Academic Qualifications and Experience: 

• Bachelor’s degree in International Relations, Political Science, International Development or related field, Master’s preferred; 
• Experience in sub-grant management with local CSOs; 
• Relevant four years’ experience working with political parties/international organizations  and/or working on democracy building, elections, civic activism and community  organizing; 
• Experience in management, development and program implementation. 

Required Skills and Abilities: 

• Strong interpersonal skills and cultural sensitivity to interact effectively with a broad range  of internal and external stakeholders; 
• Excellent communications skills in Nepali and English to engage others, present  information and respond to questions; and produce clear and concise written work
• Capacity to work both independently and as a member of a team; 
• Willingness to work longer hours, when required; 
• Strong working knowledge of PC-based word processing and spreadsheet applications and experience with Google Apps (Gmail, Calendar, Google Drive, G+, etc.); 
• Ability and willingness to travel to remote and difficult to reach locations; 
• Gather, understand, analyze and report on the political environment; 
• Identify and introduce concepts and proposals for programmatic intervention;  
• Excellent English and Nepali speaking, writing and translation skills are required; 
• Strong familiarity with presenting ideas in front of others; 
• Experience in managing events; tackling operational challenges in a structured manner.