Tag: administrative position

World Food Prize Foundation: Program Manager, International Dialogues (USA but Remote Possible)

“JobProgram Coordinator/Manager, International Dialogues, World Food Prize Foundation, Des Moines, Iowa, USA (Remote Considered). Deadline: 4 January 2023.

The Program Coordinator/Program Manager, International Dialogues supports the planning and implementation functions of the World Food Prize Foundation’s International Dialogues team. This includes a set of convenings designed around the foundation’s mission. These convenings will include the annual International Borlaug Dialogue, Laureate Announcement, Iowa Hunger Summit, Digital Dialogues and Webinars, essential food and ag meetings, and special events like “Live with the Laureate.”

Duties and responsibilities include:

  • Provide content research writing support on critical agriculture and food security issues in preparation for the International Borlaug Dialogue, Regional Dialogues, International Events, Digital Dialogues, Iowa Hunger Summit, the Announcement of the World Food Prize Laureate and other important meetings.

  • Provide support to the team in stakeholder management, especially associated with engaging stakeholders around their participation in the events of the World Food Prize Foundation.

  • Prepare materials for internal and external distribution about the work and direction of the Foundation and the International Dialogues team. Draft written communication – internal and external.
    Provide support in speaker/topic identification, invitations, and panel management at various dialogues – including helping to create a cohesive convening, creating briefing materials, and communicating about meeting outcomes.

  • Support the International Dialogues team through meeting preparation, meeting notes, Google Suite Management, contact database (i.e., SalesForce) and other technology support including the organization-wide project management platform.

Kennesaw State U: Conflict Management & Peacebuilding (USA)

“JobDirector of the School of Conflict Management, Peacebuilding, and Development, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA, USA. Deadline: 10 January 2023.

Kennesaw State University is now accepting applications for a twelve-month, administrative faculty position as a tenured Professor and Director of the School of Conflict Management, Peacebuilding and Development (SCMPD) in the Norman J. Radow College of Humanities and Social Sciences beginning July 2023.

Responsibilities include:

  • The Director is responsible for providing leadership for the School and Center for Conflict Management.

  • They will oversee SCMPD’s academic programs and budgets, facilitate fundraising, and manage the School’s outreach to the academic and practitioner communities.

  • The College is looking for an accomplished scholar with demonstrated administrative leadership skills and the ability to create an environment for collaboration, transparency, and shared governance.

  • The Director will have the responsibility to promote diversity, inclusion, and equity.

  • Working in collaboration with School faculty and staff and the Dean’s office, the Director will support and enhance teaching effectiveness, scholarship and research, student success, and community outreach.

East-West Center: Deputy Director (USA)

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Projects Coordinator, East-West Center, Honolulu, HI, USA. Deadline: Open until filled.

The The East-West Center (Center) is accepting applications for a limited, two-year appointment (with possibility of extension) for a Deputy Director within the Research Program. The Deputy Director assists the Vice President and Director of Research (VPDR) with overall administrative and intellectual leadership for the Research Program, ensuring its activities and funding proposals are compatible with the Center’s mission and objectives. The position will also develop, execute, and maintain appropriate recordkeeping systems and operational procedures to ensure the program’s work scope, policy, and regulatory requirements are properly followed. Additionally, the incumbent may assist in directing program resources, project planning, and contributing to the development and evaluation of current and future research opportunities.

Other positions currently available at the East-West Center are listed here.

Anna Lindh Foundation: Several Positions (Egypt)

“JobSeveral positions are available at the Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation, Alexandria, Egypt. Deadline: varies by position.

The Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue between Cultures (ALF), created in 2005 and based in Alexandria, Egypt, is registered by the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an international intergovernmental organisation. Its aim, according to its statutes, is to promote the dialogue between cultures and to contribute to the visibility of the Barcelona Process through intellectual, cultural and civil society exchanges.

Corporate Communication Manager. Deadline: 18 December 2022.

The Corporate Communication Manager, working from the ALF Headquarters in Alexandria, Egypt, will have the overall responsibility to lead and oversee the Foundation’s internal and external communication strategy, ensuring that its message is consistent and engaging; direct the communication team; supervise the communication budget and develop, implement and coordinate all the ALF communications activities and campaigns in line with the ALF Multiannual Work Programme 2022-2025.

Civil Society Manager. Deadline: 12 December 2022.

The Civil Society Manager, following the indications of the Executive Director, leads the ALF Secretariat action towards its Civil Society National Networks; ensures well-oiled internal and external coordination schemes and procedures; actively contributes to the fundraising strategy of the Foundation, directs the Civil Society team; supervises the assigned budget and develops, implements and coordinates all the ALF Civil Society Unit activities in line with the ALF Multiannual Work Programme 2022-2025.

ActionAid: Global Advocacy and Grant Coordinator, Anti Racist Public Education (S Africa, UK, Kenya or Brazil)

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Global Advocacy and Grant Coordinator, Anti Racist Public Education, ActionAid, to be based in Johannesburg, London, Nairobi or Rio de Janeiro. Deadline: 3 November 2022.

This role will support the development of ambitious progress on anti-racist public education globally, working in close dialogue with a transformative programme in Brazil. You will lead global advocacy on anti-racist public education, connecting with and drawing learning from around the world to influence global policies and practices. This will include engaging with UN Special Rapporteurs, with UNESCO’s Global Education Monitoring Report, and with processes to influence the post-2030 SDG agenda to make issues around racial equity in education a global priority. You will work in close partnership with the School of Education at the University of Bristol who are developing a database of anti-racist education initiatives and a roadmap for transformation. You will also connect closely with wider movements such as the Global Campaign for Education, Education International and the Global Student Forum.

