Ethiopia: 16-079: Deputy Chief of Party - Ethiopia

16-079: Deputy Chief of Party

Country: Ethiopia

Department: International Operations

Essential Job Duties/Scope of Work:

International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs. Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in underserved communities worldwide. By offering training and health care to local populations and medical assistance to people at highest risk, and with the flexibility to respond rapidly to emergency situations, International Medical Corps rehabilitates devastated health care systems and helps bring them back to self-reliance.

PROGRAM BACKGROUND

International Medical Corps is recruiting for a highly qualified Deputy Chief of Party (DCoP) for an anticipated five-year Title II Development Food Assistance Program (DFAP) in Ethiopia. The DCoP will work closely with the Chief of Party (CoP) to ensure that activity objectives are met effectively. The DCoP will be the project’s technical lead in programming. The DCOP will assist the CoP in overall management, strategy and technical guidance of the program.

JOB SUMMARY

The DCoP must be able to support the CoP with overall responsibility for program development, execution and management. S/he will support in directing the program with all management decisions and administrative responsibilities delegated to the main field office. The DCoP will support the creation of work plans, staff supervision, and coordination with USAID and other programs, program reporting, and achievement of results. This position will be based in Addis Ababa.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide overall technical direction and assist in the management of project activities and operations.

• Provide technical assistance to consortium partners, local partners and their sectoral managers

• Ensure that the sectoral teams are properly trained, roles and responsibilities are properly assigned and the team is able to implement the project agreed deliverables.

• Assist CoP with the coordination of activities for monitoring, evaluation, and reporting including drafting and reviewing quarterly or annual reports and managing the mid-term and final evaluation processes;

• Assist CoP in ensuring that gender and sustainability are fully integrated into the overall project implementation

• Assist CoP with liaising with the Mission, consortium partners and other project stakeholders including maintaining communication and consultation.

Qualifications:

• Advanced degree (Master’s or higher) in international development or a related field;

• Minimum 8 years of progressively increasing management responsibility in developing countries, including experience in food security, livelihoods disaster risk management, monitoring and evaluation. Previous experience as a Chief of Party or Deputy Chief of Party is highly desirable

• At least 7 years of international work experience in interacting with developing country governments, international organizations, other bilateral donors and civil society representatives and senior level government officials is desirable.

• Experience managing USG cooperative agreements or contracts, at least five years of senior program management experience including direct supervision of professional and support staff is desirable

• Demonstrated experience and expertise in one or more of the following sectors: food security and livelihoods; nutrition, social protection, local capacity building; community development; agricultural value chain development; village savings and loan groups; natural resource management; resilience and risk-management; and gender-sensitive approaches;

• Excellent communicator with demonstrated experience in communicating complex processes to diverse stakeholders, including government officials at all levels, service orientated NGOs, civil society organizations, donors;

• Demonstrated ability to establish and sustain professional relationships with civil society organizations and host country government counterparts

• Experience with systems strengthening, capacity building, service delivery and quality improvement or policy development is desirable;

• Experience in financial management, budget design, and partner management;

• Capacity to build and effectively supervise a diverse and international team of partner staff, and technical experts;

• Familiarity with USAID programs, their history and their development; mastery of USAID regulations governing such programs;

• Experience managing large grants, sub grants, and contracts under grants for complex projects;

• Ability to travel national and internationally as required;

• Strong interpersonal skills with evidence of ability to communicate effectively and build relationships among staff and with partners, donors, and stakeholders; and

• Technical skills that are complementary to the program description.

• Excellent diplomatic, communication and interpersonal skills •

• The candidate must be professionally proficient and fluent in written and spoken English and Amharic is highly preferred.

• Based in Addis Ababa, with frequent travel in project areas.

• Experience in Ethiopia required.