Country: Uganda
Closing date: 11 Feb 2017
At CARE, we seek a world of hope, tolerance and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and people live with dignity and security.
This has been our vision since 1945, when we were founded to send lifesaving CARE Packages® to survivors of World War II. Today, CARE is a global leader in the movement to eradicate poverty. In 2015, CARE worked in 95 countries and reached 65 million people with an incredible range of life-saving programs. We also put women and girls at the center of our work because we know that we cannot overcome poverty until all people have equal rights and opportunities. We seek dynamic, innovative thinkers to further our mission. If you share our core beliefs: poverty is an injustice; poverty is solvable; and together, we have the power to end it, join us.
CARE seeks a Chief of Party (COP) to be based in Uganda for an anticipated Food for Peace (FFP) Development Food Assistance Program (DFAP). USAID has a goal of improving food and nutrition security and economic well-being in vulnerable populations in Uganda by assisting Ugandan people to identify and take advantage of transformational opportunities to learn, mitigate, adapt, invest and thrive. This position location is to be confirmed but will likely be based in Southern Karamoja, Uganda.
International relocation and allowances are available for this position.
The Chief of Party is accountable for the overall vision and leadership of the project and is accountable for delivering results. The successful candidate should possess significant experience managing program, financial, and operations of USAID/FFP or other international food security projects.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Oversee the completion of all technical requirements, including project results and deliverables, in accordance with the project work plan
- Build and maintain productive working relationships with USAID, project partners, and key stakeholders. Serve as the primary liaison among all project stakeholders
- Manage the project’s operational, financial, and administrative priorities; direct the planning and budgeting processes. Create or adapt management systems in line with CARE’s standard operating procedures, ensuring consistency with project needs
- Build partnerships among international -, national- and community-level stakeholders
- Design and oversee an annual project cycle in accordance with USAID/FFP’s annual planning cycles
- With staff and partners, translate project goals and objectives into implementable strategies and plans. Oversee the preparation of quarterly and annual project activity reports, M&E reports, and other deliverables, as specified in the agreement. Report against the project’s targets
- Represent the project at high-level meetings, conferences, and other fora
- Guide team members to fulfill the project’s strategic goals and objectives
- Supervise and mentor senior staff, delegating responsibilities as appropriate. Clearly communicate expectations for staff performance.
Required Skills:
- Master’s degree in a relevant field, including development studies, international relations, agriculture, nutrition, public health or related field.
- Minimum of 10 years of progressively increasing management responsibilities in international development projects.
- Prior experience managing USAID-funded assistance projects of a similar size and scope in developing countries; experience managing multi-sectoral projects including agricultural development and maternal child health and nutrition.
- Understanding and demonstrated commitment to the importance of gender and youth issues in food security programming.
- Experience with one or more of the following types of programs is an advantage but not a requirement: Food for Peace programs, food security, conflict mitigation, income security, or community resilience.
- Experience with one or more of the following cross-cutting approaches programs is an advantage but not a requirement: gender equity and female empowerment, youth empowerment, and social accountability and governance.
- Proven leadership skills. Demonstrated experience recruiting, developing, and managing staff.
- Demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships with host governments, donors, other donor-funded projects and stakeholders, local organizations, and partners.
- Experience managing programmatic and financial reporting requirements
- Previous experience in Uganda is preferred but not required.
- Strong oral and written communication skills; demonstrated negotiation skills.
- Experience with M&E is a plus.
- Fluency in English is required.
- Ability to travel within project areas of Uganda as needed and as security allows.
How to apply:
https://chp.tbe.taleo.net/chp02/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=CAREUSA&cws=1&rid=3467