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Key Responsibilities
The Chief of Party (COP) for the Governance for Local Development Plus (GoLD+) will be responsible for leading all technical, financial, and administrative aspects of the program and will coordinate closely with USAID in developing, implementing, and revising the project’s overall implementation strategy. The COP will be the principal liaison between USAID, and other partners and will provide comprehensive technical oversight and guidance in all aspects of the program, including monitoring and evaluation and reporting to USAID.

The position holder is required to collaborate with the Ministry of Territorial Collectivities, Planning and Development and other critical partners to provide strategic and high-level support for effective capacity building at the local level and sustainability of the project interventions. The COP will oversee a team of experts and support staff, prepare reports and annual operating plans, align project initiatives with in-country priorities and ensure the program is compliant with USAID and World Vision Senegal regulations.


Job description
• Manage proactive and responsive relationship with USAID in close collaboration with World Vision staff both in Senegal and in the U.S.
• Direct and oversee grant implementation, ensuring that all strategic objectives are met through proper design, staffing, implementation, and quality assurance.
• Establish a comprehensive understanding about major policy, strategy and program landscape in the Country; identify, develop and undertake viable strategies for successful institutionalization and sustainability
• Develop strategic plans, annual and quarterly work plans, and overall management of the program in line with USAID guidelines to achieve project objectives;
• Ensure the development of strong M&E mechanisms, program monitoring tools and efficient systems to ensure high quality implementation;
• Ensure the application of robust evidence and learning system to inform the implementation of the project
• Play an influencing role through forging strong partnership with stakeholders and strategy level actors in the country for enhanced outcomes of the project
• The CoP will work closely with the awards manager to ensure that the project is implemented according to USAID polices and principles and that there are no disallowable expenseSubmit timely, accurate and professional reports that meet donor requirements.
• Manage grant/project budget within approved spending levels and ensure project staff submit accurate and timely financial reports, forecasts, and burn rate analyses to donors and Support Office staff.
• Supervise a team of senior level international and national staff with community engagements and social accountability technical skills.
• Lead grant operations staff including finance, M&E, and communications.
• Work closely with Communication and Strategy teams to develop and implement effective marketing and communication (both internal and external) that ensure knowledge capture and learning across the organisation.
• Serve as focal point for USAID project and actively participate in the required meetings/forums and others.


Required Professional Experience
• Master’s degree in law, international development, public administration, business management or other relevant disciplines; and program or equivalent experience in Education, Health/WASH and Livelihoods program management.
• Familiarity with USAID programs, their history and their development; mastery of USAID regulations governing such programs.
• Demonstrated outstanding leadership, effective organizational development, partnership building, managerial, team building, and communications skills.
• Proven ability to coordinate with other key stakeholders such as governmental and non-governmental organizations in Senegal.
• Strong presentation and report writing skills.
• Experience of leading large and diverse teams.
• Experience in leading and managing large grants in a complex environment.
• Experience as a CoP, “key personnel”, or senior expert advisor required.
• Experience in managing sub grants and contracts under grants for complex projects.
• Previous Chief of Party or Program Manager experience strong preferred;
• English and French language fluency (oral and written)
• Previous experience in Africa, preferably West Africa, is required

Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications
• At least 10 years of professional experience working on, designing, and/or implementing projects related to institutional strengthening, devolution, decentralization, and service delivery, including extensive experience in large donor-funded governance project management in Africa
• At least 5 years managing development projects with large teams, and engaging with government representatives and project stakeholders on large-scale (>$20 million) donor and/or USAID funded projects; 2+ years in senior roles
• Coaching and team building
• Excellent relationship building skills including ability to engage and influence across all levels with key decision makers / executives of a variety of key external organisations.
• Good intercommunication and exposure on communication impact
• Sound knowledge of strategies and techniques to manage the effective implementation of USAID funded large grants.
• Travel and/or Work
• Requirement Work environment: Office-based with some travel
• The position requires ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 25 % of the time.