Position Title: Chief of Party, Community Engagement Project -- South Sudan
Requisition Number: 15-0063
Location: Juba, South Sudan
Description:
Please Note: South Sudan is an unaccompanied post.
Summary:
Pact seeks a Chief of Party (COP) for an anticipated three-year USAID-funded community driven development program that will engage a range of different types of communities in South Sudan and inform the design of future developmental interventions. The COP provides leadership, management, and strategic direction for the entire project. This position is responsible for guiding senior 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.
Specific Duties and 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 senior staff, and clearly communicate expectations for staff contribution to project activities.
• Maintain productive working relationships with USAID clients, project partners and key counterparts.
• Remain up to date on good practices and developments in community driven development approaches in order to ensure program quality and impact.
Required Qualifications:
• Minimum ten (10) years of experience in community development programs, civic engagement/civil society, public administration, institutional development or related technical areas (preferably in a post-conflict environment and/or in Africa), grants management, and political/civil-sector institutional capacity building.
• Minimum seven (7) years of experience working closely with and supporting local communities in transitional situations.
• Masters’ or above in, political science, international development, management, international law or other relevant field.
• Fluency in written and spoken English is required, Arabic language added advantage.
• Demonstrated capacity to work effectively and closely with donors.
HOW TO APPLY:
To apply for this position, please visit our website at www.pactworld.org
