ICON Instituts Consulting Gruppe (ICON Instituts)

Closing date: 20 Jul 2009
Location: Turkey

South East Anatolia, Eastern Black Sea and East Anatolia regions

ICON-INSTITUTE is a provider of high quality and professional support in the design, the planning, the implementation and the evaluation of development projects all over the world. The empowerment of women and gender equality are one of our priorities and supporting developing countries and countries in transition to improve access of women to employment, education, and participation in social and political life is our mission.

ICON-INSTITUTE is preparing for a forthcoming EU-funded project in Turkey titled "Empowerment of Women and Women NGOs in the Least Developed Regions of Turkey". The overall objective of the project is to upgrade women’s status in the least developed regions of Turkey with a view to reducing regional disparities. The project purpose is to assist the Turkish government to increase and facilitate women’s access to municipal, social and judicial services through improving capacity of women NGOs and awareness building in South East Anatolia, Eastern Black Sea and East Anatolia regions. The project will have duration 32 months. We are currently seeking a highly skilled, team-oriented and senior Team Leader to join us. The Team Leader should be a Social Scientist/Political Scientist/Psychologist with at least 10 years experience in implementing large-scale programmes in resource-poor settings.

Successful applicants will have:

Qualifications and skills
- Masters degree or equivalent professional experience in relevant areas (academic background in gender issues will be an asset)

General professional experience
- Relevant experience in gender related issues and issues related to civil society development,
- Preferably a comparative knowledge of other Member States systems;
- Experience in study and project management;
- Broad international contacts/exposure would be considered an advantage;
- Strong written, oral and inter-personal communication skills in English and Turkish.
- Experience in developing, co-ordinating and conducting training programmes;
- Experience in managing a large team of experts;
- Experience in working in a different cultural environment an advantage.

Personal skills
- Cultural sensitivity, ability to lead and work in teams

Languages
- English and Turkish

Additional skills
- Proven reporting and writing skills, including knowledge of budgetary reporting.
- Previous experience with the planning, implementation, and reporting requirements would be an asset.

How to apply

Reference Code: RW_7THR7R-56