Program and GESI Officer

POSITION TITLE: Program and GESI Officer

REPORTS TO: Senior Technical Lead for Digital Development

LOCATION: Belgrade, Serbia

Who We Are

IREX is a global development and education organization. We strive for a more just, prosperous, and inclusive world—where individuals reach their full potential, governments serve their people, and communities thrive. With a projected annual portfolio of more than $100 million and more than 600 staff worldwide, we work with partners in more than 100 countries in four areas essential to progress: cultivating leaders, empowering youth, strengthening institutions, and increasing access to quality education and information.

IREX seeks a Program and GESI Officer to work on a five-year, USAID-funded Media Innovation Activity. The Program and GESI Officer at IREX will support the implementation of the USAID Media Innovation Activity in Serbia. Under the supervision of the Senior Technical Lead for Digital Development, the Program and GESI Officer will support technical direction and oversight of activities that contribute to the development of financial sustainability, innovation, and partnerships in the Serbian media sector.

The Program and GESI Officer will assist in delivering activities that are designed to provide capacity building and technical assistance to expand and improve digital content and format, develop media partnerships, and implement innovative business models and new financial strategies among media sector actors. The Program and GESI Officer will work closely with all other IREX staff in Belgrade; liaise with project partners and media stakeholders; cooperate with subcontractors, consultants, and technical experts to implement USAID Media Innovation Activity activities; and report on program progress and outcomes.

The Program and GESI Officer will lead and ensure implementation of USAID GESI and Youth related principles across all activity components. The Program and GESI Officer will develop and update action plans, coordinate activities and work on strengthening both program and beneficiary approaches to diversity and inclusion.

Your Background & Skills

• BA degree in journalism, communications, international development, or a relevant field.
• Three years of experience in media development, international development, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience in grant development and management.
• Experience working on USAID-funded projects preferred.
• Excellent presentation and oral communication skills, including strong interpersonal and cross-cultural communication skills.
• Proven organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail, including the ability to prioritize.
• Ability to work independently and as a team member, take initiative, meet deadlines, and maintain flexibility.
• Demonstrated ability to plan strategically and creatively to meet specified objectives with strong ability to anticipate challenges and generate solutions.
• Speaking, reading, and writing proficiency in Serbian and English required.
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Your Daily Tasks

• Support project staff in all aspects of program implementation to ensure timely and accurate completion of deliverables.
• Support consultant and subcontract procurement, management and monitoring, and review consultant and subcontractor applications, reports, and documentation for compliance with programmatic requirements of agreements, as well as USAID contract obligations.
• Draft and edit complex documents, including program reports, briefs, and evaluations.
• Coordinate the production and dissemination of various types of documents (surveys, analyses, policy papers, monitoring reports, etc.), in coordination with partners, technical experts, and other stakeholders. 
• Oversee the development and implementation of grants and advocacy campaigns, in coordination with project partners, technical experts, and other media stakeholders.
• Provide or facilitate capacity building interventions for partners to enhance skills in project management, business operations, community engagement, advocacy, outreach and monitoring and evaluation.
• Assist with the development of new strategic partnerships.
• Maintain familiarity with contract requirements and help monitor compliance, deliverables, and deadlines.
• Ensure timely and efficient delivery of program reporting deliverables, coordinate relevant inputs, and finalize collaborative documents for further processing.
• Contribute to project monitoring and evaluation and analyze results to inform project implementation and reporting, ensuring efficient and timely internal distribution of all relevant data and reports.
• Ensure the proper integration of GESI and youth across all activity components.
• Develop and update GESI and Youth action plans and coordinate activities and expertise included in those plans.
• Identify and implement other GESI- and youth-related mechanisms on project level, as well as beneficiary level.
• Perform other programmatic and administrative duties at the order of a supervisor, the performance of which requires the same type and level of education, and which are related to the Employee’s regular duties.
• Other duties as assigned.

Please submit your Cover Letter and CV in English. Applications in Serbian will not be considered. 

We conduct background checks on all successful candidates.

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

EOE – Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to diversity.

All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply. AA/EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled