Organization: Abt Associates
Country: Honduras
Closing date: 07 Sep 2017
Opportunity
Abt Associates seeks a qualified Chief of Party for the upcoming five-year USAID-funded Civil Society and Media activity in Honduras. This activity will focus on strengthening social auditing and mobilizing youth groups to engage in oversight of the management of public funds/programs. The activity will also engage public policy departments of universities, think tanks, and private sector associations to conduct analysis, develop recommendations, and socialize these using social media. This will be a full-time position based in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Key Roles and Responsibilities
The Chief of Party is responsible for overseeing the implementation of project activities, management of project staff, and coordination with partner organizations. S/he will serve as the lead technical expert and also oversee project implementation activities. This may include, but is not limited to the following:
- Responsible for serving as primary contact to USAID for this activity and ensuring effective coordination of project activities with relevant ministries and agencies, civil society and private sector organizations, international donor institutions, various project stakeholders, and other USAID and U.S. government-funded initiatives.
- Manages the development of annual planning and timely, high quality implementation and monitoring of activities and deliverables
- Serves as lead technical advisor providing ongoing guidance and inputs to technical staff.
- Oversee the country office and supervise a multi-disciplinary team of experts
- Provides mentoring and professional development support to project staff, with emphasis on building capacity of national staff.
- Oversees all administrative, contracting, hiring, recruitment, financial, and logistical aspects of the program in compliance with Abt Associates policies and procedures.
Preferred Skills / Prerequisites
- Minimum of 10 years progressively responsible international development experience with a minimum of 8 years’ demonstrated experience managing international development projects with multidisciplinary teams.
- Demonstrated experience managing USAID-funded projects required. Experience managing or implementing large and complex programs involving various stakeholders strongly preferred.
- Proven technical expertise in anti-corruption, transparency, public administration and service delivery, institutional development, and civil society; related work experience in Honduras or Latin America is strongly preferred.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English required; fluency in Spanish and English required
- Demonstrated understanding of social, economic, legislative, environmental, and cultural context of Honduras. Experience living or working in Honduras strongly preferred
- University degree in public administration, international relations, economics, business administration, law or a related field. Advanced degree preferred
How to apply:
To be considered for this position, please submit your CV and an updated USAID Employee Biodata Data (EBD) form. Please send these documents to AbtHonduras@abtassoc.com.** Only finalist candidates will be contacted.
