Malawi: Chief of Party

Position Title Deputy Chief of Party

Requisition Number 15-0103

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 Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP) for the anticipated four-year USAID-funded Moving Into The Future With The Youth (PaMawa ndi a Chinyamata or PaMawa) program in Malawi. The DCOP assists the COP with leadership, management, and strategic direction for the entire project. This position is responsible for assisting and guiding technical staff and for ensuring the responsiveness and quality of work along with efficient use of resources and achievement of results. This position is contingent upon funding.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist the COP in the successful programmatic and technical implementation of the project including the timely completion of high-quality work plans, accurate reports, and other mandated deliverables.

• Assist the COP in monitoring project progress vis-a-vis expected objectives, utilizing tools and methods developed by Pact, and ensuring effective usage of resources and compliance with donor requirements.

• Work with the COP on integrated management of all project finances to ensure effective use of resources in order to achieve program objectives in compliance with donor requirements.

• In collaboration with the COP, design, develop and adapt policies, guidelines and criteria for the management of project finances and sub-grants in accordance with Pact standards and donor regulations.

• Collaborate with headquarters and all partners to ensure programming aligns with Pact’s organizational mission and vision and that project best practices and lessons learned are shared for organization-wide dissemination.

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.

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