Deadline: Ongoing
Location: Ethiopia
Creative Associates International is seeking a Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP) for an anticipated USAID-funded programme in Ethiopia.
Creative Associates International is a global development firm that specialises in education, economic growth, democratic development and post-crisis stabilisation.
Responsibilities
- Actively participate in all project work planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluating, and reporting processes
- Manage the contractual implementation of programme activities
- Ensure, in coordination with project and client staff, project activities are implemented in accordance with established policies, procedures, and practices
- Manage Ethiopia-based project operations staff in collaboration with technical backstops at Creative Associates headquarters
- Provide overarching activity-based operations and procurement support to all project components
- As needed, support the revision and/or creation of new project standard operating procedures for implementation of activities
- Review draft activity budgets to ensure costs are reasonable and allowable
- Provide direction to the other project teams on activity budgets, timelines and feasibility
- Work in collaboration with the chief of party to ensure staff are effectively implementing administrative and financial procedures compliant with the Creative Associates and donor policies
- Mentor, develop, train and lead operations staff members
- Provide policy guidance and interpretation for both vendors and staff involved in vendor relations
- Oversee the solicitation, award and management of subcontracts, purchase orders, and other procurements
- Oversee the solicitation, award and outputs of sub-awards to partners in collaboration with the chief of party
- Identify potential and actual activity-based risks and take appropriate mitigation measures
- Investigate, identify and implement new ways of achieving activity efficiencies
- Coordinate, as necessary, with other members of the project management team, and other implementing partners operating in the same fields of operation
Requirements
- Master’s degree or bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in a relevant field
- Ten years, minimum, of relevant experience for master’s degree holders and 12 years, minimum, of relevant experience for bachelor’s degree holders
- Demonstrated experience and knowledge establishing systems and overseeing startup under limited time constraints as well as programme closeout
- Experience in the hiring and supervising of host country local personnel and ensuring, when need arises, they secure necessary training required to meet programme needs
- Strong management and leadership skills, including the ability to mentor staff
- Experience with operations, finance, procurement, and/or grants
- Experience in advancing equity and inclusion of women, youth, and other marginalised groups
- Familiarity with and experience in Ethiopia preferred
- Fluency in English
- Proficiency in Amharic and/or another Ethiopian language
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