IREX Program Officer Opportunity in Moscow
TITLE: Program Officer
DIVISION: Partnerships and Training Division (PTD)
LOCATION: Moscow, Russia
REPORTS TO: Project Director
ABOUT IREX: IREX is a US-based nonprofit organization committed to
international education in its broadest sense. IREX's efforts encompass
academic research, professional training, institution building, technical
assistance, and policy programs between the United States and the countries
of Eastern Europe, the New Independent States, Asia, and the Near East.
SUMMARY OF POSITION: IREX seeks a Program Officer for the Trafficking
Prevention and Information Dissemination (TPID) Program, based in the
Moscow, Russia office. TPID will create a network of empowerment centers,
based on three existing crisis centers in Moscow, Ekaterinburg, and
Petrozavodsk, in order to create practical economic alternatives for
vulnerable women in high-risk areas of Russia by developing new professional
opportunities and the job skills to realize them. IREX will collaborate
with a wide variety of local and American partners, in providing counseling
services, conducting broad public awareness campaigns, as well as assisting
with job support and placement.
JOB DESCRIPTION: Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
� Overseeing the implementation of grants competition at the grass
roots level to local crisis centers and NGO's;
� Coordinating the collection of baseline statistics and developing
new collection procedures when necessary;
� Coordinating specialized training activities with the three crisis
center partners;
� Overseeing the dissemination of anti-trafficking information;
� Generating program reports;
� Maintaining collaborative work relationships with all program
partners
QUALIFICATIONS: The Program Officer must be well organized, able to work
independently, skilled at handling multiple tasks, and able to adhere to
deadlines.
Other qualifications:
� Minimum of two years experience in the administration of an
international assistance program;
� Strong knowledge of English required;
� Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills;
� Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
This position needs to be filled immediately. Please forward all resumes to
Olga Vlasova at
ovlasova@irex.ru by September 10, 2001.
Web site:
http://www.irex.org
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