Job Announcement: Director, Action for Hope
Job Announcement: Director, Action for Hope
Starting Date: 1 May 2025
Locations: Brussels, Beirut, or Amman
Salary: Commensurate with experience
Deadline: 30 November 2024
Action for Hope is a leading international arts and human rights organisation. We provide cultural development and cultural relief programs that meet the social, cultural, and psychological needs of distressed and displaced communities in the Arabic speaking region and globally.
We believe in the role of arts and culture in empowering individuals and communities, particularly those in distress. We provide people with access to culture and tools for creative expression to enrich their lives, increase the cultural capital of communities around them, and enable their contribution to our shared humanity.
Staff operate from our offices in Brussels, Beirut, and Amman, designing and implementing our programs across the Arabic speaking region and globally.
The Applicant’s Profile:
We are looking for a visionary and experienced individual to lead the organization after the departure of the founder and current director.
The candidate should have a strong record of leading initiatives and projects in arts and culture, development, education, and/or human rights. They must be passionate about social justice and the role of arts and culture in achieving it. The director reports to the organization’s board and coordinates closely with its general assembly of 18 members. The main duties of this position are:
- Leadership: leading a dedicated and talented team of individuals with diverse backgrounds to achieve the organization’s goals.The director plays a vital role in inspiring and enthusing the team and fostering collaboration among them.
- Fundraising: designing and implementing fundraising strategies and plans, cultivating new funding opportunities, and maintaining relationships with existing donors.
- Management: Oversight, leadership and management of programs, operations, and financial and administrative processes.
- Program development and design: Designing new programs and developing existing ones, ensuring programs correspond to the organization’s mission and the changing needs and opportunities.Maintaining qualitative and quantitative criteria in the implementation of all programs.
- Governance: maintaining high standards of accountability in all operations, ensuring adherence to the organization’s statutes and internal policies.
- Representation: Representing the organization in local, regional, and international events, leading networking efforts with regional and international actors.
Essential Requirements:
- At least 10 years’ experience in top management positions in civil society or international organizations.
- University degree in relevant fields.
- Excellent knowledge of the social and political contexts in the Arabic speaking region, and Global South countries.
- Proven ability in fundraising and resource development.
- Excellent command of written and spoken English and Arabic. Ability to author articles and reports in both languages.
- Ability to travel within the Arabic speaking region and internationally.
- Ability to operate under difficult socio-political circumstances and provide creative responses in crisis situations.
Preferable Skills and Qualifications:
- In depth knowledge of the cultural scene in the Arab region and internationally.
- Very good command of French
- Advanced degree in relevant fields
How to Apply:
Interested applicants should send the following documents to: jobs@act4hope.org before 30 November 2024, with “Director” mentioned in the subject of the email.
- CV (not more than 3 pages)
- Motivation letter explaining why the applicant is interested in this position (not more than 2 pages)
- Two writing samples, one in English and one in Arabic, of original texts authored by the applicant (not more than 4 pages for each sample)
- Two professional references: names, phone numbers and email addresses of two professional references who are not family relations.
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