Programme Manager, Peacebuilding Issues Programme

Salary: £48,023 per annum (more for an exceptional candidate), plus excellent benefits

Based: London

We are recruiting an inspirational leader for our Peacebuilding Issues Programme, which provides ideas leadership and practical support on peacebuilding issues and methods inside and outside Alert. It specialises in training, research and advocacy, and on specific issues such as gender, climate change, governance, the economic aspects of peace, and on how international businesses and multinational organisations can better contribute to peace.

You will be responsible for setting vision and strategy, developing new ideas, and helping staff develop and evolve their ideas and approaches. You will be actively involved in outreach and advocacy, and will raise funds for projects and for the delivery of training, research and other products and services. You will manage teams and the budget. To be great in this job you are likely, first and foremost, to have a talent for entrepreneurial leadership which allows you to create, identify and seize strategic opportunities, inspire others whose involvement or support is needed, and get involved yourself in taking them forward.

Educated to degree level (in a relevant subject), you will have at least 5 years’ experience of peacebuilding work (or of a similar nature) and in project/programme management (including people management and the management of donor funds) and you will have been based in conflict-affected contexts.

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 jobs@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:  Friday 22^nd March 2013 at 5pm (UK time)

Interviews will take place Thursday 4^th & Friday 5^th April 2013

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.