Most importantly you will be connecting with the hugely ambitious transformative work of the SETA project in Brazil, which is working with black, indigenous and quilombo movements, together with the national education campaign, towards a shared vision of a Brazilian public education system built on the principles of racial and social justice where every young person can access their right to quality education. The team in Brazil aims to transform the public education ecosystem in Brazil and to institutionalise a racial equity approach in policy and practice, influencing wider societal attitudes, transforming data and monitoring, shifting government policies and practices, training managers and teachers and mobilising youth and students.

Institute for Study Abroad: Multiple Positions (UK, Argentina)

“Job Institute for Study Abroad (IFSA), (organization is based in Indiana, USA, but some positions are based in other countries). Deadlines vary by position.

  • Director, England and Wales Programmes (based in London; deadline: 22 November 2022)

    The Director of England and Wales Programmes is responsible for the development and leadership of all IFSA sites in England and Wales including the following: inspiring a commitment to first in class customer service for partners and students; ensuring high-quality programming that support student learning and satisfaction outcomes; delivering business results through creative and intentional programme design to support student learning; diversifying the program offering to meet market needs; leading team’s day-to-day programme administration; and growing relationships with host universities, industry, and other partners with a goal of increased enrollment.

  • Director, Argentina (based in Buenos Aires; deadline: open until filled)

    The Director is responsible for the strategic development and leadership including delivering results through creative and intentional program design to support student learning; leading team’s day-to-day program administration; and growing relationships with host universities, industry, and other partners with a goal of increased enrollment and delivery of high-quality programs that support student learning and satisfaction outcomes.

IFSA (Institute for Study Abroad), a US-based nonprofit organization, creates global learning environments to help students gather the critical perspectives, knowledge, and skills essential for future success. Other positions available here.

U Denver: Director, Cultural Center (USA)

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Director, Cultural Center, BIPOC Student Success, Student Affairs, University of Denver, Denver, CO, USA. Review of applications begins: 7 October 2022; position open until filled.

The mission of The Cultural Center (TCC) is to create an environment where students of color and LGBTQ+ students can critically engage their historical legacies and enhance their educational, intellectual, and personal/professional interest in race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, socioeconomic, and cultural sensibilities. TCC provides a haven for respite and dialogue for students as they navigate their journey at the University of Denver.

The Director of TCC BIPOC Student Success is a senior level position in the Dean of Students (DOS) area and the Division of Student Affairs and Inclusive Excellence (SAIE) at the University of Denver. BIPOC stands for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. The Director is responsible for setting the vision for the Cultural Center BIPOC Student Success through an intersectional approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). The Director is responsible for development, assessment, and implementation of programs, signature events, cohort-based experiences, and leadership development of undergraduate and graduate BIPOC students.

Council of European Municipalities and Regions: Communications Officer (Switzerland)

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Communications Officer, Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR), Geneva, Switzerland. Deadline: 25 September 2022.

The Communication Officer will be responsible to raise CEMR’s profile.
Your tasks will be:
• To communicate on CEMR’s activities and impact via press releases, social media, videos, or articles targeting EU institutions, Europe’s towns and regions and development cooperation stakeholders.
• To advise and support CEMR colleagues on how best to highlight their work in Brussels and beyond, convey succinct messages in their position papers on draft EU legislation, workshops, or
studies;
• Showcase CEMR members’ activities and good practices;
• Contribute to the work of transversal activities: publications, statutory affairs, Secretary General’s
cabinet, events, etc.
•To produce monthly newsletters for CEMR members.

You are requested to send your CV and application letter (CV in French, motivation letter in English), as well as at least 3 articles that you wrote in the past 6 months.

NOTE: The Council of European Municipalities and Regions is the largest organisation of local and regional governments in Europe. Its members are 60 national associations of towns, municipalities and regions from 41 countries that are part of the Council of Europe.

East-West Center: Projects Coordinator (USA)

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Projects Coordinator, East-West Center, (Center is based in Hawaii, but this position is in Washington, D. C.), USA. Deadline: Open until filled.

The East-West Center is accepting applications for a limited, two-year appointment (with possibility of extension) for a Projects Coordinator within the EWC Washington (EWCW) office. This position provides direct assistance in organizing and executing the ongoing projects coordinated within the EWCW office which include the Asia Matters for America initiative; research, dialogue, and publication projects such as policy dialogues on various US-Indo Pacific relations; the Asia Studies and other Visiting Fellows programs; the seminars and events program; Congressional Staff Program on Asia; and other various education, research and exchange activities.

Other positions currently available at the East-West Center are listed here.

U Glasgow: Head of Operations, Scottish Council on Global Affairs (UK)

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Head of Operations, Scottish Council on Global Affairs, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Deadline: 18 September 2022.

The Scottish Council on Global Affairs (SCGA or ‘the Council’) seeks to appoint a Head of Operations to provide strategic leadership and to manage all aspects of its research and public engagement operations. The SCGA, which is formed of a partnership of the Universities of St Andrews, Glasgow and Edinburgh, is Scotland’s first independent institute of international affairs. It will provide a hub for collaborative, policy-relevant research and a home for evidence-based debate on all aspects of global affairs. The Council will bring together the public, private and not for profit sectors with academic expertise to encourage dialogue, debate and the dissemination of expertise on issues of international importance. It will deepen existing ties and forge new relationships between researchers and institutions in the United Kingdom and with centres of expertise in Europe and around the world.