London, United Kingdom
Communication for Social Change Consortium
Managing Director for Business Development and Partnerships
London, England
Communication for Social Change Consortium has an immediate need for a creative, hard-working and flexible senior communication leader to join our passionate group of global communication professionals. Exciting opportunity to make a mark in new markets and new programme areas. See job description below.
Closing date is June 30 2008.
The person selected for this position will be a key member of the senior management team of the Consortium, filling in for the president of this global nonprofit organization as needed. His/her responsibilities include promoting the Consortium and its capabilities to potential partners and client organizations, finding and developing revenue generating opportunities, overseeing the revenue-generating portfolio, helping to grow this portfolio to a $2-3 million operation in 18-24 months, and supervising a network of consultants and projects.
He/she is expected to cultivate and sustain relationships with European, Asian, Australian and Arab States-based potential donors and organizations in particular. He/she will find revenue opportunities, working with a small administrative staff, and develop proposals, respond to RFPs and to Expressions of Interest. The person is also expected to participate in fundraising efforts and pitches especially those to bilateral donors. He/she will supervise the work of the staff tracking contracts and grants.
The person selected must represent the Consortium at global and local forums, and must establish and maintain excellent networks with key people in development and in communication. He or she is expected to be – or to become – a recognized name in the communication for development field, and to write and speak frequently on topics of interest to the Consortium.
Along with the president and managing director-programs the person selected is responsible for running this organization’s programs and offices, with particular responsibility for the work and presence in Europe and for new operations that may open in the future. The person selected must be comfortable with creating sense out of ambiguity and for taking ideas at their embryonic stages and growing them into well-rounded successful programs. He/she must understand many development institutions and how development works including major bilateral international aid agencies (DfID, USAID, CIDA, AusAid, the Scandinavian donors, UN system and development banks, for example) – plus international NGOs and corporate foundations.. He/she must be totally comfortable meeting within and travelling to the home countries of these organizations.
The person selected must possess a sense of urgency and impatience with the status quo yet married with a strong sense of diplomacy and the ability to compromise when needed. He or she must be a self-starter but must also recognize that his or her effectiveness is reliant upon playing successfully on a professional team in which ideological differences will occur. She or he must put a very high premium on servant leadership and keeping partners and clients satisfied. This is not a role for a prima donna. She/he must be able to negotiate through conflicts and difficult conversations effectively.
The incumbent develops program ideas and new programs, runs these programs, monitoring staff progress toward fulfilling the Consortium's strategic direction, promotes Consortium services and programs, writes for both electronic and printed publications, provides quality control, recruits and evaluates consultant performance.
The preferred candidate will have at least a masters degree in communication or development fields with proven communication leadership experience working with global donors, the UN system, global nonprofits, multinational corporations, bilateral agencies and national governments, especially those in Europe. The incumbent must have worked in at least 2 regions of the world in developing countries and have proven on-the-ground experience developing communication strategies and running programs in poorer countries. Ideally, he/she will be conversant in at least 2 languages that are official languages of the European Commission.
Preference will be given to candidates who have lived in a developing country and have at least 10 years experience with maintaining partnerships with aid organizations and with the media and governments in such countries. The incumbent should have published in scholarly or professional journals and be a superior writer and editor. Effective presentation and verbal skills, analytical abilities, fund-raising success, people-centered management skills, strong listening skills and the ability to mobilize groups of people and advocate on their behalf is a must.
He/she must have proven expertise in at least 3-4 of the following issues areas: participatory communication, rural poverty alleviation, sustainable agriculture, sustainable environment, democracy and governance, media transformation, media advocacy and literacy, community media, alternative media, community radio, grassroots organizing and mobilization, gender-power relationships, HIV-AIDS, health promotion, tuberculosis, natural resources, food security, information technology, childhood diseases, universal health, polio or monitoring and evaluation.
The CFSC Consortium Europe office is located in London, England. The person selected will be responsible for the Consortium’s work activities, revenue generation and fundraising in Europe, Asia and the Arab States. He/she must be a citizen of an EU country and be familiar with governance structures in the EU as well as within individual EU countries. He/she must have good relationships with EU staff or know how to establish such relationships. He/she must be able to promote the organization to a wide variety of stakeholders, to market and influence institutions to utilize CFSC concepts, approaches, principles, curricula, training and other resources.
As a key member of the management team, he/she must attend bi-monthly staff meetings in the United States as well as fund-raising trips to the U.S. and Canada, and attend board of director meetings in the United States as required. In addition, the incumbent represents the Consortium at various international gatherings at the United Nations, International Monetary Fund and the World Bank – at U.S. universities, schools, other nonprofits, foundations, corporations and associations. He/she is one of two central spokespeople for the Consortium.
Compensation and benefits: Proposed base salary is negotiable based on experience. Adjustments will be made twice per year to account for currency fluctuations if needed. The Consortium will pay family health care coverage over and above that provided by the UK national health system as well as a supplemental life insurance policy, dental insurance if needed and contribute to an individually managed retirement savings plan.
To Apply:
Send a cover letter summarizing your qualifications, including experience working in Europe and in developing countries, and your salary expectations along with a CV not to exceed 6 pages:
Via email: info@communicationforsocialchange.org
Via postal service: President, CFSC Consortium, 14 South Orange Avenue, Suite 2F, South Orange, New Jersey 07079 , United States.
Via fax: 1-973-762-8267 or 1-973-761-6596
The deadline to apply is June 30, 2008.
