- Location: Washington, DC
- Sector: Non Profit
- Organization URL: http://www.acus.org
- Experience: Mid Career / Advanced
- Date Posted Dec-15-2011
Description
The Atlantic Council seeks a talented, entrepreneurial individual to help lead its Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center and to manage its annual Black Sea Energy & Economic Forum.
The Patriciu Eurasia Center is the Atlantic Council’s focal point for work on and engagement with the broad swath of countries that lie between the Far East and East-Central Europe – the Black Sea littoral states of Bulgaria, Georgia, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine, as well as the remainder of the Caucasus and Central Asia. Activities include research and writing, public and private programs in Washington, and initiatives abroad. They aim to promote US and European engagement in the region to advance transatlantic values and interests, including freedom, prosperity, stability, and security, as well as energy, economic, and political cooperation and integration. Further information on the Center and the Atlantic Council is available at www.acus.org.
The Center’s flagship is the Black Sea Energy & Economic Forum, a business-led initiative now entering its fourth year that fosters cooperation around the Eurasian region and ties both among its leaders and between them and counterparts in the West. Its agenda focuses on energy, economic growth and integration, and political and other trends in and affecting the region. Participants in this invitation-only event include government, business, civil society, media and other leaders from among the target Eurasian countries, Afghanistan, Iraq, the Balkans, EU member states, and the United States. The November 2011 Forum in Istanbul attracted participants from 36 countries, including some 20 government ministers, 50 CEOs, over 115 businesses, and dozens of media representatives. Key substantive issues included progress on the Southern gas corridor, the implications of the Arab Awakening, and how the Eurozone financial crisis will affect Eurasia and the world. The next Forum is tentatively planned for November 15-16, 2012 in Istanbul. Further information is available at www.bseef.org.
The Center deputy director will have three major sets of responsibilities. One is to carry out scholarship and programs designed to influence policy on key issues affecting Eurasia and transatlantic interests there. A second is to manage and lead the execution of the Black Sea Energy & Economic Forum. The third is to help to lead, run, and administer the Center. He/she will report to the Center director. This position will be located in Washington, DC, but will require international travel. The Atlantic Council seeks applicants with diverse backgrounds and offers a competitive compensation package commensurate with experience.
Responsibilities:
- Program Development: Design and oversee programming and new initiatives to influence policy and impact the public debate on and in Eurasia and the issues affecting the region that bear on transatlantic interests. Oversee implementation of multiple projects simultaneously.
- Intellectual Leadership: Play a lead role in developing the intellectual framework for advancing the Council’s mission and Eurasia-related programming through written work and speaking opportunities within and outside the Council. Develop select issues in which he/she maintains a profile and is respected as a leader in the policy community.
- Management: Assist the Center director in recruiting, managing, and developing a coherent, collegial and productive Eurasia team. Manage relationships with key board members, members of the Council’s networks, and sponsoring entities.
- Development: Work with the director, the Office of External Relations, and Council leadership to build the Center’s funding base by sustaining current support and pursuing additional funding.
- Outreach/Communications: Represent the Center and the Council externally with the US Executive Branch, Congress, the diplomatic community, foreign governments, donors, media, etc., as well as at private and public events, international conferences, etc.
- Financial Management: Serve as a reliable and faithful steward of program funds. Oversee expenses and revenues, management of budgets, and anticipated fundraising as necessary.
- Black Sea Energy & Economic Forum:
- Lead the development and implementation an overall plan for the Forum that includes the budget, revenue goals and targets, and regional outreach to secure broad participation by area government, business, and other leaders.
- Help craft an effective agenda that advances Forum objectives and recruit appropriate speakers/participants to support it.
- Develop and lead the execution of a strategy to secure participation, funding, and other support for the Forum by leaders from throughout the region, Europe, and the United States.
- Oversee the logistical preparation and staging of the Forum.
- Develop and carry out follow-on activities that will, in between its annual meetings, sustain the Forum as an ongoing initiative of relevance to its stakeholders and influential on the policy challenges they and the region as a whole face.
Qualifications
- Demonstrated professional excellence working in and/or on the Eurasia region.
- Strong and current Eurasian network of contacts in business, government/politics, the media, civil society, etc.
- Superb interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to work collegially with others and with the highest standards of integrity.
- A track record of work in and with business, in fundraising, and in conference development, planning, and execution.
- Excellent English language writing and briefing skills; proficiency in Turkish and/or Russian is highly desired.
- Masters degree or above in international affairs or a related field highly desired.
Contact Details
- Email: PECDeputyPosition@acus.org.
Application Instructions
Interested applicants should send a resume, a cover letter that explains the reasons for their interest in this position and describes how their skills will be relevant for success in it, a writing sample, and three references to PECDeputyPosition@acus.org.
The Atlantic Council is an equal opportunity employer.
