Salary: £42,963 per annum, pro rated, plus excellent benefits

Duration:8 months (with possibility of extension)

Based: London

We are looking for a Projects Manager to cover maternity leave in our Environment, Climate Change and Security (ECCS) strand in Alert’s Peacebuilding Issues Programme (PIP). You will work alongside the ECCS Senior Programme Officer, Programme Associate and Intern, supporting with the implementation of existing climate change and security project activities. A proportion of your time will be focused on new project development and collaborations with other thematic teams and regional programmes in International Alert (Alert).

You must have extensive proven experience in project management (along with research, analysis and writing both academic and evidence-based advocacy material) and at least 3 years’ experience working in the field of peacebuilding, and/or climate change and security. In addition, you will be capable of translating good project ideas into fundable projects with clear change goals, and possess substantial knowledge about all three fields – climate, development, conflict – and their inter-linkages.

Educated to post-graduate degree level, you will manage project budgets with accuracy and oversight; have proven knowledge and advocacy experience in the climate change and security field, have a comprehensive understanding of violent conflict and peacebuilding along with proven experience of linking policy to practice.

Note: The above are some of the requirements for the job. For the full job requirements and an application pack (the person specification section of which will form the basis of short-listing), please visit http://www.international-alert.org/jobs. In your application, please indicate the full job title of the role you are applying for.

To apply, please send a completed application form and equal opportunities form to jobs@international-alert.org, both of which can be found under ‘Downloads’.

Please note we do not accept CVs.

As it is unlikely that we will be able to obtain a Work Permit for this role, all job applicants must already have the right to work in the UK.

Closing date: Monday 1st December 2014 at 5pm (UK time)

Interviews will take place week commencing 8th December 2014.

While International Alert will endeavour to contact all candidates within a reasonable time, this may not always be possible due to limited resources. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date, you can assume that your application has, on this occasion, been unsuccessful. International Alert is an equal opportunities employer. All applicants will be judged strictly on the basis of merit.

International Alert helps people find peaceful solutions to conflict.

We are one of the world’s leading peacebuilding organisations, with nearly 30 years of experience laying the foundations for peace.

We work with local people around the world to help them build peace. And we advise governments, organisations and companies on how to support peace.

We focus on issues which influence peace, including governance, economics, gender relations, social development, climate change, and the role of businesses and international organisations in high-risk places.