JOB TITLE: Country Director – Serbia
PROJECT: Critical Infrastructure, Digitization, and Resilience (CIDR) Program
REPORTS TO: Deputy Program Director
LOCATION: Belgrade, Serbia
DATE: Immediately
LEVEL OF EFFORT: Full-Time Employee (40 hours/week)
ORGANIZATION & VALUES
DAI is a global development company with corporate offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, EU, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Palestine and project operations worldwide. We tackle fundamental social and economic development problems caused by inefficient markets, ineffective governance, and instability. DAI works on the frontlines of global development. Transforming ideas into action—action into impact. We are committed to shaping a more livable world.
DAI and its employees are committed to confronting racism and holding ourselves accountable for positive change within the company and in the communities, cultures, and countries in which we live and work. DAI is committed to attracting and retaining the best employees from all races and backgrounds in our continued effort to become a better development partner.
DAI upholds the highest ethical standards. We are committed to the prevention of sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment as well as other ethical breaches. All our positions are therefore subject to stringent vetting and reference checks.
PROJECT BACKGROUND
The Critical Infrastructure Digitalization and Resilience (CIDR) program is a five-year regional program managed by DAI for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Bureau for Europe and Eurasia. CIDR assists partner governments and in-country organizations to work with key stakeholders and experts to assess cybersecurity gaps and priorities, make recommendations, and map courses of action to improve the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure and key institutions.
CIDR operates in the Western Balkans, Black Sea Region, and South Caucasus, where countries in recent years have come under more diverse and complex cyberattacks. CIDR is currently providing assistance in Albania, Georgia, Kosovo, Moldova, North Macedonia, and Serbia. This includes assistance in workforce development, cybersecurity assessment, cybersecurity governance, and information sharing of cyberattacks, threats, and solutions.
POSITION OVERVIEW
The Country Director, CIDR/Serbia (CD) will manage CIDR activities in Serbia and provide technical and project management support to program design, implementation, and relationship-building with stakeholders in Serbia, and regionally as requested.
The CD is responsible for the day-to-day technical implementation of the CIDR activities in Serbia. He/she will undertake regular assessments of the broader political environment within which the project operates to ensure flexibility and rapid reprioritization of activities when necessary. The CD will act as the key liaison between DAI and project stakeholders in-country, representing CIDR and DAI in meetings, activities, and forums in Serbia.
The position requires a strong understanding of cybersecurity and broader issues related to ICT, excellent communication and coordination skills, understanding of national sociopolitical developments or experience in similar environments is preferable, experience in working with stakeholders of all levels of seniority and professional backgrounds, and an ability to ensure coherence and consistency of work in a challenging environment.
The CD works closely with other members of the team based throughout the region and the United States. The CD will also manage a Serbia-based team, likely to consist of less than five staff but still to be determined.
ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
ADMINISTRATIVE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS
QUALIFICATIONS
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or status as a protected veteran.
DAI and its employees are committed to confronting discrimination in all forms, nurturing respect for our interpersonal relationships, and holding ourselves accountable for positive change within the company and in the communities, cultures, and countries in which we live and work. DAI is committed to attracting and retaining the best employees from all races, ethnicities, and backgrounds in our continued effort to become a better development partner.
DAI upholds the highest ethical standards. We are committed to the prevention of sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment as well as other ethical breaches. All our positions are therefore subject to stringent vetting and reference checks.
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