Senior Program Officer-Political Parties (217189-851)

The National Democratic Institute (NDI) seeks a Senior Program Officer for the Political Parties Team to contribute to the development, implementation and evaluation of political party programs worldwide.  The position is based in Washington D.C.

Responsibilities:

• Provides advice on political party development to regional team members and country offices, including program strategy, implementation and evaluation;
• Conducts comparative research and drafts resources and publications on political party development;
• Draft, proofreads and edits political party team documents including internal newsletters on political party programming;
• Monitors international trends in political party programming;
• Occasionally participates in country programs and program assessments;
• Maintains information on current/potential experts and trainers and helps to identify and recruit new resource persons;
• Gathers and distributes new materials for use in political party programs;
• Maintains communication with NDI partner organizations overseas, as well as with NDI regional and functional teams;
• Organizes and conducts internal training workshops on political party program approaches and experiences;
• Monitors assigned program budgets, providing full, accurate and timely accounting of all funds;
• Attends occasional conferences and seminars regarding issues in political party development;
• Assists in supervising, planning and directing work of junior staff on the team.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree preferably in International Relations, Comparative Politics or related subject; graduate degree preferred;
• Minimum of six (6) years relevant work experience in international development, political campaigns/party organizing, at the local, state or national level; political or issue campaigns; and/or political consulting or equivalent experience at NDI;
• Experience living and working outside the U.S. preferred;
• Experience in program design, strategic planning and monitoring and evaluation;
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and cultural sensitivity to interact effectively with all levels of headquarters and field-based staff, political party practitioners and international partners;
• Working  knowledge of PC-based word processing and spreadsheet applications;
• Ability to follow through on multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment; deadline oriented;
• Detail oriented;
• Database, HTML skills and proficiency with other information communication technologies (ICT) desired;
• Superior writing skills;
• Foreign language ability (French, Spanish or other major international language) preferred.

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Closing date: 11 Jul 2011 — National Democratic Institute