Specific Duties and Responsibilities:
• Provide vision and strategic direction for the program in areas such as civic participation and advocacy, peace building and governance, regulatory reform, media engagement, and institutional strengthening; • Manage implementation of project objectives and assure high quality deliverables. • Ensure effective integration of program implementation among partner organizations through effective leadership; • Serve as the principal liaison with USAID. Responsible for reporting program results to USAID, and cultivating and maintaining a positive and efficient relationship with USAID staff; • Establish and maintain productive working relationships with key ministries and other relevant officials in southern Sudan; • Establish and maintain productive working relationships with other donors and NGOs working in the area of civic engagement, peace building and governance; • Actively promote accountability to project participants/beneficiaries. • Supervise and mentor project staff; • Provide oversight for the project’s financial management and procurement systems and ensure that they are in line with Pact policies and procedures and donor rules and regulations. • Oversee program monitoring, evaluation, and reporting; • Ensure timely, high-quality, and complete submission of all annual work plans, performance and financial reports. This includes timely responses to donor requests for meetings, performance reports, success stories, and financial information for the project • Maintain a strong and wide network with key partners and stakeholders, and ensure that the project is represented on appropriate steering and advisory groups. • Coordinate implementation of the project with other Pact programs to ensure synergy and maximize impact. • Coordinate implementation of the project with other Pact programs to ensure synergy and maximize impact.
Qualifications:
• Experience working in politically sensitive, fragile and/or post-conflict environments, preferably Sudan/South Sudan. • Demonstrated experience managing similarly complex USAID projects in other African countries, involving coordination with multiple programs, international implementing partners and local partner institutions. • Strong leadership skills and experience managing large, interdisciplinary teams with cultural diversity. • Demonstrated problem-solving and consensus-building skills and ability to promote coordination among diverse interests and institutions. • Strong communications skills, including interpersonal and well-written and oral English, to meet the diverse technical and managerial requirements of the program and to effectively coordinate with a wide range of regional stakeholders. • Proven experience in working effectively with civil society, local, regional and central-level government authorities. • Experience with monitoring and evaluation best practices preferred. • Subgrant management experience. • Ability and willingness to travel to remote parts of South Sudan with simple accommodation options.
Education and Experience Requirements:
• A Master’s degree in Development Management, International Development, an MBA, or other relevant field of study. • Minimum 10 years of progressive management experience in the civic engagement and democracy and governance sectors. • Prior Experience as Chief of Party or Country Manager experience required. • Comprehensive knowledge of USAID rules and regulations required; • USAID program management experience strongly preferred. • Prior relevant work experience in Sudan/South Sudan or East Africa strongly preferred.
Disclaimer: This job description summarizes the responsibilities assigned to the position; however it does not contain an all-inclusive list of responsibilities. Periodically, employee(s) will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by their supervisor.
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