Chief of Party
Location: Bamako, Mali
Start Date: Contingent upon award, anticipated early 2024
Job Description
DevWorks International (DevWorks) is recruiting for a Chief of Party (COP) for the USAID Mali Shifin ni Tagne Activity. Shifin ni Tagne will enable vulnerable and marginalized Malian youth, 15 – 29 years old, to become educated, healthy, and productive citizens, while building their resilience to recurrent crises. The activity will provide youth with training and education centered on foundational life skills, sexual reproductive health, and employment. The target regions for Shifin ni Tagne are Bamako, Segou, and Mopti.
The COP will provide overall leadership, management, and technical direction for the program – ensuring an integrated vision among diverse components and actors – to achieve the desired results. This position will lead program strategic planning and decision making and will be responsible for overall activities of sub-recipients. The COP will work directly with USAID and will be a key liaison to implementing partners and other stakeholders. This position will ensure full compliance with all USAID, DevWorks, and other fiduciary regulations and will oversee the project reporting process in line with donor requirements. The COP will supervise project staff including professional performance management and coaching.
Qualifications
· Minimum of ten (10) years of experience in designing and implementing youth projects.
· Minimum of ten (10) years of work experience in developing countries, preferably in Mali or West Africa.
· Minimum five (5) years of successful experience as Chief of Party, Team Leader, Project Director or equivalent position for donor-funded projects of similar magnitude and complexity in developing countries.
· Strong understanding of and background in technical areas such as positive youth development, youth employment, entrepreneurship, foundational skills education, sexual reproductive health, behavioral change management, media literacy, vocational training, agriculture, livestock, and gender, equity, and social inclusion.
· Previous experience in and ability to work in post-conflict and insecure operating environments.
· Master’s degree or higher in Business, Education, International Development, Youth Public Policy, or another related field.
· Demonstrated experience in progressively responsible supervisory positions, including direct supervision of professional and support staff; quality evaluation of staff performance and deliverables; and contracts/grants management.
· Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
· Fluency in English and French required.
How to Apply
Please send your CV and cover letter to dcresume@devworks.org with “Chief of Party – Mali Shifin ni Tagne” in the subject line.
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