Country Coordinator-West Bank

The Academy for Educational Development, an international NGO, is recruiting for the position of Country Coordinator for West Bank. The position is with the Regional Partnership for Culture and Development Program supported by USAID’s Office of Middle East Programs (OMEP). The program aims to support the production and dissemination of regional research, evaluations and analyses. Focus areas include governance, natural resource management and youth issues.

Located in Ramallah, West Bank, the County Coordinator is responsible for :

-providing research on up-to-date country specific best practice information from local and national research institutions;
-building collaborative relationships with institutions, organizations and associations and disseminating information prepared in the Cairo office to country networks in priority sector areas;
-overseeing all logistics for national level workshops, and working with the Cairo office for knowledge sharing, marketing and communications, publication and information dissemination;
-contributing to annotated bibliographies, technical publication series and research highlights, and content to the Program’s Portal site.

Qualifications:
Masters preferred or an equivalent combination of education and experience. At minimum of three
years experience in a related research or development field, four to five years preferred. Strong
organization, logistics, and networking skills required. Demonstrated experience with computerized
information services, especially online databases and strong internet searching skills required.
Previously established relationships and knowledge of Middle Eastern research institutions is preferred.
Knowledge of USAID programming in the MENA region and experience in one of the priority sector
areas highly preferred. Fluency in spoken and written Arabic and English required. Candidate may
need to work from home and must be broadband connected.
A detailed description for the position with required qualifications and skills can be found at http://itac.aed.org. Please submit your CV and Letter of Interest in English to

Please include “Country Coordinator-West Bank” in the title field of the email.
Interested candidates should not contact staff at USAID or any other AED-administered project in
West Bank for information about this position.
For additional information regarding AED, please visit http://www.aed.org.
The deadline for applications is 24 February, 2011.