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Posted on : 2022-09-15

Chief of Party, USAID Rwanda Feed the Future Activity

Director

Location : Rwanda🇷🇼

You And Your Career

If you are a problem-solver, collaborator, and doer, and you have expertise in project management, agribusiness, market systems, and private sector engagement, we are interested in hearing from you. We are a learning organization and provide growth opportunities from the start. We pride ourselves on giving you the freedom, resources, and guidance to chart a fulfilling career!

Reporting And Supervision

Chief of Party will report to Palladium Home Office and USAID.

Primary Duties And Responsibilities

  • Provide overall strategic vision and leadership and technical direction for implementation including drafting project work plans, leading the successful implementation of annual work plans and ensuring an integrated vision across components and partners
  • Provide oversight related to project results, reporting, analysis, and the use of strategic information to drive performance across the project
  • Actively identify issues and risks related to project implementation and propose risk mitigation strategies and solutions for project adjustments
  • Ensure effective use of resources, on-time delivery of project activity reports and partner deliverables, and overall compliance with USAID regulations and Palladium policies and procedures
  • Work with staff to recruit, hire and manage staff and consultants as needed to carry out activities
  • Manages subcontractors, both international and national, to ensure that their performance meets or exceeds technical and financial contractual requirements
  • Maintain effective and open communication throughout the project with USAID, Project Director, project operations teams, and other relevant stakeholders 
  • Work with local staff in-country to identify program opportunities/potential local partners and collaborate with private sector and different stakeholders, as needed
  • Serves as the key liaison between USAID, host-country counterparts, project partners, and Palladium
  • Represent the project at meetings and events with the Government of Rwanda, the business community, non-profits, and other stakeholders

Key Competencies Required

  • Demonstrated experience in senior management positions for USAID or other donor market systems, agriculture, or related
  • development programs of similar or greater scope and complexity;
  • Prior experience with several of the following areas of expertise: inclusive market systems development, private sector
  • engagement, value chain development, climate smart and/or resilient agriculture, and nutrition/food security
  • Knowledge of USAID policies, procedures and reporting requirements
  • Demonstrated leadership, strategic thinking and planning, management, and presentation skills
  • Strong interpersonal and supervision skills managing teams
  • Written and oral proficiency in English

Professional Expertise/Competencies Preferred

  • Advanced degree in business, agriculture, economics, finance, or other closely related field as relevant to position
  • At least 10 years of experience working with the private sector, agribusiness development, and market systems preferred.
  • Prior experience as COP of a USAID-funded project, preferred
  • Prior experience in working in Rwanda, or Central/East Africa region preferred, or in similar economies
  • Rwandan nationals are strongly encouraged to apply

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion - We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personal characteristics. These include: (but are not limited to) socio-economic background, age, race, gender identity, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status.

Should you require any adjustments or accommodations to be made due to a disability or you are a neurodivergent individual or any other circumstance, please email our team at accessibility@thepalladiumgroup.com.

Safeguarding - We define Safeguarding as “the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect our people, clients and the communities we work with from harm”. We are committed to ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with Palladium are treated with respect and are free from abuse. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and a rigorous due diligence process.
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