Abt Associates is recruiting for Chief of Party (COP) candidates with expertise in decentralization, service delivery, and government accountability. The COP will be responsible for providing overall leadership management of the entire program, as well as administrative, financial and technical oversight for the completion of all tasks and objectives designated by USAID.
Responsibilities:
- Oversee all technical and managerial components of the project, including the management of local staff.
- Provide technical insight and leadership to implement decentralization and local government activities in Egypt based on the anticipated local government law.
- Provide technical insight to enhance the public financial system in Egypt with an emphasis on decentralizing budgeting and service delivery at the local level.
- Work with the technical teams to enhance the capacity and performance of key central ministries (Ministry of Planning, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Local Development) and local units (governor offices, city councils, neighborhoods councils and village councils).
- Develop work plans and other documents to be submitted and reviewed by USAID.
- Ensure compliance with USAID requirements and international audit practices.
- Coordinate project efforts with other international donor-funded activities.
- Serve as the principal contact for USAID, the government of Egypt, counterparts and non-governmental stakeholders on program communications and technical implementation activities.
- Responsibility for final delivery of all project results to USAID on time and on budget.
Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in public administration, international relations, law, political relations, or a similar social science.
- Minimum eight (8) years of experience leading the implementation and management of large international development projects; experience leading decentralization, local governance, public financial management or service delivery programs required preferred.
- At least five (5) years of management experience on USAID-funded projects. Prior COP experience required.
- Experience in the Middle East;
- Experience monitoring, evaluating, and documenting local government strengthening, reform or support projects preferred.
- Institutional strengthening and capacity building experience related to conflict analysis, prevention, management, and mitigation required.
- Strong leadership and communication skills and ability to manage and be flexible in difficult and challenging circumstances.
- Professional fluency in spoken and written English required; Arabic highly desirable.
How to apply:
Please send CV’s to: [email protected]
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