Director - Programs

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Berlin, Deutschland Open Society Foundations Vollzeit

Director - Programs. Berlin. Posting Date: 11/17/2023. Deadline: 12/07/2023
- Contract Type: Fixed Term
- Program Duration: 5 years
- Role Title
- Director, Programs
- Grade Level- Level F, Grade 13
- Reporting To
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- of line manager_
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- Managing Director, Programs
- Team Name
- Europe’s Shared Future

Opportunity Description- This work will focus on the critical issues facing Europe. The work will include the conflict in Ukraine, the future of Central and Eastern Europe, and the promotion of shared European values.

Role Purpose
- Directors are highly accomplished, well-networked in their field, and bring deep experience in their geographic and/or thematic area of specialty. Director of Programs oversee individual opportunities for their duration and are accountable for delivering on its outcomes as well as for the management of their teams at the highest level of professionalism.A Director may be designated by the Program VPs to serve as a Geographic Lead to coordinate OSF’s high-level approach to the geography and ensure a consistent and informed presence in a given area.In select cases, a Director might oversee more than one opportunity.Key Responsibilities
- As Director of Programs, you will:
- Accountable for articulating a creative and exciting opening to make impact in the world into a workable project plan for implementation according to established criteria-
- Evaluate an opportunity based on established metrics for MEL and ability to pivot to ensure the required outcomes are being achieved-
- Ensure appropriate financial, risk, and legal management and control are articulated during the planning and implementation phase, and work with all relevant stakeholders to develop mitigation plans-
- Oversee and manage the opportunity team, including external partners-
- Engage with embedded staff from other OSF teams in close cooperation with senior leaders-
- Articulate budgetary and workforce needs for opportunity leveraging internal and external resources, as required-
- Monitor and regularly report on the progress of an opportunity to the Managing Director of Programs and other senior OSF leaders-
- Leverage OSF’s work globally and employing the strategic capabilities of impact investment, strategic litigation, and advocacy to the opportunity-
- Represent the given opportunity issue externally at all levels, and grow a network accordingly that includes actors beyond the social sector into national and local governments, multilateral organizations, faith-based groups, grass-roots organizations, philanthropy, local experts, academia and think tanks, etc. to advance the opportunity. Depending on the opportunity this might include developing strong relationships with other funders and bringing them as partners into the opportunity-
- May be designated as a Geographic Lead representing OSF’s work in a critical geography (country or region) and leading a Geographic Policy Group, that defines OSF’s strategic approach to the priority geography and ensures a consistent and informed presence- People Responsibilities (Total Team/DRs
- Yes
- Key metrics
- N/A

Key internal relationships
- Program Teams; Managing Director Programs; Managing Director Core Partner (+ teams); Grants Management; Advocacy; SEDF; Comms; Strategic Litigation; Operations; OGC & Risk

Key external relationships
- External partners, public and private sector leaders

**Qualifications**:

- Essential:- Educated to a degree-level (or equivalent)Desirable:- Post-graduate education relevant to the types of Opportunities that Open Society Foundations will investExperience
- Essential:
Prior experience in leading social change and system
- change work in civil society, government, multilateral institutions, and/or the private sector that has resulted in positive societal impact-
- Extensive expertise in the specific topic area as set out in the “Opportunity Description” above-
- Prior financial ($20m+), legal and risk accountability at large-scale programmatic level-
- Network across the social sector in national and local governments, multilateral organizations, faith-based groups, grass-roots organizations, philanthropy, local experts, academia, and think tanks-
- Proven people management experience (of individual contributors and external partners)-
- Prior experience leading programmatic or organizational level change within organizations and/or systems that have gone through significant transformation-
- Experience in multiple sectors and knowledge of philanthropic tools such as advocacy and communication, strategic litigation, and social impact approachesCompetencies
- Functional Competencies:
- Ability to design and plan complex programs/opportunities involving cross collaboration and articulating the time, budget, stakeholder and success measures-
- Skilled in building strategic external partnerships that promote OSF’s interests and align to its strategic objectiv


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