Chief of Party, Mali Girls’ Education and Empowerment Project

POSITION TITLE: Chief of Party, Mali Girls’ Education and Empowerment Project

LOCATION: Mali

DEPARTMENT: Civil Society & Education

REPORTS TO: Unit Director or designee

Position Summary:

The Chief of Party will be responsible for implementing a high-quality, results-oriented program focused on girls’ access to formal and informal education and leadership empowerment. The program goal will be to increase education opportunities for girls in Mali. Position is contingent upon receipt of donor funding.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Chief of Party is responsible for overall project management, supervision, administration, and implementation of a high-quality program. S/he will establish and maintain systems for project operations; ensure that all agreement deadlines are met and targets are achieved; coordinate and maintain working relationships with project stakeholders (including government and private industry stakeholders, subgrantees and/or subcontractors); lead collaborative initiatives with private companies; and oversee the preparation and submission of technical and financial reports to USAID.

• Manage the Mali girls’ education and empowerment project which includes developing and overseeing annual planning; timely, high quality implementation of activities; and monitoring and evaluation of project implementation and deliverables;
• Oversee project budget and ensure that all financial activity is carried out in accordance with annual budget allocations, Winrock policy, and donor guidelines;
• With support from field and home office staff, prepare and submit timely and accurate activity, financial, and procurement reports to USAID and Winrock;
• Maintain close communication with USAID, reporting regularly for formal review sessions and providing ongoing, informal updates of program progress;
• Provide technical assistance, support, and oversight to local partner NGOs and CSOs;
• Provide technical assistance, support, and oversight to private sector partners;
• Provide technical assistance, support, and information to national and local government officials;
• Develop strategies for working with local government, private sector partners, trainers, and youth;
• Hire and supervise local project staff and annually evaluate their performance;
• Represent the project and Winrock to donors, local and national government entities, the media, local NGOs, and the local business community;
• Other duties as assigned.
  QUALIFICATIONS:
  Successful candidates will have strong management skills as well as salient experience implementing education programs, preferably in West/Central Africa. Specific experience and specialization in the areas of formal and informal education; leadership training; creating/maintaining partnerships with private sector companies, CSOs, youth-oriented organizations; experience in curriculum development and training of trainers; and knowledge regarding gender disparities and girl’s empowerment is strongly desired. Significant project management experience and leadership is highly desired.
  Education: Master’s level degree required in education, international development, leadership, political science, or a relevant social science discipline.
  Technical Applicants must have a minimum of 10 years’ experience working on youth engagement programs, including a minimum of 4 years’ of demonstrated managerial and/or team leadership experience.
  Experience in the West/Central Africa region is required, and Mali strongly preferred.
  Management
  Experience:
• Experience managing to the highest ethical standards international projects
• Demonstrated leadership and administrative skills in the management of complex, multi-activity programming, on time and on budget.
• Financial management, budget design, and budget management experience.
• Demonstrated success in motivating and supervising diverse teams of employees.
• Experience in strategic planning and implementation of strategic plans.
• Experience designing and implementing or overseeing monitoring and evaluation systems.
• Good track record working with and/or partnering with a variety of individuals and organizations, including senior US and host country government officials, international agencies, private sector companies, and donor organizations.

Skills/

Knowledge:

• Knowledge or understanding of social, economic, and political context governing youth, education, and workforce readiness policy issues in developing countries.
• Experience providing support to formal and informal education programs, leadership trainings, and local organization capacity building.
• Knowledge of US Government regulations, policies, and procedures or those of an equivalently complex international government funding organization.
• Knowledge of USAID and specific understanding of USAID Forward as well as girls’ education goals under the Mali Country Development Cooperation Strategy is desirable.
• Demonstrated effective interpersonal skills, creative problem solving, conflict, and ethical management skills.
• Fluency in English and French is required.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Computer literate in word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software (Microsoft).

HOW TO APPLY:

https://www.appone.com/MainInfoReq.asp?R_ID=1307383