Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Closing date: 01 Jul 2016
The Deputy Chief of Party (D/COP) assists the COP in management of technical and programmatic aspects of the activity. Candidate must have at least 10 years of relevant management, supervisory and technical experience with progressive responsibility working with activities that are of similar scope and scale to this activity; at least 7 of those years in conflict affected countries similar to the DRC. This individual will oversee day-to-day implementation of all three objectives, including the design, quality, development and production of all assessments, analytical reports, field-based research, activity implementation and monitoring and evaluation. She/he must ensure that high-quality, results-oriented interventions are carried out for all three objectives. The D/COP must participate and engage in technical meetings and maintain positive relationships with GDRC officials and other stakeholders. She/he will need to balance conflict programming with USAID/DRC’s development programming in agriculture, health, education, economic growth, environment and governance sectors to ensure sustainability and overall regional coherence. She/he should also plan to spend significant time traveling in eastern DRC assisting with activity start-up as well as conducting continuous monitoring throughout the life of the activity.
Candidate must have a Master’s degree in political science, international relations, international development, international relations, conflict studies, other social sciences or other field closely related to the work required. A Master’s degree may be substituted by a Bachelor’s degree and at least 15 years of overseas technical or implementation experience with activities that are of a similar scope and scale to this activity. Candidate must have demonstrated ability to work in complex, politically charged, unstable environments, work across different cultures, and a minimum of seven years of experience that focus on conflict research, analysis, and stabilization sectors. Candidate must have professional level oral and written skills in English, and proficient oral and written skills in French.
His/her primary responsibilities include:
• Ensuring effective start-up, implementation and monitoring of research and analysis capacity building in eastern DRC
• Establishing effective and adequate communications and coordination with other actors in the DRC and region, including the World Bank, other NGOs and private sector actors, working on conflict management and social cohesion in the region.
• Work with USAID/DRC technical office personnel to design any required research/analyses tools and /field visits.
• Interact professionally with senior Mission, Embassy, and government officials.
• Ensuring effective start-up, implementation and monitoring of the flexible response mechanism in eastern DRC.
How to apply:
Interested candidates should send their CV/resume to drc_iga@dai.com and indicate "Deputy Chief of Party - SPR" in the subject line of the email.