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Be the internal and external thematic lead on a topic that has strategic importance for GCERF and for the regional focus.\r\n<h3>Principal accountabilities and ownership<\/h3>\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Strategic regional\/country Portfolio Management: Coordinating, drafting, and adapting country or regional strategies, typically a portfolio of 3-5 countries, depending on the size\/complexity of the country activities. Own the investment strategies and revise them to adapt to changes within portfolios.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Operational grant-making and management: Coordinate country teams with overall responsibility for programming. Responsibility for aligned, efficient, effective, and compliant grant-making and management. Work closely with grantees and have full accountability for context, political and security analysis. Manage portfolio-level budgets and work plans.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Relationship\/partnership management: Building and strengthening relations with in-country stakeholders, P\/CVE actors such as UN agencies, among others.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Event management: Organise events and visits related to the portfolio, including but not limited to field visits linked to the Board meetings, Learning and Exchange events, and meetings with in-country government stakeholders and members of the international community.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>External representation: represent and promote the work of GCERF in external events.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<h4><strong>Qualifications<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n<strong>Knowledge\/Experience\/Qualifications<\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Master\u2019s degree in International Development, International Relations, Anthropology, Social Sciences, Business or related topic.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>At least 10 years of prior relevant experience in development, NGOs or foundations.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>At least 4 years, ideally up to 8 years, of lived or professional experience in an ODA-eligible country. Preferably in more than one country and ideally in GCERF partner countries.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>At least 2 years, ideally up to 6 years, of prior experience working with donors and government officials.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Experience living and working in MENA region<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Experience working with and overseeing complex programmes funded by USAID and various EU-funding mechanisms is a plus.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>In-depth knowledge of principles of P\/CVE.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Experience in multi-stakeholder settings<\/li>\r\n \t<li>In-depth understanding of the work &amp; challenges of community-based and grassroots organisations and experience working alongside them including knowledge sharing and exchange.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Knowledge and experience with Safeguarding practices.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h4>Technical skills<\/h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Strong Project Management skills.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Strong competency in programme design and development, project cycle management, and financial budgeting and reporting.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Fluent in English and Arabic at a professional level (C2-level in Arabic). Excellent verbal and written capacity. Ideally a working knowledge of French (B2-level).<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h4>Personal skills and attributes<\/h4>\r\nDemonstrate GCERF values:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Making a difference<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Achieving together<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Acting with integrity<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Embracing diversity<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Realising potential<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nOther key attributes:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Proactivity and innovation<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Diplomacy &amp; effective communications<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Drive for results \u2013 solution orientation<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Good judgement, informed and fair decision- making<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Entrepreneurial spirit<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h4>Interdependencies<\/h4>\r\n<strong>What this role must provide for key working relationships<\/strong>\r\n\r\nOther Regional Managers (primary)\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Share learnings and ideas for the ultimate benefit of the entire PMU portfolio.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Share and support colleagues with regard to thematic expertise.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nDeputy Head of Portfolio Management Unit (primary)\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Provide clear status of portfolios and overview of challenges in order for the DHPMU to ensure adequate support and decisions.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nDirect reports (primary)\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Clear objectives, support and feedback.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Meaningful learning and development plans.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nHead of Portfolio Management Unit \/ Deputy Executive Director (secondary)\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Provide high-level information about relevant portfolios and thematic area.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Contribute ideas to strategy of the global portfolio.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nIn-country stakeholders (primary)\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Build, maintain and monitor relationships with key partners and relevant in-country stakeholders.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Represent and promote GCERF in all relevant external events.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nGrantees (primary)\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Build relationships to ensure achievement of the accountabilities.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Ensure principle of inclusivity in grant-making, management and capacity-building.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nGrants Finance team (primary)\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Work closely to ensure grants monitoring and compliance with internal and external standards and regulations.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Jointly drive capacity building of grantees.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nPerformance &amp; Impact team (primary)\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Collaborate on the development and implementation of grant and portfolio level Theory of Change.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Contribute to GCERF policy and performance reviews and creation of learning and research materials for external communication.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Jointly drive capacity building of grantees.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nResource Mobilisation team (secondary)\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Communicate to ensure alignment of RM strategy and in-country RM efforts.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Provide structured input to donor proposals and reports.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nCommunications team (secondary)\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Support creation of rich content for outreach materials. Help identify communications opportunities.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h4>General information:<\/h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Our offices are located in Geneva, Switzerland. We currently have a hybrid working model.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>GCERF offers competitive salaries and benefits package.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>All appointments are subject to availability of funding.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>GCERF is committed to diversity within its workforce and encourages applications from all qualified candidates. We encourage applications from across the world as we are able to employ all nationalities.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h4>Application Process:<\/h4>\r\n<strong>Deadline: 30 January 2025<\/strong>\r\n\r\nAs a part of the recruitment process, shortlisted applicants will be asked to complete a written assignment and participate in an interview process.\r\n\r\nOnly complete applications, including a resume and cover letter, will be considered.\r\n\r\n<strong>How to Apply:<\/strong>\u00a0Please visit the GCERF website at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gcerf.org\/careers-and-opportunities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.gcerf.org\/careers-and-opportunities\/.<\/a>\u00a0Please send an email to <a href=\"mailto:careers@gcerf.org\">careers@gcerf.org<\/a> for any question you may have regarding this vacancy.","_job_category":{"72":"Project Management \/ Gestion de projet"},"organization-type":"","fields-of-action":"Peace and Security \/ Paix et s\u00e9curit\u00e9","_job_type":{"97":"Fixed term contract \/ CDD"},"_job_apply_type":"external","_job_apply_email":"","_job_apply_url":"https:\/\/www.gcerf.org\/careers-and-opportunities\/","activity-rate":"100%","_job_salary_type":"monthly","_job_salary":"","_job_experience":"10+ years","_job_application_deadline_date":"2025-01-30","_job_location":{"90":"Gen\u00e8ve"},"_job_logo":"https:\/\/jobs.cagi.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/GCERF-logo-150x150.jpg","_job_employer_name":"GCERF","_job_employer_url":"https:\/\/jobs.cagi.ch\/fr\/employer\/gcerf\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.cagi.ch\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing\/95838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.cagi.ch\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.cagi.ch\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/job_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.cagi.ch\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/150"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.cagi.ch\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95838"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.cagi.ch\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing\/95838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95841,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.cagi.ch\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing\/95838\/revisions\/95841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.cagi.ch\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"job_listing_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.cagi.ch\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_type?post=95838"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.cagi.ch\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_category?post=95838"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.cagi.ch\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_location?post=95838"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.cagi.ch\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_tag?post=95838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}