Director

FIELD - Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development

Vacancy: Director
Salary: £40,000 - 45,000

FIELD is Europe's leading NGO specialising in international
environmental law. It has an annual turnover of £1 million and staff of
15. FIELD's work focuses on legal advice and assistance, research,
teaching and capacity building.
FIELD is looking for a Director who will provide overall management and
leadership to the organisation as well as contribute to its substantive
work. The successful candidate will have proven experience in
international environmental issues, appropriate management experience,
vision and the desire to take the organisation to its next stage of
development.

OVERALL RESPONSIBILITIES:
* To direct, manage, and lead the further development of FIELD and to
ensure that its work continues to fall within, and promotes in the most
effective manner, the aims and objectives of the organisation.
* To contribute, as appropriate, to FIELD's substantive work.
FIELD's Director will report to the Board of Trustees.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:
POLICY AND DEVELOPMENT
* To be a member of, and to Chair, FIELD's Policy and Development
Committee (PDC).
* Guided by and in full consultation with the PDC, to develop and
oversee the implementation of FIELD’ s policies, programmes, and its
Organisational Plan.
* To keep under review FIELD's internal structure, practices and
procedures to ensure that these continue to contribute to the health and
dynamic of the organisation.

MANAGEMENT, ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL
* To have direct line management responsibility for FIELD’ s Head of
Finance, Head of Fundraising, Programme Directors, its Administrator,
and any lawyers or other personnel not under the direct line management
responsibility of a Programme Director;
* To supervise and co-ordinate, through the work of FIELD’ s
Administrator and the Staff Meetings, the effective administration of
the organisation;
* To supervise and co-ordinate, in consultation with the Programme
Directors and through the Lawyers’ Meetings, procedures for ensuring
that FIELD’ s substantive work is of the highest professional quality
and that it is carried out as scheduled;
* To resolve, through the PDC, any persistent disagreements that may
arise from work that lies outside the immediate responsibility of a
Programme Director or that overlaps more than one Programme.
* To convene regular meetings of the PDC, Lawyers’ Meetings and Staff
Meetings;
* To approve, execute and/or authorise the execution of any and all
contracts entered into by the organisation;
* To ensure that FIELD operates smoothly from a personnel point of view,
and that potential problems are identified quickly and prior to their
becoming serious;
* To be responsible, in consultation with the PDC, relevant Programme
Directors and other relevant staff, for the appointment of all staff;
* To address any problems, dissatisfactions or grievances from or
amongst staff in a prompt and sensitive way;
* To take, in consultation with the PDC and in accordance with FIELD’ s
Grievance Procedure and other relevant FIELD policies, any necessary
disciplinary action, including dismissal, against staff;

Application forms can be obtained from FIELD's website at
http://www.field.org.uk/ or by telephone: (+44) (0) 20 7637 7950
Deadline for completed applications: 17 April 2001

FIELD aims to be an equal opportunities employer.
Registered Charity No 802934