Posted on : 2022-09-15
Partnerships Incubator - Capacity Support Consultant (DRC)
DirectorLocation : Congo🇨🇩
Responsibilities
The Capacity Support Consultant is a part-time consulting position for the Partnerships Incubator. Main roles and responsibilities include:
- Under the supervision of an Acceleration Director, work closely with the identified organizations in the DRC to review BHA award requirements and plan a deliverable schedule.
- Support start-up activities in an advisory role for each partner as they begin award implementation.
- Guide, support, and address partner issues and questions related to the completion of award milestones.
- Work with the organizations to review roles and responsibilities and compliance processes, including procurement, finance, and HR.
- Provide guidance specific to USAID/BHA requirements.
- Assess the partners’ capabilities to successfully administer USAID funding and successfully manage award activities and their operational and organizational abilities to be sustainable organizations in the long term, and submit a report with recommendations of follow-on capacity strengthening priorities.
- Recommend subject matter experts as necessary depending on capacity strengthening needs that emerge.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in international development, humanities, social sciences, or a related field.
- 10 years of experience (minimum) in USAID project implementation, preferably with BHA, OTI, or OFDA.
- Experience managing project operations on a USAID project, including oversight in finance, procurement, reporting, and HR.
- Professional familiarity and/or experience in DRC is preferred.
- Detail-oriented, analytically-minded, and multi-tasker.
- Strong English oral and writing skills are required.
- Strong French oral and writing skills required.
- Knowledge and oral/written skills in other local language(s) is a plus.
Qualified applicants should send a resume/CV with a cover letter outlining qualifications by September 28, 2022 via the link provided. No phone calls, please. Only finalists will be contacted.