Mali: Chief of Party
Jul 12, 2021
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McFadden
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Macfadden, a PAE company,is an international development consulting firm based in Washington, D.C. For more than 60 years, PAE has tackled the world’s toughest challenges to deliver agile and steadfast solutions to the U.S. government and its allies. With more than 20,000 employees on all seven continents and in more than 70 countries, PAE delivers a broad range of operational support services to meet the critical needs of its clients.
Macfadden is seeking Chief of Party (COP) candidates for anticipated USAID programming in the water sector.
Overview
The COP is responsible for the overall management, oversight, and compliance of the program and to represent the program to USAID and ensure deliverables are achieved. The COP will work closely with USAID, sub-contractors, and other sector partners, as directed by USAID. The desirable COP is an experienced leader who understands how to manage staff and activities to deliver in the world’s most challenging environments for complex and USAID-intensive management programming.
Responsibilities include:
- Leadership, mentoring, support, and duty of care for all program staff
- Provide implementation and technical leadership and direction for all program activities
- Represent the program to USAID, other U.S. agencies, and international organizations, representatives, and entities, as required by USAID
- Ensure deliverables are met and lessons learned are captured to regularly inform program development
- Ensure compliance and adherence to all USAID and FAR rules and regulations
- Support and mentor the program team, facilitating their successful implementation of the program
Qualifications include:
- Advanced degree in a relevant field, including natural or integrated water resource management, public health, international development, or other related field
- At least 10 years of experience managing a team and program relevant to WASH and/or IWRM, including USAID Chief of Party experience with responsive interventions, remote operations, governance, and grant making
- Experience managing complex, challenging programs in fragile and conflict environments
- Experience developing program strategy and technical guidance in WASH and IWRM governance and institutional development
- Experience in grants’ programming
- Project management and operations’ experience including operations, staffing, contracts, procurement, finance, budget, and schedule
- Experience with iterative monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning for responsive programming; implementation research experience a plus
- Experience with managing a diverse, multicultural team in an insecure, remote, conflict, and foreign environment and for USAID;
- Experience working in fragile or conflict countries
- Financial management experience, including budget, audit, finance, procurement, and reporting
- Understanding of USG FAR and USAID ADS contracts, grants, and compliance;
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively in English (verbal and written) and present and respond to information requests on a regular basis to USAID. Advanced fluency in French also is a requirement.
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