Country: the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Closing date: 20 Jun 2018
Chief of Party, USAID/OTI Macedonia, Skopje, Macedonia
Company Profile: MSI, a Tetra Tech Company, is a Washington, DC metro area international development firm with a 35-year history of delivering development results across the world. Our core expertise is in the fields of monitoring and evaluation (M&E), institutional development, public sector management, governance and anti-corruption. MSI has implemented projects in 90 countries around the world such as Jordan, Kenya, Indonesia, Syria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Colombia, and Mexico. As one of the leading companies in our field, MSI has partnered with organizations across all sectors of international development to support clients ranging from large bilateral and multilateral donors such as USAID, the World Bank and the UNDP to national and local governments, NGOs, think tanks, foundations and universities. For more information on MSI, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com.
Position Summary: MSI is seeking a chief of party (COP) for an anticipated USAID/OTI-funded, small grants focused project in Macedonia. The COP will be responsible for providing overall leadership and management of the program, in addition to administrative, financial and technical oversight. S/he will be responsible for ensuring the completion of all tasks and objectives designated by USAID/OTI. The COP will lead the overall management of relationships with USAID/OTI's country representative (CR) and deputy country representative (DCR). The COP will be MSI's primary representative in the field and must represent MSI effectively to USAID/OTI, the Government of Macedonia and other stakeholders. He/she will ensure compliance with all terms of the project contract and all relevant USAID and USG rules and regulations. The COP will also take the lead in coordinating with appropriate ministries, local government authorities, and local implementing partners.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for making key decisions and solving problems in short time frames while ensuring operational and program integrity.
- Responsible for management, oversight, and reporting of MSI's progress and quality of performance in meeting the activity undertakings in this program.
- In close consultation with the CR, responsible for providing oversight of grant activities, including supervision of the program staff, ensuring appropriate grant design, ensuring that procedures are established and complied with for grant development, grant worthiness, grant implementation, management, monitoring, evaluation, and grant closing.
- Under the guidance of the CR, and/or CR's designee, responsible for contributing to the design and implementation of the M&E system at the activity and program levels and for ensuring that all programming is properly monitored and evaluated.
- Responsible for developing familiarity with, and maintaining daily usage of, the USAID/OTI Activity Database, and ultimately responsible for ensuring that the relevant staff use and maintain the Activity Database, and that data is consistent and complete.
- Responsible for supervising the deputy chief of party for programs and the operations manager.
- In conjunction with other members of the senior management team, creating strong team cohesion and high morale, including staff care.
Qualifications:
- Relevant work experience, including experience with a donor, contractor or international NGO managing an office or program.
- A minimum of seven (7) years of experience managing complex, high-speed and challenging field operations in developing countries.
- A minimum of two (2) years of supervisory experience.
- Experience with programs that provide quick delivery of assistance in response to emerging windows of opportunity.
- Experience with grant management, preferably in-kind and small grants.
- Experience leading and motivating teams in high stress environments.
- Demonstrated experience and knowledge in establishing systems and overseeing program start-up under limited time constraints as well as program close-out is highly desired, but not required.
- Experience in the hiring and supervising of host country local personnel and ensuring, when need arises, that they secure necessary training, including staff care, required to meet program needs.
- Financial management experience, including budgeting; financial management (tracking, reporting and accounting); and procurement.
- Experience with activity design, development, and implementation.
- Experience working in Macedonia or other Balkan countries highly desired, but not required.
- Experience working in countries undergoing political transition highly desired, but not required.
- Demonstrated working proficiency in written and oral English is required.
Only candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please.
MSI is an EEO/AA/ADA Veterans Employer.
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