ActionAid International ActionAid International: Leadership Advisor Opportunity closing date: Friday, October 31, 2014 Opportunity type: Employment ActionAid International is an organisation, working with over 25 million people in more than 40 countries for a world free from poverty and injustice. This role ensures that the Chief Executive’s office functions efficiently and effectively liaising with the ActionAid International Board and Senior Leadership Team. ActionAid International seeks to appoint a Leadership Advisor. AcctionAid Internation Directorate: Chief Executive Position Location: International Secretariat hubs Salary: from £45 489 per annum International Grade E Purpose of the Role: To provide federation-wide leadership development support towards strengthening management and governance leadership capability. Key responsibilities include but not limited to: •This will be done through proactively managing leadership risks related to the performance and development of senior leaders and building a high performance leadership culture through capacity building initiatives at individual, team and organisational level; •Custodian of ActionAids Leadership and Culture in support of AAIs international strategy; •Identifying and managing leadership transition risks in partnership with the SLT and FLT; •Design and deliver a Middle Management Leadership Programme for high potential young leadership and current middle management role holders; •Provide individual coaching to CDs and other senior managers as part of their leadership development support; •Working closely with the Governance Advisors support the embedding of the Member Development Plan (MDP) as framework for organisational development; •Support the Initiative to Strengthen Governance (ISG) focusing on leadership capacity building of boards and especially facilitating initiatives that will strengthen board-management relationships; •Development and delivery of the AAI Women Leadership Development Programme, informed by feminist leadership principles and addressing women’s rights issues within the organisation; •Design and deliver a Middle Management Leadership Programme for high potential young leadership and current middle management role holders. Desired Skills and Experience The successful candidate will have: •Postgraduate business management , humanities, social sciences; •Executive Coaching and management development; •Minimum 5 years in senior management position as part of an Executive Directorate Team with Board accountability; •Applied psychology / industrial psychology / organisational psychology; •Significant practical experience of managing complex projects and programmes in developing countries, including those with multiple funding streams and dispersed human resources, and preferably in the area of sustainable livelihoods. Application Procedures Application Procedures Applications should be sent with your CV, motivation cover letter by no later than 31 October 2014. You are requested to highlight in the motivation letter how specifically you meet the criteria for this role. Please clearly indicate which position you are applying for. Internal Applications to be sent to: [email protected] and External Applications to be sent to: [email protected] Due to high volumes of applications received, we can only correspond with short listed applicants. Should you not have received feedback on your application within two weeks of the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful. ActionAid International will not consider candidates from recruitment agencies. We reserve the right to withdraw any of our vacancies at any time. ActionAid International promotes diversity and welcomes applications from all section of the community. For more about ActionaAid, refer to actionaid.org.
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