Chemonics seeks a chief of party for the anticipated five year USAID/Mali Peace and Stabilization project, which will build on the progress of the USAID/Mali Peace Initiative. The project is expected to support further transition out of the emergency assistance phase into more longer term, scalable, and sustainable community-driven peacebuilding, stabilization, and recovery activities in conflict-affected areas and areas at risk of conflict. We are looking for individuals who have a passion for making a difference in the lives of people around the world.
Responsibilities include:
- Provide overall project leadership, management, and technical direction, ensuring all project assistance is technically sound and appropriate
- Direct implementation of the project’s strategic long-term vision
- Oversee work planning, performance management, and strategic communications
- Serve as the project’s primary liaison with USAID, international and regional partners, and host-country government officials
- Serve as the project’s primary liaison with the Chemonics Washington, D.C., office in technical and managerial matters
- Supervise project technical and administrative staff, including the deputy chief of party and technical leads, ensuring staff are successfully managing project activities and operations
- Work with government counterparts in defining project activities and targets and ensure close collaboration
- Ensure compliance with USAID regulations and Chemonics policies and systems
- Participate in regular project evaluations to assess progress and recommend solutions
- Represent the project at periodic meetings with stakeholders to report on planned activities and actions, including implementation status
Qualifications:
- Advanced degree in management, international development, conflict/peacebuilding, or other relevant field
- Minimum 15 years of professional experience in development, with seven years of experience in complex, high-speed, challenging field operations in developing countries; experience in Mali preferred
- Minimum five years of experience as chief of party, managing complex activities that involve coordination with multiple project stakeholders across a range of implementation areas
- Experience working on a program with a peacebuilding and recovery component highly desirable; knowledge and expertise in best practices for conflict mitigation, governance, and increasing citizen participation required
- Demonstrated exceptional leadership in designing, managing, implementing, and monitoring and evaluating similar donor-supported projects, with skills in strategic planning, management, supervision, and budgeting; experience preferred in managing complex activities involving coordination with multiple project partner institutions
- Strong interpersonal and oral/written communication skills to fulfill the project’s diverse technical and managerial requirements and effectively coordinate with a range of stakeholders
- Proven ability to develop and communicate a common vision among diverse partners and lead multidisciplinary teams
- Financial management experience, including budgeting, accounting tracking and reporting, and procurement
- Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity
- Fluency in written and oral English and French required
Application Instructions:
Send electronic submissions of your CV and cover letter to [email protected] by August 31, 2017. Please include “Chief of Party” in the subject line. No telephone inquiries, please. Finalists will be contacted.
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