Academic Staff Member to serve as the Head of Program IPDET

Tasks

• Provide strategic vision and leadership to IPDET, including business development, partnership building, and alignment of IPDET offerings with global evaluation capacity development (ECD) needs.
• Lead, organize, and implement all IPDET offerings, including its regional training, as well as on-demand, customized trainings for institutions.
• Develop new programs and further enhance existing ones (including curriculum and didactic development).
• Lead a team of five, including GEI training mechanism coordination, program operations, finance, communication and marketing, and administrative assistance.
• Engage in teaching activities in IPDET based on capacity and academic background.
• Ensure the quality of training design and delivery, program evaluation, and reporting.
• Oversee financial management of IPDET, including grant management.
• Align IPDET's activities with GEI priorities.
• Engage and nurture IPDET's alumni network to strengthen the program globally.

Requirements

• A Master's degree in social sciences (PhD preferred) with at least 15 years of proven experience in evaluation capacity building, including developing and delivering evaluation training curricula, as well as conducting and managing evaluations in an international development context.
• Experience leading teams in a multicultural environment.
• University experience, either academic or administrative, is advantageous.
• Experience in adult learning is a plus.
• Strong organizational skills and an entrepreneurial spirit.
• Flexibility, reliability, and a confident, friendly demeanor.
• Strong teamwork skills and high social competence (willingness to work with various contacts).
• Willingness to travel.
• Excellent verbal and written English language skills are essential; working knowledge of German is a plus.

We offer

• A diverse role in a dynamic, international field and a multidisciplinary team.
• Flexible working hours with the possibility of remote work.
• An attractive workplace located in the city center near the main train station in Bern.
• Employment according to cantonal guidelines.

Contact

For further information, please contact:

Dr. Stefanie Krapp, Head of Program IPDET, Email: Write an email
Dr. Christina Cuonz, Director of the Center for University Continuing Education, Email: Write an email

Interview Dates
Interviews will be held on the morning and afternoon of September 30, and on the morning of October 1.

For more information, please visit:
Center for University Continuing Education: www.zuw.unibe.ch
IPDET: www.ipdet.org
Continuing Education at the University of Bern: www.weiterbildung.unibe.ch

We look forward to receiving your complete application in electronic form (one PDF file) by September 24, sent to Write an email. Subject: "Head of Program IPDET".