Chemonics seeks a chief of party for an anticipated
USAID-funded project to increase food security and improve nutrition and
health in West Africa. We are looking for individuals who have a passion
for making a difference in the lives of people around the world.
Responsibilities include:
- Provide overall leadership, management, and general technical direction of the project, ensuring an integrated vision among different components and actors and a focus on achieving results
- Identify issues and risks related to implementation and adjust project accordingly
- Foster and maintain collaborative relationships with USAID, government officials, partner organizations, and other stakeholders
- Coordinate multiple partners with multiple interests and goals
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in nutrition, public health, livelihoods, gender, or related field and minimum 15 years of experience required; master's degree and minimum 10 years of experience preferred
- Minimum seven years of living or working in developing countries required
- Minimum five years of experience in a leadership role on USAID or other donor-funded nutrition, maternal and child health, gender, or livelihoods projects required
- Minimum two years of senior-level experience on projects addressing gender-related constraints in the agriculture or nutrition sector required
- Experience developing and implementing integrated nutrition and food security programs preferred
- Experience working directly with host-country governments, especially at decentralized levels, in:
- Agriculture
- Agricultural livelihoods
- Nutrition
- Hygiene and sanitation
- Local capacity development
- Systems strengthening
- Management
- Financial systems
- Gender
- Staple foods and livestock production and value chain development
- Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity
Application Instructions:
Send electronic submissions to ghanarecruit@chemonics.com by
November 29, 2013. Please include the name of the position in the subject line.
No telephone inquiries, please. Finalists will be contacted.
In addition, please download and complete Chemonics’ equal employment opportunity self-identification
form and submit it separately to EEOselfidentify@chemonics.com
with only “Ghana project - COP” in the subject line. If you prefer not
to disclose your sex, race, or ethnicity, you may check “I do not wish to
complete the information requested.” Thank you for completing the form and
supporting our equal employment opportunity reporting requirements.
Chemonics is an equal opportunity employer and does not
discriminate in its selection and employment practices on the basis of race,
color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual
orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, genetic information, age,
membership in an employee organization, or other non-merit factors.
