GOAL is an international emergency and development NGO dedicated to alleviating the suffering of the poorest. GOAL was established in 1977 and is currently operational in 14 countries world-wide.
GOAL Malawi began operations in 2002 and today operates an integrated, multi-sector relief, recovery and development programme. GOAL is a low cost, high impact organization with a commitment to results based management and value for money. GOAL Malawi is committed to quality programming to achieve our aim of reducing poverty and increasing resilience.
Role:
GOAL 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 project aims to increase the adoption of positive behaviors related to climate change adaptation and sexual reproductive health and family planning among youth. The CoP will provide management, strategic direction and technical leadership for the duration of this multi-year program.
Person specification:
Essential
- Management and supervisory experience commensurate with the scale and scope of PaMawa.At minimum, you 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.
- Demonstrated track record of achieving results in a development context.Specific and relevant development outcomes achieved as a result of your leadership should be documented in your application.
- 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 you have formed led or participated in relevant partnerships should be highlighted in your application.
- Excelent oral and written communication abilities in English.You 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.You 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.
Desired
- 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 you application where applicable), through publications, and/or through leadership of relevant institutions or forums.
- Leadership experience managing or evaluating cross-sector development programs.
- Experience managing a USAID funded cooperative agreement and where possible a social behavior change communication or a youth-directed project.
- Proficiency in one or more local languages.
Start date: October 2015, dependent on funding and subject to change
Reporting to: Country Director
Any published closing dates are estimated. Due to the nature of GOAL’s work we aim to fill vacancies as quickly as possible. This means that we will close adverts as soon as we have found the right candidate and this may be before the published closing date. We would therefore advise interested applicants to submit an application as early as possible.
