Position Title: Chief of Party, Community-based
Forest Management Project
Organization/Country: CRS/Zambia
Department/Unit: Programming/ Agriculture and
Environment
Work station: Lusaka with frequent in-country travel
(25%)
Reports To: Country Representative
Supervisory Responsibility: Deputy Chief of Party
Note: The position is contingent on the awarding
of funding by the donor.
Primary Function: To provide overall
direction and leadership to a USAID-funded, multi-year community-based
forest management project. The CoP will be responsible for the achievement
of strategic objectives, intermediate results, and performance expectations
through adherence to high standards of programmatic and management quality.
CRS is a leader in sustainable livelihood and natural resource management
activities worldwide, with a significant portfolio of food security, health
and microfinance activities in Zambia.
Major Responsibilities: Provide technical
leadership, quality assurance, supervision, mentoring, administration,
finance, monitoring and evaluation, report writing.
Specific Job Responsibilities
Program Quality:
- With
key CRS and consortium member program staff and other stakeholders,
ensure program's strategic objectives and results are fully
accomplished and meet expected technical quality standards.
- Ensure
that vision and plans for the program are innovative and are in line
with CRS agency and country program strategies.
- Oversee
periodic technical reviews, ensuring best practices are followed and
manage changes in program direction and focus.
- In
collaboration with program staff, provide guidance and technical
oversight to consortium members to ensure that lessons of sound
practice are documented and disseminated.
- Oversee
program's monitoring and evaluation system, using data analysis as the
basis for measuring performance. Ensure that M&E learning is
incorporated into evolving program plans.
- Ensure
integration of program interventions with other CRS programs or
through linkages with other stakeholders.
- With
program staff, ensure the delivery of quality training, technical
assistance and administrative and financial support to all partner
agencies and government, including the selection and coordination of
sub-grantees and consultants.
- Coordinate
with other ongoing projects to ensure consistency and avoid
duplication.
Management and Administration:
- Manage
program budgets, including tracking of financial and material resources.
- Ensure
accurate and timely reporting of program finances and progress status,
review actual financial performance against the budget, and explain
variances on a regular basis.
- Ensure
staff compliance with all CRS administrative and operational procedures
and policies, as well as applicable donor regulations.
- Approve
program expenditures, budget adjustments, and cost modification
requests to donors.
Representation and Advocacy:
- Provide
overall leadership and oversight to the consortium, ensuring that
sub-grantees adhere to their assigned scopes of work and sub-award
terms, and ensuring all members of the consortium work cooperatively
and productively to achieve project objectives.
- Act
as primary program contact to donor, taking responsibility for
addressing all program matters, collaborating with the CRS Country
Representative on overall donor relationships.
- Strengthen
linkages with existing and potential partners in the private and
public sector, in collaboration with CRS Country Representative and
Head of Programming.
- In
collaboration with CRS Country Representative and Head of Programming,
build collaborative relationships with the Zambian Government and
Cooperating Partners.
- Oversee
program communication strategies, in collaboration with CRS Country
Representative and Head of Programming, including compliance with
donor's branding and marketing requirements as well as CRS marketing
and communication procedures.
Human Resource Management:
- Lead,
manage and supervise a team of CRS and consortium staff to meet
program objectives.
- Conduct
periodic reviews of staff performance in keeping with CRS' performance
management system and mentor staff to ensure high levels of
motivation, commitment, capacity, and teamwork.
- Manage
recruitment portfolio for the program, in collaboration with CRS
country program management, to ensure optimum service delivery through
recruitment of competent and qualified staff.
Agency-wide Competencies (for all CRS Staff)
These are rooted in the mission, values, and principles
of CRS and used by each staff member to fulfill his or her responsibilities
and to achieve the desired results.
· Serves with Integrity
· Models Stewardship
· Cultivates Constructive Relationships
· Promotes Learning
Qualifications and Skills
· Advanced degree in forestry, natural resource
management, environmental studies or other related field required.
· Minimum 10 years of progressively increasing
management responsibility in developing countries, including at least 2 years
in sub-Saharan Africa.
· Minimum 5 years’ experience in forestry, natural
resource management, climate change or similar programming.
· Proven track record in building relationships with
governmental organizations, multilateral institutions, private sector and
community organizations required, with minimum 2 years’ experience working
with developing country governments.
· Experience with and solid understanding of Reduction
of Emissions through Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) policies and
processes, particularly in terms of participatory forest management (PFM)
practices, monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) methodologies and
regimes (incl. participatory carbon monitoring – PCM), carbon credit
certification processes and regimes, and comparative national REDD +
strategy processes.
· Prior management of significant USAID or other
donor-funded programs required, ideally in CoP position.
· Familiarity with USAID procedures and policies
required.
· Proven leadership and inter-personal skills and
ability to build and motivate diverse and talented teams.
· Strategic vision and capacity to oversee a complex
program required.
· Proven experience in managing complex consortium or
partnership relationships in a participatory way required.
· Demonstrated capacity and experience with
institutional strengthening of local civil society and government agencies.
· Experience and strong commitment to advancing gender
equality through programming and advocacy.
· Public relations skills required.
· Excellent English oral and written communication
skills required.
Internal applicants are strongly encouraged to apply
within first 10 days of posting
EOE/M/F/D/V
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