Overview: Since 1963 and in 148 countries, ACDI/VOCA has empowered people in developing and transitional nations to succeed in the global economy.
Based in Washington, D.C.,
ACDI/VOCA is a nonprofit international development organization that designs
and delivers technical and management solutions in agriculture, economic
growth, and resilience to promote economic prosperity and social inclusion.
Chief of Party, Resilience Learning
Activity (RLA), Kenya
ACDI/VOCA is seeking a Chief of
Party for the Resilience Learning Activity (RLA) based in Nairobi, Kenya,
funded by USAID.
The RLA program is designed to
identify, extrapolate, and amplify successful resilience approaches by using
evidence-based research to support all USAID Implementing Partners (IPs)
working on resilience initiatives.
This approach is defined by
acting as a secretariat for the following three USAID IP coordination programs:
- Partnership for Resilience and Economic Growth (PREG)
- Southeastern Kenya (SEK)
- Somalia Resilience Partnership (SRP)
- Horn of Africa Resilience Network (HoRN)
RLA’s role as the secretariat of
these coordination platforms requires ongoing communication, coordination and
identification of best practices and lessons learned between USAID, USAID IPs,
regional entities (IGAD) and/or national, and county level governments.
This work also focuses on a
localization approach, working with local registered entities in each of the
9-counties that the coordination programs cover.
This works aligns with the
following 4 objectives of the RLA program:
- Data Analytics
- Learning for Adaptive Management
- Improving Knowledge Management; and
- Apply collaboration, learning and adapting (CLA) principles.
Each of these objectives is
driven by demand for the coordination platform members, the RLA work plan and
through the co-creation approach (i.e. joint work plan), where the RLA staff
and our local partners country government and other USAID IPs.
The Chief of Party will provide strategic leadership and oversee all fiduciary risks (with support from ACDI/VOCA Kenya and HQ team).
S/he will serve as the
program’s key liaison with USAID, ACDI/VOCA headquarters, government
counterparts, private sector stakeholders, subcontractors, academic
institutions, and all other entities working through these platforms.
RLA is a regionally active
activity, implemented in Kenya, East Africa, and Somalia missions.
The Chief of Party will oversee
implementation in all three of the activity’s geographic areas.
The position is based in
Nairobi, Kenya.
Responsibilities
- Provide overall strategic leadership and programmatic
direction for the activity.
- Oversee all administrative and financial aspects of the
activity.
- Supervise annual results reports, resource requests,
quarterly reports, and pipeline analyses.
- Establish work plans and annual performance goals for team
members, ensuring timely and quality execution of group deliverables.
- Analyze budgets, review and approve financial reports (with
correct funding stream), and ensure all required regular and ad hoc
reports are completed accurately and on time.
- Develop strategies to respond to changes affecting the
activity’s successful completion.
- Ensure that expected results are achieved on time, within
budget, and in compliance with USAID’s and ACDI/VOCA’s policies and
regulations.
- Ensure transparency of bidding processes and selection of
consultants and sub awardees.
- Provide input on program selection and implementation.
- Monitor and evaluate all work, ensuring a clear delineation
of roles and responsibilities. Oversee activities that relate to program
evaluations.
- Serve as the key liaison with ACDI/VOCA HQ, government
officials, local and international NGOs, implementing partners, community
members, private sector, and USAID.
- Deliver conference presentations on behalf of ACDI/VOCA.
- Maintain clear lines of communications in the field and with
headquarters.
- Comply with all applicable donor, ACDI/VOCA, and government
rules, regulations, policies, procedures, and schedules.
- Foster strong relationships with the following USAID
divisions: Kenya, East Africa, Somalia, USAID bureau for humanitarian
assistance and the Center for Resilience.
- Foster relationships with other ACDI/VOCA operating units and
programs (which are under PREG), and partner implementing organizations,
in addition to host and local government institutions, nongovernmental
organizations, and other non-USAID donors.
- Undertake area assessments to identify needs and future
direction. Develop existing and new program opportunities.
- Foster a work environment that is non-discriminatory and
promotes open dialogue on gender-related issues.
- Travel to site offices as needed to provide technical
assistance and troubleshoot.
Qualifications
- Demonstrated expertise and experience as a Chief-of-Party in
managing (at least $5 million), complex development activities, with
demonstrated experience working within an African context and focused on
learning and adaptive management.
- Demonstrated ability to be collaborative across activities
and partners, preferably with a good understanding of best practice
private sector-led market system implementation, analysis and knowledge
management, and communications.
- Demonstrated experience and commitment to local solutions and
local organization capacity building.
- Masters’ degree in economics, business, agriculture,
development studies, international relations, or related field.
- Proven commitment to local solutions and local organization
capacity building.
- Demonstrated commitment to gender streamlining and women’s
empowerment activities.
- Strong understanding of Knowledge Management and
Communications, including technology for high level remote presentation
with multiple stakeholders.
- Superb interpersonal, written, and verbal communication
skills, and ability to foster collaboration with local governments and
implementing partners.
- Ability to travel within Kenya and East Africa region.
- Fluency in English required, proficiency in Swahili is highly
desired.
Please apply online at www.acdivoca.org/international-jobs.
The applications will be
reviewed promptly upon receipt, only finalists will be contacted.
ACDI/VOCA is an equal
opportunity employer.
Women, minorities and people
from diverse groups are encouraged to apply.
ACDI/VOCA will never request
payment or charge a fee to apply for any position.