Project Manager – EU radicalisation network

Project Manager – EU radicalisation network

Brussels, Belgium

Ambitious, dynamic team player to help shape EU’s radicalisation policies until 2024.

Organisation

RUSI Europe studies, promotes, debates and reports on all issues relating to international defence and security in Europe and abroad. RUSI Europe is a not-for-profit international organisation, is independent of government and is committed to objectivity, integrity and impartiality in all of its work.

Based in Brussels, RUSI Europe is committed to help solve the most urgent security and defence challenges. RUSI Europe carries out research and provides a forum for the security and defence sectors in the European Union and other NATO countries.

RUSI Europe collaborates closely with its parent organisation, RUSI, by exchanging expertise, jointly delivering projects and by developing relationships with international stakeholders globally. Our joint fields of expertise include radicalisation, extremism and counterterrorism.

Project

The European Commission has engaged a consortium led by Civipol to manage Radicalisation Awareness Network Policy Support (RAN-PS), during 2020 to 2023. RUSI Europe is a founding partner in the consortium. The project supports EU Member States and the Commission in the fight against violent radicalisation by providing them with the best academic knowledge and by supporting strategic communication. The project covers the spread of violent extremist ideologies online and offline, the polarisation in local communities, the management of foreign terrorist fighters and their families, the radicalisation in prisons and the rehabilitation of ex-offenders, and more.

We are recruiting a full-time Project Manager to carry out specific functions within the RAN-PS contract and contribute to other RUSI Europe activities.

Dates

The initial contract will run from August or September 2021 to 31 December 2021, renewable until 29 November 2024.

Position

For the RAN-PS project, you will provide research management, partner coordination, financial coordination and reporting, and administrative delivery and coordination. Outside the RAN-PS project, you will contribute to business development and growing the research portfolio. There may be opportunities to conduct your own research.

Functions

• Research management: defining research topics, guiding researchers towards collaboration and meeting client objectives, build on RUSI and RUSI Europe’s research expertise, and assisting all parties to communicate across research and policy objectives.
• Partner coordination: engage with consortium’s 16 members, the Project Scientific Coordinator, and RUSI research teams to ensure timely, high-quality, collaborative, and on-budget deliverables.
• Financial coordination and reporting: Engage with RUSI Europe accountant, Civipol and other relevant parties to provide regular and end-of-year financial coordination and reporting.
• Administrative delivery and coordination: Arrange contracting of contracted experts, HR reporting for contracted experts, and other administrative matters related to the RAN contract.
• Business development and growing the research portfolio: generate ideas and opportunities for building RUSI Europe and RUSI’s portfolios with the EU and other partners.
• Own research: if conditions allow, propose and deliver research on security and defence.

Person Specification

Please note some of the specifications below, particularly around length of experience, are set by the European Commission in their terms of reference for specific project roles, and are not decided by RUSI.

Qualifications and skills

• University degree in International Relations, Law, Security Studies, or other disciplines relevant to this assignment;
• Fluency in oral and written English; Working knowledge of French will be an asset;
• Excellent communications skills, including facilitating communication between researchers and policy makers;
• Highly organised, rapid-output oriented, and meticulous in achieving delivery targets.

Professional experience

• At least 5 years working in research project management;
• At least 2 years working with EU funding and policy mechanisms; ideally specifically with DG HOME, DG DEVCO and research instruments, such as H2020;
• At least 5 years working with research communities, including network and institutions;
• Good knowledge of EU counter-terrorism/ radicalisation policies;
• Proven experience in contributing to organising large events and conferences;
• At least 2 years working on business development with EU institutions.

RUSI Europe engages experts who are already proven best in their field and who can independently deliver high-quality, on-time results.

Contract

The Project Manager will be working full time (according to Belgian labour regulations) from RUSI Europe’s office in central Brussels, near the EU institutions.

Equal Opportunities

As a staff member working with RUSI Europe you will be appreciated and valued. Our projects and stakeholders are international and diverse, so we work hard to create inclusive teams that support our efforts and each other. We therefore encourage you to apply regardless of your socio-economic background, ethnicity, sexual preference, marital status or family situation, gender or disability.

Application Process

To apply, please submit your cover letter and CV to:

http://royalunitedservicesinstitute.peoplehr.net/Pages/JobBoard/Opening….

You will receive a notification that your application has been received.

The closing date for applications is 23rd July 2021, 23:59 CET. We will review applications and start interviews on a rolling basis, early application is encouraged. If your application is shortlisted, we will invite you first for a telephone and subsequently an in-person interview. The recruitment process will include written tests.

This is a highly demanding, highly influential position for which we expect a large volume of applications.  If your application is not short-listed, we thank you for your interest and hope you will apply for future RUSI Europe vacancies.