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Creative Associates International seeks a Chief of Party for the upcoming USAID-funded Nafoore addendum, which seeks to empower youth through soft skills and vocational education and training, economic opportunities, and safeguard their communities against radicalization by building their resilience and social cohesion. The COP shall have principal responsibility for overall project management and technical operations to ensure that the project tasks are completed and the objectives of the project are successfully met. The COP will lead the Offeror’s team and serve as the primary point of contact with USAID with regard to day-to-day activity implementation and management matters relating to the agreement. The COP will have overall responsibility for assuring that all assistance provided under the agreement and sub-agreementsare appropriate for the needs to be addressed; and for adequately managing and supervising the work of all experts/personnel provided under the agreement. The COP will be the primary point of contact for information on the progress and current status of all activities under the agreement and will establish appropriate mechanisms to ensure that partner progress and specific implementation concerns are regularly and promptly reported. The COP will manage the preparation and presentation of work plans, M&E plans, and all reports.
Minimum Qualifications:
- At least 10 years of experience successfully managing complex international programs (implementation, logistics, budgeting, staffing) preferably those funded by USAID and those conducted in West Africa;
- Master’s degree in public administration, political science, international relations, conflict resolution and peacebuilding or related field required;
- Technical expertise in positive youth development, youth empowerment, livelihoods, workforce development, and countering/preventing violent extremism programming;
- Demonstrated skills in effectively working, coordinating and negotiating with donors, other USAID projects, U.S. embassies, local organizations and partners;
- Ability to manage USAID contracts and all required reporting requirements;
- Ability to perform internal control functions to manage day-to-day operations of the project; and
- Fluency in English and French.
- Working proficiency of Arabic is desired.
Position is contingent upon donor funding.
