Position: Project Coordinator (consultant)
Salary: competitive INGO remuneration
Based: Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic (with some in-country travel)
Duration: IMMEDIATE – 30 April 2013
Background
International Alert (‘Alert’) is a 26-year old independent peace-building 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 peace-building 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.
As a part of TASK’s Conflict mitigation and peace building in Kyrgyzstan, an EU-financed project implemented since November 2011 by a consortium of international and national organisations, Alert and local partner organisations are working to develop nascent and strengthen existing mediators working in four oblasts of the Kyrgyz Republic. Alert’s project component has three main objectives: to strengthen practical knowledge, skills and abilities of mediators; to facilitate dialogue among international and national experts on mediation around key issues such as certification and a code of ethics; and to foster mediation as a tool for conflict resolution.
Position
We are looking for a dynamic candidate to join Alert’s team in the Kyrgyz Republic as Project Coordinator for the remaining five months of the project cycle. Specifically, the Project Coordinator would, working with Alert’s country team and project partners: • Provide both content-based and strategic support for greater coordination of Alert implementing partner activities and functioning as a liaison between partners and Alert; • Ensure greater transparency and overt linkages between and among Alert activities and other TASK partner project activities, supporting the Alert team to link activities together and find / utilise additional synergies between Alert activities and those of TASK partners; • Strengthen and facilitate relationships between Alert and wider national and international peace-building community to promote mediation as a conflict resolution tool; • Support the monitoring and evaluation of on-going activities, and work with Alert staff and implementing partners to link Alert monitoring to overall project monitoring.
Person Specification
Essential skills and experience
• Demonstrated experience in implementing complex international projects with many diverse actors and a tight time frame, at the management level; • Experience in the fields of conflict resolution and peace-building, particularly in the Central Asian region; • Experience in designing and implementing monitoring and evaluation activities; • Strong initiative and follow-through, the capacity to think creatively and strategically, excellent writing and facilitation skills; • Strong interpersonal skills in order to work collaboratively within Alert as well as with external partners; • Ability to multi-task effectively, including having good planning and organizing skills and ability to work under pressure; • Near-native level of verbal and written English; • Ability to begin work immediately.
Desired skills and experience
• Working knowledge of Russian and / or Kyrgyz, Uzbek; • Experience in the fields of conflict resolution and peacebuilding; • Professional experience in the field of conflict sensitive approach to development ; • An advanced degree in a related field.
How to apply:
If this position interests you, please send (1) a current CV in English and (2) a letter of (maximum) one page explaining how your skills and experience best fit the job description, by the end of the business day 16 January to alertrecruitment_kg@yahoo.com with ‘PC KG’ in the subject line. Should you be successful at the initial stage of the recruitment process, we will contact you to arrange for an interview (either in person or by phone) and will ask you for three references from people with whom you have worked by the end of the business day 18 January. While 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.