Communication for Social Change Consortium
Managing Director for Business Development and Partnerships
London, England
Communication for Social Change Consortium has an immediate need for a creative, hard-working and flexible senior communication leader to join our passionate group of global communication professionals. Exciting opportunity to make a mark in new markets and new programme areas. See job description below.
Closing date is June 30 2008.
The person selected for this position will be a key member of the senior management team of the Consortium, filling in for the president of this global nonprofit organization as needed. His/her responsibilities include promoting the Consortium and its capabilities to potential partners and client organizations, finding and developing revenue generating opportunities, overseeing the revenue-generating portfolio, helping to grow this portfolio to a $2-3 million operation in 18-24 months, and supervising a network of consultants and projects.
He/she is expected to cultivate and sustain relationships with European, Asian, Australian and Arab States-based potential donors and organizations in particular. He/she will find revenue opportunities, working with a small administrative staff, and develop proposals, respond to RFPs and to Expressions of Interest. The person is also expected to participate in fundraising efforts and pitches especially those to bilateral donors. He/she will supervise the work of the staff tracking contracts and grants.
The person selected must represent the Consortium at global and local forums, and must establish and maintain excellent networks with key people in development and in communication. He or she is expected to be – or to become – a recognized name in the communication for development field, and to write and speak frequently on topics of interest to the Consortium.
Along with the president and managing director-programs the person selected is responsible for running this organization’s programs and offices, with particular responsibility for the work and presence in Europe and for new operations that may open in the future. The person selected must be comfortable with creating sense out of ambiguity and for taking ideas at their embryonic stages and growing them into well-rounded successful programs. He/she must understand many development institutions and how development works including major bilateral international aid agencies (DfID, USAID, CIDA, AusAid, the Scandinavian donors, UN system and development banks, for example) – plus international NGOs and corporate foundations.. He/she must be totally comfortable meeting within and travelling to the home countries of these organizations.
The person selected must possess a sense of urgency and impatience with the status quo yet married with a strong sense of diplomacy and the ability to compromise when needed. He or she must be a self-starter but must also recognize that his or her effectiveness is reliant upon playing successfully on a professional team in which ideological differences will occur. She or he must put a very high premium on servant leadership and keeping partners and clients satisfied. This is not a role for a prima donna. She/he must be able to negotiate through conflicts and difficult conversations effectively.
The incumbent develops program ideas and new programs, runs these programs, monitoring staff progress toward fulfilling the Consortium's strategic direction, promotes Consortium services and programs, writes for both electronic and printed publications, provides quality control, recruits and evaluates consultant performance.
The preferred candidate will have at least a masters degree in communication or development fields with proven communication leadership experience working with global donors, the UN system, global nonprofits, multinational corporations, bilateral agencies and national governments, especially those in Europe. The incumbent must have worked in at least 2 regions of the world in developing countries and have proven on-the-ground experience developing communication strategies and running programs in poorer countries. Ideally, he/she will be conversant in at least 2 languages that are official languages of the European Commission.
Preference will be given to candidates who have lived in a developing country and have at least 10 years experience with maintaining partnerships with aid organizations and with the media and governments in such countries. The incumbent should have published in scholarly or professional journals and be a superior writer and editor. Effective presentation and verbal skills, analytical abilities, fund-raising success, people-centered management skills, strong listening skills and the ability to mobilize groups of people and advocate on their behalf is a must.
He/she must have proven expertise in at least 3-4 of the following issues areas: participatory communication, rural poverty alleviation, sustainable agriculture, sustainable environment, democracy and governance, media transformation, media advocacy and literacy, community media, alternative media, community radio, grassroots organizing and mobilization, gender-power relationships, HIV-AIDS, health promotion, tuberculosis, natural resources, food security, information technology, childhood diseases, universal health, polio or monitoring and evaluation.
The CFSC Consortium Europe office is located in London, England. The person selected will be responsible for the Consortium’s work activities, revenue generation and fundraising in Europe, Asia and the Arab States. He/she must be a citizen of an EU country and be familiar with governance structures in the EU as well as within individual EU countries. He/she must have good relationships with EU staff or know how to establish such relationships. He/she must be able to promote the organization to a wide variety of stakeholders, to market and influence institutions to utilize CFSC concepts, approaches, principles, curricula, training and other resources.
As a key member of the management team, he/she must attend bi-monthly staff meetings in the United States as well as fund-raising trips to the U.S. and Canada, and attend board of director meetings in the United States as required. In addition, the incumbent represents the Consortium at various international gatherings at the United Nations, International Monetary Fund and the World Bank – at U.S. universities, schools, other nonprofits, foundations, corporations and associations. He/she is one of two central spokespeople for the Consortium.
Compensation and benefits: Proposed base salary is negotiable based on experience. Adjustments will be made twice per year to account for currency fluctuations if needed. The Consortium will pay family health care coverage over and above that provided by the UK national health system as well as a supplemental life insurance policy, dental insurance if needed and contribute to an individually managed retirement savings plan.
To Apply:
Send a cover letter summarizing your qualifications, including experience working in Europe and in developing countries, and your salary expectations along with a CV not to exceed 6 pages:
Via email: info@communicationforsocialchange.org [1]
Via postal service: President, CFSC Consortium, 14 South Orange Avenue, Suite 2F, South Orange, New Jersey 07079 , United States.
Via fax: 1-973-762-8267 or 1-973-761-6596
The deadline to apply is June 30, 2008.