CIC Executive Director (Researcher)

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Posted: 23-Mar-24

Location: New York, NY

Salary: Open

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Academic/Faculty

Internal Number: 128703

The NYU Center on International Cooperation (CIC) seeks a dynamic and innovative Executive Director to drive and shape the Center's work and manage its overall activities. The Executive Director should have leadership experience working in or closely associated to the multilateral system, and , and extensive knowledge of the evidence for crisis and conflict prevention.  The Executive Director will set strategy, be responsible for delivery and institutional sustainability, and work with a senior management team to lead research,  program development and formulation of policy recommendations, fundraising and overall program management.

Organizational Information

 

The Center on International Cooperation (CIC) was established in 1996 and is a nonprofit research center housed at New York University. For more than two decades, NYU CIC has been a leader in applied policy that links politics, security, justice, development, and humanitarian issues. 

CIC is ranked as one of the world's leading think-tanks on multilateralism.  Our vision is to advance effective multilateral action to prevent conflicts and crises and to build peaceful, just, and inclusive societies.   Our mission is to strengthen cooperative approaches among national governments, international organizations, and the wider policy community to advance peace, justice, and inclusion. Learn about CIC's approach and comparative advantage here . 

 

CIC, as part of NYU, is at the heart of a leading research university that spans the globe. We seek researchers and policy experts of the highest caliber, who embody the diversity of the global society in which we live. We strongly encourage applications from women, racial and ethnic minorities, and other individuals who are under-represented in the profession, across color, creed, race, ethnic and national origin, physical ability, gender and sexual identity, or any other legally protected basis.

 

In compliance with NYC's Pay Transparency Act, the annual base salary range for this position is $220,000.00 to $290,000.00. New York University considers factors such as (but not limited to) the specific grant funding and the terms of the research grant when extending an offer.  

Responsibilities

• Overall leadership and direction of the Center, maintenance of its position as a leading research and policy center on international relations, and articulation of a Center-wide strategy, producing policy-relevant research to strengthen international cooperation, including with the United Nations, the World Bank and other international organizations, on the intersection between political, security and development issues.
• Leading a cutting-edge research agenda on international cooperation and multilateralism, publishing high quality, relevant research and policy formulation.
• Maintenance and development of a network of high-end relationships in the international relations and international development sphere, especially with the senior leadership of the United Nations, regional organizations, and the diplomatic community, to ensure relevance and take-up of CIC's research and policy recommendations.
• Management of all senior staff and oversight of all managerial aspects of the Center's work.
• Represent CIC at ministerial level and at other high-level meetings and settings.
• Fundraising for the Center as a whole, guidance to Program Directors in their fundraising responsibilities, and oversight of all aspects of the Center's financial performance.
• Maintain and deepen CIC's relations with relevant NYU departments.
• Maintenance and development of CIC's research and scholarship profile and performance.

Required Education

• Postgraduate qualification related to international relations, international development, international economic policy (note Phd NOT required).

 

 

 

Required Experience

• 20 years' experience working on research and action to strengthen multilateralism, prevent crises and conflicts and promote peace, justice and inclusion.  
• Experience in translating research into policy and program engagement.
• Extensive management experience, planning for results and managing donor relations.

 

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Projects confidence and capability on the subject matter. Extensive knowledge of the evidence for multilateral reform, crisis and conflict prevention and the promotion of peace, justice and inclusion.
• Ability to maintain an overview of a broad policy agenda related to CIC's mission at the UN, the IFIs, regional organizations, member states and civil society and private sector partners.  Associated networking skills to manage a positive relationship with member states, international organizations, civil society, and donors.
• Strategic skills to direct and develop a program and the ability to follow through by planning, monitoring, adapting, and ensuring results and impact.
• Experience in fundraising and grant management, identifying opportunities; budget and fiduciary management and delivery tracking.
• Proven ability to build institutions and teams and develop good institutional performance.
• Networking and representational skills at a senior level.
• Excellent English verbal and written communication skills, spanning research products, policy recommendations and donor proposals and reporting.

 

 

 

Preferred Experience

• Leadership and management experience within the multilateral system.
• Leadership with a think tank or NGO of similar size and scope.

 

 

 

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Fluency in additional languages, with a preference for UN languages.
• Experience with quantitative and qualitative data analysis.

The Search is being supported by Perrett Laver on behalf of the Center on International Cooperation. To apply, please submit a CV and cover letter, detailing how you fulfill the role description and person specification to https://candidates.perrettlaver.com/vacancies/  quoting reference 6745. The deadline for applications is 12 noon EDT on Friday, August 25th, 2023.

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NYU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to a policy of equal treatment and opportunity in every aspect of its recruitment and hiring process without regard to age, alienage, caregiver status, childbirth, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, domestic violence victim status, ethnicity, familial status, gender and/or gender identity or expression, marital status, military status, national origin, parental status, partnership status, predisposing genetic characteristics, pregnancy, race, religion, reproductive health decision making, sex, sexual orientation, unemployment status, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. Women, racial and ethnic minorities, persons of minority sexual orientation or gender identity, individuals with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply for vacant positions at all levels.

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