Position Title | Chief of Party |
Requisition Number | 11-0159 |
Post Date | 8/18/2011 |
City | TBD |
Description | Position Title Chief of Party, East Africa Description Position Summary: Pact seeks a Chief of Party (COP) for an anticipated USAID democracy and governance project. The COP will serve as the senior international staff for Pact on the ground, and interface directly with USAID. S/he will also be responsible for: meeting the project’s objectives; managing national staff; and developing and maintaining good working relationships with host government officials, civil society organizations, local community-based organizations, and other stakeholders. The COP will be responsible for implementing a strategic and successful democracy and governance program in East Africa, and will represent Pact to international and local stakeholders. Specific Duties and Responsibilities: • Provide vision and strategic direction for the program in areas such as citizen participation and advocacy, organizational capacity, capacity building and institutional strengthening • Training and workshop facilitation • Rapid roll-out and supervision of field office activities • Oversight of financial management and procurement; • Supervision of program monitoring, evaluating, and reporting; • Oversee design and implementation of capacity-building activities with civil society, government and other stakeholders; Qualifications: • Demonstrated experience in project implementation and management; • Strong English language skills required • Experience with monitoring and evaluation best practices preferred; • Previous exposure to a diversity of civil society and government capacity building interventions; • Subgrant management experience; • Experience working on governance, decentralization, and anti-corruption projects in Africa Education and Experience Requirements: • Advanced degree in relevant field. • Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in activities related to civil society capacity building, decentralization, and anti-corruption required; USAID chief of party experience strongly preferred. • Comprehensive knowledge of USAID rules and regulations required; USAID program management experience strongly preferred. • Prior relevant work experience in East Africa strongly preferred. |
Apply On-line |
Chief of Party, East Africa
Reviewed by Unknown
on
2:11:00 AM
Rating:
No comments: