Deputy Regional Director South Caucasus and Eastern Europe

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Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation

  • Location: Georgia, Armenia 
  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: 5-10 years
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Remuneration: Not Disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 21/03/2025
  • Location: Georgia, Armenia 
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About the job

As Deputy Regional Director you, together with the Regional Director, will be responsible for the strategic development of the region and management of programmes and operations in accordance with Kvinna till Kvinna’s mandate, policies, and practices.

As Deputy Regional Director you will be line-managing programme staff, and will be responsible for quality implementation of programming. You will be Kvinna till Kvinna’s official representative in Georgia/ or Armenia (depending on the physical location of position placement) and responsible for the work environment and the administration of the office. Networking and maintaining relationships with relevant international and local organisations and institutions is an important part of the job.

As Deputy Regional Director you should be physically based and have a legal right to work in Tbilisi, Georgia or Yerevan, Armenia. You will report to the Regional Director of the South Caucasus and Eastern Europe region.

About you

You are strategic and operational and can easily adapt to the situation. You have a strong ability to prioritise and delegate. You have responsiveness, integrity, and the ability to handle stressful situations. You can handle peaks of intense workloads and crises.

The ideal candidate combines strong technical programme skills with a collaborative mindset and a value-based leadership. This role requires a proactive individual with strong solution-oriented thinking, an analytical mindset, and an understanding of the South Caucasus and Eastern Europe region, including Ukraine, political dynamics.

And, needless to say you share our values: Courage, Commitment, and Credibility, as a means of embracing diversity, practicing intersectional feminism, and challenging inequities.


Professional Qualifications

  • Seven years of relevant experience, including managerial experience leading staff and management of programmes of similar size and focus.
  • Prior experience working with international NGOs, women’s rights and peacebuilding, humanitarian organizations, or development agencies;
  • Experience of:
    • Development cooperation work in South Caucasus, Eastern Europe or similar context;
    • Operational development requiring analytical and strategic skills, including project management, follow-up; evaluation, assessment and reporting, especially results-based management, and quality assurance;
    • Strategic budgeting and follow-up;
    • Knowledge in one or more areas of peace and conflict, gender equality, and/or human rights
    • Administrative and economic tasks with high computer literacy.
  • The ability to travel within all contexts in the region
  • A minimum of a BA University degree in relevant field
  • Fluency in English, excellent knowledge of Russian language; and knowledge of local languages in the region is an advantage;

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