Position Announcement: Operations Director

The European Roma Rights Center (ERRC), an international public interest law organisation which monitors the human rights situation of Roma and provides legal defence in cases of human rights abuse, seeks an Operations Director for its Budapest headquarters office. Reporting directly to the Executive Director, the position is a key component of the executive management team that oversees this twenty person plus non-profit. The Operations Director is responsible for all organisational operations.

A dynamic organisation that has grown quickly in the past five years, the ERRC needs an energetic and proactive senior manager to improve internal functions and to enhance overall effectiveness. The Operations Director will assume control of an existing finance and administration unit of four people, but will also be expected to seize the responsibility for organisation-wide strategic planning and reporting systems, budget reviews, grants management, human resources and communication procedures. The chosen candidate is expected to create consistency and continuity in all operations.

Qualifications: Minimum ten years experience managing comparably sized organisations, including specific responsibility for finance and administration. Prefer advanced degree in business or public administration. Experience with non-profit, non-governmental cause organisations is desirable.

Pragmatic, results-oriented approach should be combined with a collegial, collaborative stile. Management expertise and problem solving skills are of utmost importance. Prefer work experience in Central or Eastern Europe. English language fluency is required, Hungarian a strong advantage, other languages desirable. Deadline for sending application is May 31, 2000.

To apply: Please send a letter expressing the reason for your application, accompanied by a c.v./resume to Executive Director, ERRC, 1065 Budapest, Revay Str. 12, Hungary. Tel: 36-1-4282-351, Fax. 36-1-4282-356, e-mail: [email protected]

The European Roma Rights Center is an international public interest law organisation which monitors the rights of Roma and provides legal defence in cases of human rights abuse. For more information about the European Roma Rights Center, visit the ERRC on the web at errc.org.

Last updated:    May 2000

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