Project Director - Consultant role

About CIR

Role overview

Key responsibilities

• Set programme strategy, impact, outputs, and outcomes aligned with organizational values and donor goals.
• Guide resource allocation across countries and workstreams to maximize impact and value for money.
• Build senior donor relationships and lead discussions to expand or extend the programme.
• Guide and mentor senior OSINT analysts, investigators, and communications specialists; review outputs and steer approaches.
• Oversee Monitoring and Evaluation design, including Theory of Change, Results Framework, and cross-country data collection.
• Oversee programme risk management, organizational risk-register inputs, and donor reporting schedules.

Qualifications and competencies

• Proven leadership of diverse, senior teams in high-pressure, multi-country environments.
• Experience with adaptive management and collaborative working cultures that deliver high-quality outputs.
• Strong stakeholder and networking experience, including with government and senior institutional actors.
• Experience overseeing projects in complex or conflict-affected settings and managing programme risk adaptively.
• Understanding of OSINT methods and their application in complex contexts.

Contract and schedule

• Contractor consultancy for 12 months, subject to funding.
• Full-time workload of 40 hours per week.
• Start date is November 1, 2026.

Location and time zone

• The role may be based in London or remotely.
• Ability to work on UK/EU time zone is required.

Application timing

• The listed closing date is October 11 at 23:55; the year is not specified in the provided text.