Chemonics seeks a chief of
party for the
anticipated five-year, USAID-funded Strengthening Somalia's National Parliament
project.
We are looking for individuals who have a passion for making a
difference in the lives of people around the world.
Responsibilities include:
Responsibilities include:
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Serve as the primary point of contact between Chemonics and
USAID/East Africa
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Oversee day-to-day management and implementation of legislative
strengthening activities
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Ensure quality control
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Manage long- and short-term personnel
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Guarantee appropriateness and responsiveness of assistance
Qualifications:
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Advanced degree in a relevant social or administrative science
required
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Minimum 10 years of experience with USAID or other donor-funded
legislative strengthening programs or working at the management-level within a
legislature, preferably in a fragile or post-conflict environment
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Progressively responsible managerial experience implementing
complex donor-funded activities and motivating a culturally diverse workforce
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Track record of being a proactive project director or successful
chief of party who collaborates effectively with counterparts, other
contractors, and donors
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Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity
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Fluency in English required; Somali language skills highly desired
Parliamentary Strengthening and Development Team Lead
Chemonics seeks a long-term parliamentary strengthening and development team lead for the anticipated five-year, USAID-funded Strengthening Somalia’s National Parliament project.
Chemonics seeks a long-term parliamentary strengthening and development team lead for the anticipated five-year, USAID-funded Strengthening Somalia’s National Parliament project.
The Mogadishu-based project aims to build the deliberative
capacities of Somalia’s legislatures to promote good governance and promote
stability, reconciliation, and peace-building in the state formation process.
We are looking for individuals who have a passion for making a
difference in the lives of people around the world.
Responsibilities include:
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Provide oversight for the national parliament, regional
assemblies, and local deliberative bodies components;
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Serve as the technical lead in improving parliamentary functioning
related to the law-making process, improving constituent relations,
representation, and reconciliation, and enhancing the Somalia Federal
Parliament’s role in the state formation process;
·
Support the parliamentarians’ abilities to better understand,
develop, and pass priority legislation to implement the provisional
constitution;
·
Strengthen nascent democratic practices of local deliberative
bodies and encourage inclusion, transparency, and linkages with targeted local
communities and national actors.
Qualifications:
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A master’s degree in a relevant technical field;
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Five years experience engaging legislative processes at the
national and regional level;
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Five to eight years of experience with a USAID-funded project or
similar international organization preferred;
·
Progressively responsible managerial experience implementing
complex donor-funded activities and motivating a culturally diverse workforce;
·
Several years of experience working in fragile states and
high-level conflict zones required, experience working in Somalia highly
preferred;
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Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity;
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Fluency in English required, with Somali and/or Arabic language
skills highly desired.
Outreach and Citizen Participation Team Lead
Chemonics, a U.S.-based international development firm, seeks a long-term outreach and citizen participation team lead for the anticipated five-year, USAID-funded Strengthening Somalia’s National Parliament project.
Chemonics, a U.S.-based international development firm, seeks a long-term outreach and citizen participation team lead for the anticipated five-year, USAID-funded Strengthening Somalia’s National Parliament project.
The Mogadishu-based project aims to build the deliberative
capacities of Somalia’s legislatures to promote good governance and promote
stability, reconciliation, and peace-building in the state formation
process.
We are looking for individuals who have a passion for making a
difference in the lives of people around the world.
Responsibilities include:
·
Provide oversight for the outreach and citizen participation
component;
·
Serve as the technical lead in supporting the creation of
linkages between members of national parliament, regional parliaments, local
government representatives and civic actors for constructive dialogue on
legislative processes;
·
Support the parliament’s communications office and
parliamentarians to launch effective media outreach, increasing citizens’
understanding of the parliament’s mandate and successes;
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Assist in the creation of platforms for constituents to raise
issues with national, regional, and local government bodies, with a focus on
youth, women, and marginalized groups.
Qualifications:
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Five years experience engaging civic actors – particularly
women, youth, marginalized groups, and the media – with national, regional, or
local level governments;
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Five to seven years’ experience with a USAID-funded project or
similar international organization preferred;
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A master’s degree in a relevant technical field;
·
Progressively responsible managerial experience implementing
complex donor-funded activities and motivating a culturally diverse workforce;
·
Several years of experience working in fragile states and
high-level conflict zones required, experience working in Somalia highly
preferred;
·
Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity;
·
Fluency in English required, with Somali and/or Arabic language
skills highly desired.
Application Instructions:
Please send an updated resume and cover letter in electronic submissions to SomaliaCOP@chemonics.com by May 27, 2013.
Please send an updated resume and cover letter in electronic submissions to SomaliaCOP@chemonics.com by May 27, 2013.
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 "Strengthening Somalia's National Parliament - Chief of party or the others" in the subject line.
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