Deadline: Not specified
Location: Lilongwe, Malawi
Chemonics is seeking to fill the role of Deputy Chief of Party Implementation.
Chemonics is an international development firm with the aim to reimagine global supply chains to deliver essential medicines to the right place at the right time.
Responsibilities
- As a member of the leadership team, work closely with the Chief of Party and DCOP/reading instruction and teacher training specialist to provide technical and managerial oversight for the activity
- Work closely with the team to ensure that the activity consistently adheres to Chemonics’ norms and culture, and ensures the highest ethical standards, emphasises the importance of communication and teamwork, adheres to USAID technical guidance
- Manage implementation, reporting, and required documentation of all interventions related to digital development, pre-primary education, community engagement, and education system strengthening
- Manage key functions of the project to meet USAID expectations in terms of timely and quality results and budget
- Contribute to ensuring coordination among technical and between technical and operations leads
- Collaborate with other members of the leadership team to understand the activity’s technical needs and work to put them into action with support from technical and operations staff
- Effectively manage talent and supervise designated staff
- Manage team dynamics and staff well-being
- Provide coaching and mentoring, if needed, to develop skills needed to manage work plan activities to deliver quality results and ensure appropriate monitoring and evaluation activities to support learning and adapting
Requirements
- Advanced degree in Education Policy, Planning, Curriculum Development or Reading Instruction
- Five years of relevant, progressively responsible project management
- Familiarity with USAID-funded or similar internationally funded contracts or projects is strongly preferred
- Combination of technical familiarity and management skills (effective planning, personnel management, resource management, learning, and adapting skills) that span the subject areas covered by the activity
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience across a wide variety of project activities involving early grade reading, ICT for education, community engagement, and education system strengthening
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
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