Honduras: Deputy Chief of Party

Organization: AECOM International Development Inc.
Country: Honduras
Closing date: 30 Apr 2017

AECOM is currently seeking a Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP) for an upcoming USAID-funded government reform project in Honduras that willincrease citizen security through civil society strengthening to prevent crime and violence and ensure that government resources are effectively targeted to improve citizen security.

Responsibilities:

Provide technical and administrative support and expertise to the program.
Serves as lead in the absence of the COP.
Serves as liaison with USAID/Honduras, other implementing partners, other donors, and any other key stakeholders. The DCOP will have demonstrated ability to work in complex environments and manage diverse teams to deliver impact.

Minimum Requirements

Minimum of 6 years of relevant work experience and a Master’s degree or 8 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor’s degree.
Minimum offour years working on issues of citizen security, communityleadership development and/or municipal government capacity development inthe Latin American region.
Experience working with community police, at-risk youth and other vulnerable populations is strongly preferred.
Minimum oftwo years of experience achieving collaborative processes between diverse stakeholders with proven successful results.
Minimum offour years of field technical experience in designing andimplementing integrated program management in the areas of citizen security,governance, local service delivery, transparency and accountability, and citizen participation and in working directly with host country government (national,subnational and local) and civil society organizations.
Minimum offive years of experience with direct supervision of professional and support staff, quality evaluation of staff performance and deliverables, and project management under contract.
Highly developed leadership, interpersonal, technical and analytical skills,including experience interacting effectively with government counterparts, localand community organizations.
Full professional proficiency in English and Spanish is required.