Title: Deputy Chief of Party (Finance and Administration Lead)

Reports to: Chief of Party

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The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is a global humanitarian organization of the Seventh-day Adventist Church that demonstrates God’s love and compassion. ADRA works with people in poverty and distress to create just and positive change through empowering partnerships and responsible action.

The successful candidate must understand, respect and honor the mission, purpose and identity of ADRA.

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SUMMARY

ADRA is seeking a Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP) for an anticipated USAID-funded Feed the Future activity in Sudan. The activity aims to improve food security, increase the income of smallholder farmers, and support broader economic growth by increasing agriculture and livestock productivity; enhancing efficiency of productive resources (land, water); and introducing modern production practices. The activity will also ensure farmers have access to quality inputs, technologies, information, credit, and financial services, and that they meet market quality standards. ADRA has implemented humanitarian and development activities in Sudan for 40 years with funding for major international donors, including USAID. As DCOP, you will provide oversight of finance and administration, working alongside the Chief of Party to maintain the activity’s administrative and financial operations. You will supervise senior finance and administration staff to solve problems, proactively find solutions to implementation challenges, and ensure best practices and ADRA procedures are followed.

This position is contingent upon receipt of funding and requires donor approval.

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PRE-REQUISITES

Required

• Master’s degree, or higher, in economics, business administration, public administration, international development, or a related field.
• 7+ years of relevant, increasing management and leadership responsibility for multi-year development programs funded by USAID or similar donors
• Proven leadership skills directly developing, leading, mentoring, and motivating diverse and talented technical teams that work effectively and collaboratively.
• Experience managing cooperative agreements in dynamic, conflict settings.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to engage, network with, and build consensus among a wide range of stakeholders, including senior government officials, NGOs (local and international), community leaders, representatives of civil society, the private sector, and US Government partners.
• Demonstrated capacity to lead the collection, analysis, and utilization of information to continuously identify opportunities to improve activity performance toward food, nutrition, and economic (FNES) security and agriculture-led economic growth outcomes; inform activity management decision-making and implement improvement measures; and ensure follow-through on prior recommendations.
• Knowledge and familiarity with USAID funding.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent computer skills, including Microsoft Office suite.
• Written and spoken command of English. Arabic language is strongly preferred.

Preferred

• Professional experience delivering development programming in Sudan.

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BEHAVIORAL COMPETENCIES

• Deciding and Initiating Action (1.1) – Makes prompt, clear decisions which may involve tough choices or considered risks.
• Leading and Supervising (1.2) – Provides others with a clear direction; sets appropriate standards of behavior.
• Planning and Organizing (6.1) – Sets clearly defined objectives; plans activities and projects well in advance and takes account of possible changing circumstances.
• Persuading and Influencing (3.2)- Makes a strong personal impression on others; gains clear agreement and commitment from others.

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RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist the Chief of Party in all aspects of activity implementation, including leadership, technical direction, and management oversight for activity activities and results.
• In collaboration with the Chief of Party, ensure high-quality technical programming through hands-on staff supervision and partner support grounded in the program’s strategic objectives and adhering to expected technical quality and reporting requirements.
• Develop and maintain a safe environment that encourages the sharing of problems, ideas, and solutions, and efficiently and effectively adapt approaches to appropriately respond to feedback while respecting and prioritizing the needs of communities, especially the most vulnerable.
• Provide strategic oversight for the activity’s administrative and financial operations through an integrated vision, and a commitment to Collaboration, Learning and Adaptation (CLA) and continuous improvement of quality.
• Supervise staff to implement the activity and ensure interventions are on track and are delivered on schedule and on budget.
• Work closely with the Monitoring and Evaluation Lead and the Strategic Learning Advisor to ensure robust M&E and learning systems that facilitate evidence-based adaptive management and feedback loops that inform activity implementation and support financial and administrative field staff.
• Ensure quarterly and annual reports are produced and delivered on time and in high-quality reports which meet donor and support agencies requirements.
• Ensure systematic and effective implementation of the program through regular field visits to all field offices, activity locations, and implementing corrective measures as needed.
• Represent the program and ADRA in meetings with local authorities, private and public sector stakeholders, and partners, as requested by the COP.
• Oversee the activity’s teams, develop team members’ capacity, deepen understanding of their roles and assist with career development.
• Create and maintain systems to ensure effective and transparent use of financial resources for timely and informative reporting in line with program, donor and ADRA’s needs.
• Temporarily assume COP management and leadership responsibilities when he/she is absent.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

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TRAVEL

Up to 50% domestic and international travel required. Must have the ability to travel at short notice if necessary. Travel within Sudan dependent upon security conditions.

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MENTAL/EMOTIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

Must be able to work in a fast-paced and customer service-oriented environment; to perform duties under pressure and meet deadlines in a timely manner; to work as part of a team as well as to complete assignments independently; to take instructions from supervisors; to exercise problem-solving skills; and to interact with co-workers, supervisors, network employees, donors and the public in a professional and pleasant manner.

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APPLICATION

Qualified national and international candidates are encouraged to apply.