Governance Director Pact Washington, DC, United States

Governance Director 

Position Summary: The Governance Director provides leadership for Pact’s Governance platform within an integrated, cross cutting approach; provides key input into existing and proposed Pact projects in governance related work (in a number of areas); coordinates the  Community of Practice; articulates Pact’s excellent and quality externally and takes an active role in the management and presentation of Pact’s knowledge. S/he is an active member of the Program Advancement Team, which advises the Vice President of Program Advancement on a range of issues as well as progresses Pact’s technical expertise.

 

This Program Advancement Team serves as a forum for adjusting Pact-wide program strategies, developing annual Program Department work plans and budgets, agreeing upon programmatic policies and quality standards, planning and overseeing the implementation of core competency capacity-building investments in Pact’s program teams worldwide.

 

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

•             Provide Technical Leadership for Pact’s work in governance.

•             Play a representational role for Pact in relevant US-based fora and working with our field offices to develop and present papers that help Pact to maintain an image as a leader within the Governance field;

•             Network with and gather intelligence on up-coming funding opportunities;

•             Facilitate a dynamic community of practice of Pact staff worldwide that serves to ensure continuous learning across Pact

•             Continue to strengthen and revise Pact’s  strategy, standards and policies, focusing on quality and standards;

•             Coordinate efforts to identify and document Pact’s best practices;

•             In collaboration with others to provide high quality technical assistance to country offices so they better understand and are able to meet Pact and industry standards;

•             Ensure proposals submitted by Pact involving governance work are technically sound and capitalize upon learning from other parts of Pact world;

•             Support Country offices and Regional VPs during project start-up phase by helping to develop PMPs and Work Plans, and solicitations; share tools and materials from other similar projects within and outside of Pact; recruit, orient and train new program staff; help the field offices to implement initial project activities;

•             Provide, recommend, or arrange technical assistance upon request, drawing upon Pact’s global resource base as well as external consultants;

•             Ensure the technical quality of project reports;

•             Assess project burn rates to ensure that they are in line with programmatic results achieved and assist country offices to meet targets

•             Coordinate with other Pact DC departments to ensure that Country Office requests are processed in a timely fashion;

•             Prepare and track closeout plans six months prior to closeout, in an effort to ensure projects close out on time and with no cost overruns.

 

 

Qualifications:

• Minimum education requirement: Master’s degree or Ph.D. in relevant discipline

• At least 10 years of experience working on DG projects in a variety of settings

• Ability to establish and sustain interpersonal and professional relationships with Pact HQ staff and overseas offices, in donor organizations, and in peer organizations

• Experience in effective design of DG programs

• Deep knowledge and understanding of major donor’s policies, procedures, or regulations for program implementation

• In-depth knowledge in the DG sector and an understanding of the role of governance in Pact’s other impact and approach areas.

• Demonstrated English-language writing and analytical skills, as well as proficiency in at least one foreign language, preferably two (ability to communicate professionally verbally and written).

• Demonstrated skills in team management and leadership.

• Demonstrated facilitation skills.

• Demonstrated program development skills.

• Ability to travel frequently, sometimes at short notice.

• Ability to perform and prioritize multiple tasks.

• Proficiency in word processing, spreadsheets and database skills.

• Strong oral and written communication skills.

 

 

To apply for this position, please visit our website at www.pactworld.org