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Organization: World Vision
Location: Senegal, Dakar
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Occupational Groups:
Program/Project Management
Closing Date: 2024-05-26
World Vision International
With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.
Come join our 34,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!
Here’s where you come in:
As Chief of Party, USAID Regional Resilience Activity for Sahel – Burkina Faso, Chad, & Mauritania, you will be accountable for the overall vision and leadership of the Regional Resilience Activity and is accountable for delivering results. The successful candidate will manage project staff, consortium partners and/or sub-partners to ensure project deliverables are on-time and within budget. You will be responsible for program compliance, ensuring all program activities are in accordance with USAID and WVI rules and regulations.
This position is contingent upon funding and donor approval.
Requirements include:
- Minimum 10 years of professional experience in similar position for Leader with Associate awards (LWA) or projects with similar magnitude and complexity, involving multiple country programs, preferably in resilience, economic growth, climate change, food security and/or nutrition is highly desired.
- Advanced degree required in international development, economics, agriculture, or other related field of study related to the project.
- Proven exceptional leadership as CoP in the design, management, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of similar-sized multi-country programs, with skills in strategic planning and thinking, management, supervision and budgeting, and experience managing complex activities involving coordination with multiple program partner institutions.
- Demonstrated experience working in the Sahel region (Burkina Faso, Chad, and/or Mauritania), preferably in resilience, economic growth, climate change, food security and/or nutrition is highly desirable.
- Understanding of USAID regulations and policies; experience managing complex contracts and agreements, USAID’s operating procedures, regulations, and reporting requirements is required.
- Ability to travel 35% in Sahel Region as required.
- Fluency in oral and written English. Proficiency in French.
How to apply
Is this the job for you?
Find the full responsibilities and requirements for this position and apply online. We will be accepting applications until the right candidate is found.
World Vision is dedicated to our team members’ development and their success. We aspire for all employees to be fulfilled through their work and their contributions to an organisation working to provide long-term sustainable solutions to the world’s most vulnerable people.
For more information on World Vision International, please visit our website: www.wvi.org. Our vision for every child, life in all its fullness. Our prayer for every heart, the will to make it so.
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