The Albanian-American Development Foundation (AADF) - Research and Development Manage

Research and Development Manager
The Albanian-American Development Foundation (AADF) has a mission to make a meaningful contribution to Albania's economic progress by focusing investments in the following areas:

• Education and Leadership Development
• Entrepreneurship
• Support for Cultural and Eco-Tourism

The AADF is looking for a Research and Development Manager who will work closely with the Program Sectors Managers for Education, Entrepreneurship and Culture & Eco Tourism. This position reports directly to the Executive Directors of AADF.
Main responsibilities by objectives, but not limited to, are:

• Research & elaborate new development projects that fit within the overall strategic framework of AADF.
• Review existing projects and research worldwide to help develop ideas that will improve the impact of ongoing programming.
• Establish clear and measurable impact indicators for new and existing projects and guide AADF staff in implementing a performance monitoring and evaluation system.

Successful candidates will have:

• University degree on a related field.  MBA degree would be an asset
• At least 5 years of growing experience in Project Management, inclusive of work planning, budgeting, and monitoring
• At least 3 years of growing experience in Project Development and Programmatic Expansion
• Excellent research and analytical skills
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, inclusive of software fluency to support presentations
• Fluency in written and spoken English
• Excellent event management skills
• Strong professionalism and solid ethics

Please send a motivation letter and curriculum vitae to the following address: [email protected]
The deadline for this application is July 31, 2016.