Chief of Party
Job Description
Title: Chief of Party
Company Name: Abt Associates, Inc.
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor's Degree + Fifteen years of relevant experience, or Master's Degree + Twelve years of relevant experience, or PhD + Ten years of relevant experience
Job Context:
∎ Feed the Future Bangladesh Nutrition Activity.
∎ Abt Associates seeks a qualified Chief of Party (COP) for the USAID-funded Feed the Future Bangladesh Nutrition Activity (BNA). The goal of BNA is to contribute to improvements in nutrition outcomes for children under five, pregnant and lactating women, and adolescent girls in the Feed the Future Zone of Influence (ZoI) by (1) increasing consumption of nutritious, diverse, and safe diets by rural households; (2) increasing social and economic empowerment of girls and women; and (3) improving adoption of improved water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) practices. BNA implements nutrition-sensitive interventions that complement and reinforce ongoing nutrition-specific activities through a market-driven, facilitative approach.
∎ BNA began in October 2018, and will end in September 2023. This position is based in the project headquarter office in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The COP will lead technical programming and project administration, and will retain ultimate responsibility for the project`s performance for all three result areas. They will be the key liaison between USAID/Bangladesh and all other counterparts and implementing partners (listed below). The COP will report directly to USAID/Bangladesh and to Abt`s home office Portfolio Manager. The position is full-time.
∎ Abt Associates is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse workforce.
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Provide overall leadership, management, and technical direction for the Activity, ensuring an integrated vision among different result components, actors, and implementing partners, and a focus on achieving required results via evidence-based, market-oriented methodologies and approaches
∎ Oversee planning and implementation of the technical strategy and activities in a timely manner within the approved budget, in collaboration with the Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP), implementing partners, and Abt home office
∎ Identify issues and risks related to program implementation in a timely manner and suggest appropriate adjustments
∎ Serve as the primary point of contact with USAID with regard to day-to-day implementation and management matters relating to the project
∎ Lead planning and implementation with respect to human resource management, reporting, compliance, logistics, property, communications, environmental compliance, and all other contractual obligations in collaboration with the DCOP, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Team, and F&A Director
∎ Directly supervise the DCOP, Solutions Integration Team Leader, F&A Director, and Communications Specialist
∎ Travel to partner and implementing sites as needed
Additional Requirements:
∎ Advanced degree in a relevant field such as agriculture, public health, nutrition, international development, social sciences, public policy, or statistics
∎ Minimum 7 years of (progressively responsible) experience managing complex market systems development and nutrition programs in LMICs (preferably including experience in Bangladesh). Prior COP experience for USG projects is also preferred
∎ Working knowledge and experience with USG-funded program management, policies, regulations, and procedures
∎ Demonstrated experience working in partnership with host governments, international donors, and implementing partners
∎ Demonstrated experience in facilitative, market-driven, and consumer-oriented approaches towards improving nutrition outcomes
∎ Experience managing or implementing projects related to rural actors and social and behavioral change communication and/or human centered design (HCD)
∎ Proven record of excellent management, leadership, decision-making, and interpersonal skills
∎ Demonstrated team leader with effective cross-cultural interpersonal skills, and the ability to communicate a common vision among team members and stakeholders
∎ Ability to resolve sensitive and complicated work issues with senior high-level country counterparts, donor representatives, and staff
∎ Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines with quality products
∎ Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English are required
Salary:
∎ Abt Associates provides market-competitive salaries
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ comprehensive employee benefits.
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 18 Apr 2022
Company Information:
∎ 21 Mar 2022
∎ Abt Associates, Inc.
Category: NGO/Development
Source: bdjobs.com
Deadline Expired on 18th Apr 2022
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