Great Lakes Regional Manager and Rwanda Country Manager-Rwanda Jobs

Salary: £40,204 per annum, (more for an exceptional candidate), with benefits including accommodation, relocation package, annual flight back home and medical insurance cover.

Based: Kigali, Rwanda

We are looking for an exceptional candidate to join our Africa programme. You will be responsible for lead consolidation and growth of Alert’s presence in the Great Lakes Region (GLR) of Africa, providing day-to-day management support to Great Lakes region country programmes within the AP/Africa Programme while acting as Country Manager for Rwanda, with supervision of activities in Burundi.

To be great in this job you are likely, first and foremost, to have a talent for designing and delivering innovative peacebuilding programmes and initiatives, at the same time being a problem-solver who thrives on resolving challenges.

Educated to degree level (in a relevant subject), you will have significant experience of managing field-based peacebuilding or development projects or programmes including in Africa and you will have at least 3 years’ experience of responsibility for financial management of projects including designing and managing budgets and financial reporting, along with human resource management including recruitment, performance review and mentoring/support.

To apply, please send a completed application form and equal opportunities form tojobs@international-alert.org , both of which can be found under ‘Downloads’.

Please note we do not accept CVs

Closing date:  Sunday 9th February 2014 at 5pm (UK time)

Telephone interviews will take place on 17th February with face to face interviews held in London on 5th March 2014.

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.
HOW TO APPLY
Please email all completed forms to jobs@international-alert.org or send to 346 Clapham Road, London SW9 9AP, UK.

• For a hard-copy application package, please contact our Human Resources team on +44 (0)207 627 6874.
• We do not accept CVs unless specifically requested. Due to the high volume of applications, we can only contact shortlisted candidates.