Deadline: Ongoing
Location: Juba, South Sudan
The Family Health International (FHI 360) is seeking to fill the role of Chief of Party for the South Sudan Integrated Youth Support Activity
FHI 360 delivers sustainable, high-quality, comprehensive HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support services.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for the overall planning, implementation and management of the project as well as the achievement of the goals and objectives in a timely and cost-effective manner
- Oversee a team of senior technical and operational staff and ensure strong communication and coordination with and between all team members
- Manage partnerships and ensure strong lines of communication and collaboration are established and maintained
- Oversee the planning of all project activities and set high quality performance targets, ensuring adherence to technical standards, best practices and donor guidelines
- Oversee strategies and interventions to ensure excellence and accountability to beneficiaries and USAID
- Represent project, both internally and externally, during meetings with donors, stakeholders, implementing partners and government counterparts
- Produce and present papers at local, regional and international forums to share experiences and emerging best practices
- Ensure financial and grant management compliance with FHI 360 and USAID rules and regulations
- Ensure timely, high-quality and complete submission of work plans, quarterly and annual reports, financial reports, and any other reports required by USAID
- Promote sustainability of project activities through linkages to other programmes, capacity-building of project staff, and institutional strengthening of implementing partners and community-based organisations
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree n Public Administration, International Development, Education, Economics, Health, or a related field from an accredited university
- Master’s degree in any of the above fields or a related discipline preferred
- 12 years, minimum, of experience managing complex donor-funded activities in challenging environments
- Eight years, minimum, of experience in strategic leadership of line management positions
- Demonstrated ability to manage and support diverse teams in challenging environments
- Demonstrated experience leading cross-sectoral programming
- Demonstrated experience leading consortia
- Strong knowledge of, and commitment to, gender and social equity
- Demonstrated leadership, organisational development, partnership-building, managerial, teambuilding and communication skills
- Proven ability to develop relationships and coordinate with government officials, civil society, and non-governmental organisations
- Demonstrated knowledge of United States government rules, regulations, policies, and procedures as they relate to project compliance and reporting
- Fluency in English
- Experience in South Sudan strongly preferred
- Experience implementing youth programming strongly preferred
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