French, Spanish or Arabic would be an added advantage.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.Collegial leader with the ability to work with a globally diverse team.
• Ability to multi-task.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills.
• Ability to work quickly under pressure and adhere to strict deadlines.
• Travel to field offices will be required.

To Apply:

Submit cover letter, curriculum vitae, an unedited writing sample and contact information for three references by 03/14/11 to jobs@ictj.org. Only qualified applicants will be contacted. Please, no telephone calls/faxes.
Website: http://www.ictj.org/en/about/jobs/index.html

Workshop: Careers in International Development

If you're interested in International Development and are able to travel to DC, the Foreign Policy Association is hosting this workshop on March 23rd. This workshop will also be offered in NYC on March 30th. See the link for more information!