Deadline: 04 December, 2020
Location: Maputo, Mozambique
The World Vision International is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Chief of Party (COP).
The mission of the organisation includes working with the poor, people who are oppressed as it promotes human transformation.
Responsibilities
- Direct and oversee grant implementation, ensuring all strategic objectives are met through proper design, staffing, implementation and quality assurance
- Build and maintain relationships with host governments, donors, other donor-funded projects and stakeholders, local organisations, and partners
- Ensure appropriate project quality support to consortium members through purpose leads
- Oversee that bottlenecks and challenges to project impact are addressed at various levels of stakeholders using forums such as technical working groups, donor/government-led coordination meetings and meetings with consortium member project managers
- In collaboration with partners’ project managers, design and facilitate regular project learning events with consortium partners and other key stakeholders, ensuring that lessons of sound practice are documented and disseminated through project implementation and review
- Supervise a team of senior level international and national staff with skills across a diverse set of technical areas
- Ensure proper technical capacity of staff to manage complex donor funded projects
- Lead grant staff and short-term consultants
- Establish and maintain effective project reporting, evaluation, and communication systems
- Submit timely, accurate and professional reports that meet donor requirements
- Ensure grant/project budget is managed within approved spending levels and ensure accurate and timely financial reports to donors and SO IPG staff
- Ensure grant/project expenses are reasonable, allocated as per assigned budget, prudent and spent in accordance with donor rules and regulations to ensure low risk audits
- Escalate grant management issues early and openly
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Development Studies, International Relations, Agriculture, Nutrition, Public Health, Business Administration, or a related field
- Ten years, minimum, of progressively increasing management responsibility in international development projects
- Knowledge of and familiarity with international assistance programme requirements, preferably USAID Office or Food for Peace (FFP) policies, rules and regulations
- Familiarity with USAID FFP Development Food Security Activities (DFSA) programmes, as well as experience managing programmatic and financial reporting
- Proven ability in the management of large integrated grant-funded projects in developing countries
- Proven ability to manage technical teams and to integrate teams of professionals around common goals
- Demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships with host governments, donors, other donor-funded projects and stakeholders, local organisations, and partners
- Experience working/living in countries in southern Africa and familiarity with the context of Mozambique
- Strong verbal communication and report writing skills
To apply and for more information, click here.
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