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> Subject: Job Announcement -- Executive Director, ActionAid
> International USA
> Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 12:34:58 -0500
> From: Rick Rowden <Rick.Rowden at actionaid.org>
>
> (apologies for cross postings)
>
> Job Announcement
>
> Executive Director
> ACTIONAID INTERNATIONAL USA
>
> AAI USA is seeking a dynamic and entrepreneurial Executive Director to
> lead the organization at an exciting and challenging time in its
> history.  AAI USA is poised to begin an effort to become a significant
> bridge between social change organizations and coalitions in the US and
> constituency-based groups and social movements in developing countries
> where AAI has affiliates.  AAI USA’s new Executive Director will lead
> the organization as it strives to fulfill its potential for linking
> social justice work in the US and in developing countries at a time when
> such practical solidarity is more important than ever before.   The
> Executive Director will direct and manage AAI USA, its staff and
> programs, creatively develop bridging partnerships, raise funds and
> strategically guide its advocacy agenda.
>
> Candidates should have the following essential qualifications:
>
> •           a proven record of leadership with social change
> organizations at either ED or senior level;
> •           a well-developed sense of vision and strategy in positioning
> an organization and guiding its advocacy efforts;
> •           creativity in devising practical ways of developing real
> collaboration on policy issues of common concern between US social
> change organizations and/or movements and their peers in developing
> countries;
> •           proven ability to work effectively in coalitions and
> partnerships with other organizations;
> •           imagination, enthusiasm and energy for advocacy work in
> support of social and economic justice;
> •           effective management skills and a minimum of 10 years’
> experience;
> •           a record of successful fundraising from foundations and
> individual donors;
> •           effective public speaking skills and powers of persuasion;
> excellent writing skills;
> •           willingness to travel at least 30 percent time.
>
> In addition to the qualifications noted above, the following skills and
> experiences are desirable:
>
> •           substantial experience in international or domestic advocacy
> work;
> •           sound knowledge of the US Government and the advocacy
> process in Washington, DC;
> •           sound knowledge of, and demonstrated experience in,
> international development and rights-based approaches to development
> including work experience in one or more developing countries;
> •           a Master’s degree or equivalent experience in a field
> related to social and economic justice (sociology, public policy, etc.)
>
> Application Process
>
> Interested candidates should send a Curriculum Vita by email to:
> EDSearch at actionaid.org
>
> The application deadline is February 28, 2006.  Final candidates will be
> interviewed on April 2nd or 3rd, 2006 at ActionAid International USA’s
> office in Washington, DC.
>
> Background and Context
>
> ActionAid International USA is the US affiliate of ActionAid
> International (AAI).  ActionAid International’s mission is to work in
> partnership with poor and excluded people who are fighting for a world
> without poverty, a world in which their voices are heard and have an
> impact on the policies of government and major private institutions.
> After having functioned for over thirty years as a British NGO with
> field offices in forty countries, ActionAid transformed itself into an
> international organization in December, 2003.  It changed its name to
> ActionAid International, moved its headquarters from London to
> Johannesburg, South Africa, and turned its field offices into partners
> with an equal say in how the over-all organization operates.  These
> partner Country Programs are affiliates of AAI and are now in the
> process of becoming independent registered NGOs in the countries in
> which they operate.  In their development work, they stress partnerships
> with groups that are raising issues of rights and justice.  AAI also has
> several affiliates in industrialized countries, most with the primary
> purpose of raising funds for AAI’s development programs.
>
> ActionAid International USA was created in 2000.  Its first 5 years have
> been spent advocating reforms that speak directly to decision makers on
> key policies such as poverty reduction, trade, education, agriculture,
> and the expenditure of federal, IMF and World Bank funds.  AAI USA is
> now committed to becoming a “bridge” organization which links social
> change organizations and coalitions in the US with constituency-based
> groups and social movements in developing countries where AAI has
> affiliates.  The purpose of these linkages is to collaborate in
> advocating on such common concerns as food rights, trade, violence
> against women and HIV/AIDS.  For example, AAI USA has recently entered
> into partnerships with the Friends of the Earth, the Rural Coalition,
> and the Federation of Southern Cooperatives in order to conduct joint
> advocacy efforts.  AAI USA is located in Washington, DC, currently has a
> staff of 7 and an annual operating budget of approximately $1
> million.     Its website is www.actionaidusa.org.
>
> Equal Opportunity Employer