Executive Director, Center for Peacemaking Practice

George Mason University • Arlington, VA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Executive Director oversees CPP’s active grants and plays a key role in
shaping future funded initiatives. This includes maintaining strong
relationships with sponsors to ensure ongoing engagement and program
sustainability.

Requirements

• PhD in Conflict Analysis and Resolution or closely related field
• Generally, five or more years experience managing $1 million+ grants and conflict resolution programs
• Generally, five or more years experience participating in conflict resolution practical initiatives
• Professional fluency in Russian language reading, writing, and speaking
• Professional fluency (reading, writing, and speaking) in at least one additional language used widely in the South Caucasus region (Georgian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Abkhaz, Ossetian, etc.)
• Knowledge of conflict resolution and peacemaking practice, Track Two and Track 1.5 process design and facilitation
• Knowledge of conflict resolution and peacemaking practice program design, implementation, management, funding, monitoring, and evaluation
• Knowledge of South Caucasus conflicts and conflict resolution processes
• Proven skills coordinating with multiple stakeholders in peace processes
• Proven skills in mentoring students and interns at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the conflict resolution field
• Demonstrated ability to align conflict resolution program implementation with university, commonwealth, federal, and sponsor policies and procedures
• Demonstrated ability to write winning funding proposals for conflict resolution practice initiatives to multiple donors
• Proven ability to engage multiple stakeholders in participatory research approaches and experiential learning including practice-based research and learning, experiential learning courses and short courses, and publication of research results
• Proven ability to build strong teams across diverse organizational and national entities to support contributions towards peace processes and knowledge of peacebuilding and peacemaking.

Nice To Haves

• Three or more years working experience at George Mason University
• Experience serving as a PI for grants at George Mason University
• Experience authoring peer-reviewed published scholarly works on conflict resolution and peacemaking.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with the CPP Director to manage CPP initiatives. Plans peacemaking training programs, including identifying and securing funding, preparing content, curricula, training team, recruitment of participants, implementation of training program, monitoring and evaluation, and reporting. Plans peacemaking dialogues, including identifying and securing funding, preparing agenda, recruiting and inviting participants, planning travel and logistics, facilitating dialogues, evaluating dialogues, and preparing reports on dialogues.
• Ensures proper stewardship of grants and philanthropic support. Prepares monthly reports to CPP Director, updating on all financial support of CPP and CPP programs. Tracks expenditures from all CPP accounts. Works with the Office of Sponsored Programs to prepare financial reports on all CPP sponsored programs.
• Develops future CPP programs. Develops research and practice initiatives that leverage CPP’s unique strengths to meet needs in the conflict resolution field. Identifies calls for proposals and related support opportunities, drafts grant proposals to support research and practice aligned with CPP’s mission of research of peacemaking practice, and serves as PI or co-PI on awarded research and practice grants.
• Continues a vibrant research agenda, both independently and in collaboration with colleagues. Conducts research and publishes research reports as peer-reviewed journal articles, academic press books, and chapters in academic press books, as well as publishing public scholarship such as occasional papers, blog posts, or op-eds.
• Teaches (as instructor of record) one 3-credit Carter School CONF course each academic year. Teaching may be at the graduate or undergraduate level. The course will be assigned by Carter School administration based on CPP Executive Director’s areas of specialization and Carter School teaching needs.
• Supervises CPP interns, staff, visiting scholars, and affiliates. Recruits and selects CPP interns and staff. Orients new interns, visiting scholars, and affiliates of CPP. Provides supervision for interns and staff. Prepares intern and employee evaluations. Facilitates monthly CPP check-ins with CPP interns, staff, visiting scholars, and affiliates.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree