Genesis Analytics is a global African advisory firm, headquartered in South Africa. Genesis has worked in 46 African countries and more than 100 countries globally. Uniquely, it is focused on the Young World—the arc of countries with young populations stretching across Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and parts of Southeast Asia. Our job at Genesis is to help societies, governments, and businesses across the Young World succeed at three fundamental historic transitions:
Reconfiguring economies: creating income for large, rapidly urbanising youth cohorts within a global economy undergoing profound changes.
A human transition: a fundamental rethink of how societies, governments, and markets can ensure the health and cognitive and social well-being of all those young people, including the most vulnerable.
A just climate transition: both to decarbonise and to manage the human and economic impacts of a global crisis they did not cause.
Genesis is seeking applications from qualified candidates for a Chief of Party (CoP) for the anticipated USAID Sustainable Skills for a Just Transition Activity based in Mpumalanga, South Africa. This project will collaborate with industry to strengthen skills provision and promote job creation and livelihood activities for communities earmarked for call plan closures.
The Chief of Party will provide overall programmatic and technical leadership for the program, creating and implementing a strategy to strengthen TVET providers and develop skills for green jobs in Mpumalanga province’s non-energy sectors. He/she will:
- Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including USAID, government, the private sector, and civil society.
- Oversee program budgeting and forecasting, financial management, compliance, and subgrant management.
- Ensure program activities are implemented on schedule, within budget, and coordinated to maximize efficiency and effectiveness.
- Oversee monitoring, evaluation, learning, and reporting to ensure the program adapts as needed to meet objectives and learning is acquired and shared.
- Drive a private sector engagement strategy aimed at increasing industry-demanded workforce solutions.
- Promote an evidence-based positive youth development approach.
- Ensure compliance with USAID rules and regulations
- Represent Genesis publicly and support its organizational development
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Advanced degree in a relevant field, e.g., education, economics, and international development.
- At least 10 years experience leading workforce development, TVET, skills development, education, institutional strengthening, and/or private sector engagement programs in the Southern Africa Region.
- Experience designing and leading private sector-led workforce solutions.
- Knowledge and experience in developing and managing just transition programs
- Experience supervising, designing, managing, and implementing complex donor-funded technical assistance projects, including USAID-funded projects.
- Strong stakeholder management and partnership building skills
- Demonstrated ability to track and manage budgets and plan both strategically and creatively to meet project objectives in compliance with USAID rules and regulations.
- Experience working in Mpumalanga, South Africa.
Please note that this advert is for a prospective opportunity. It serves as a proactive call for expertise to build a pool of potential project resources.
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