Position Title Chief of Party
Requisition Number 15-0102
Post Date 6/12/2015
City Lilongwe
Description
Department Overview:
Pact exists to help create a world where those who are poor and marginalized exercise their voice, build their own solutions, and take ownership of their future. The Malawi country office contributes to realizing this purpose by giving communities the skills to sustain their natural environment and be in charge of their development. Pact Malawi envisions empowered, accountable, responsive and productive communities and public, private and civil society sectors, inspired by their actions to secure sustainable climate change adaptation and ensure their health through effective reproductive health and family planning information.
Position Purpose:
Pact seeks a Chief of Party (COP) for the anticipated four-year USAID-funded Moving Into The Future With The Youth (PaMawandi a Chinyamata or PaMawa) program in Malawi. The COP provides leadership, management, and strategic direction for the entire project. This position is responsible for guiding technical staff and for ensuring the responsiveness and quality of work along with efficient use of resources and achievement of results. The COP has the final authority within the project team for decisions related to technical, management, and resource allocation and personnel issues. In carrying out these responsibilities the COP works in partnership with USAID key stakeholders, local national and community level organizations, international and local project partners, and project staff. This position is contingent upon funding.
Key Responsibilities:
• Provide strategic direction and technical leadership to produce required project results and deliverables, and overall management of the operational, financial, and administrative aspects of the project.
• Function as the primary liaison between USAID, local organizations and other partners and stakeholders.
• Create management systems in line with Pact’s standard operating procedures consistent with the needs of the project and USAID.
• Work with staff and partners to translate project goals and objectives into implementable strategies and plans.
• Direct and oversee planning and budgeting processes and preparation of quarterly and annual project activity reports.
• Monitor the progress and pace of project implementation, assuring that the full potential of the program is realized through the promotion of high quality work and internal cost control.
• Supervise the work and assesses the performance of all long- and short-term advisors, consultants, and staff.
• Clarify roles, delegate responsibilities appropriately to staff, and clearly communicate expectations for staff contribution to project activities.
• Maintain productive working relationships with USAID clients, project partners and key counterparts.
Basic Requirements:
• Management and supervisory experience commensurate with the scale and scope of PaMawa. At minimum, the proposed COP must have at least five years of progressively more responsible supervisory work experience that involved direct leadership of professional and support staff, oversight and evaluation of staff performance and deliverables, and contract/grant management. The same minimum level of experience is required for the DCOP.
• Demonstrated track record of achieving results in a development context. Specific and relevant development outcomes achieved as a result of the proposed COP and DCOP’s leadership should be documented in their CVs and summarized in the Annex.
• Demonstrated track record of working in teams and fostering partnerships. Effective partnerships with relevant institutions and structures are critical to PaMawa’s success.
• Specific instances when the proposed COP and DCOP have formed led or participated in relevant partnerships should be highlighted in their CVs or in the Annex.
• Oral and written communication abilities. Both the COP and DCOP should possess an ability to effectively communicate with a wide variety of stakeholders including government counterparts, to communicate goals and expectations to their teams, and to deliver timely and high quality oral and written analysis and reporting.
• Demonstrated capacity to oversee monitoring, evaluation and learning. In combination the proposed COP and DCOP must possess a demonstrated ability to provide oversight and leadership for high quality results monitoring and assuring data quality, and for evidence based adaptive management.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience working within Malawi and/or a strong demonstrated understanding of the country context. Understanding of the country context may be demonstrated through a track record of successful project implementation in Malawi or within the region (links to any relevant evaluations should be included in the Annex), through publications, and/or through leadership of relevant institutions or forums.
• Leadership experience managing or evaluating cross-sector development programs.
• Proficiency in one or more local languages.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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HOW TO APPLY:
To apply for this position, please visit our website at www.pactworld.org
