IRG Resistance Learning Project Chief of Party Job in Nairobi, Kenya

Chief of Party
 

Resistance Learning Project (RLP)
 

Nairobi, Kenya

Announcement: International Resources Group (IRG), a wholly owned subsidiary of Engility, seeks multiple positions for an anticipated USAID-funded Resilience Learning Project in East Africa. 

Based in Nairobi, this five-year contract will be a key component of USAID’s expanding portfolio in the drylands of the Horn of Africa. 

This project will be linked with several multi-layered, multi-institutional initiatives to build resilience and growth, to break the accelerating cycle of droughts and humanitarian emergencies. 

It will be part of USAID/East Africa’s regional Feed the Future portfolio.

Chief of Party

Responsibilities:
 

The Chief of Party will 

• provide overall technical, administrative, and financial management leadership; 
• prepare, review, and monitor contract reporting and deliverables; 
• oversee the recruitment and engagement of technical staff;
• liaise with the IRG home office, relevant USAID personnel, and project partners; and
• provide technical implementation expertise as necessary to project components, including:

1. Dissemination of resilience-enhancing technologies and innovations
2. Development and testing of models for integrating humanitarian and development assistance
3. Catalyze USAID’s Collaboration, Learning, and Adaptation (CLA) approach
4. Strengthening of knowledge management capacity of regional, national, and local institutions
5. Incorporation of gender issues key to resilience and growth into all project activities

Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in relevant field, such as international development, natural resource management, or business administration.
• Minimum 10 years relevant experience managing resilience-enhanced programs or working in pastoralist, environment and natural resource management, or recurrent drought and conflict areas (preferably in Kenya and Ethiopia)
• Experience managing and implementing large donor-funded (preferably USAID) projects
• Technical expertise in design, implementation, planning, coordinating, and driving complex monitoring, evaluation, organizational learning, and capacity development efforts
• Proven success using monitoring and evaluation, knowledge sharing, and evidence based learning to continually improve performance of activities
• Ability to establish close relations for pursuing organizational learning with USAID’s Eastern Africa resilience programs (IGAD IDDRSI work, Feed the Future, AU-IBAR, etc.).
• Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills, including the ability to manage high level relationships and motivate subordinates.
• English fluency (speaking, reading, writing)

How to Apply: 

Please send a current resume and a cover letter highlighting relevant experience and indicating availability to IRGAfricaExperts@engilitycorp.com no later than December 5th, 2013. Place “RLP COP” in the subject line. 

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Since 1978, we have completed over 850 contracts in over 140 countries, delivering high-quality, cost-effective services that promote positive economic growth, institutional and social change, and intelligent use of resources – human, physical, environmental, and financial. 
 

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