Country: Senegal
Closing date: 24 Sep 2016
Team Leader, Operational Strategy for the Shock Responsive RISE
Portfolio, Senegal Mission Wide M&E Project, Senegal
Company Profile: MSI, a Tetra Tech Company, is a Washington, DC metro area international development firm with a 35-year history of delivering development results across the world. Our core expertise is in the fields of monitoring and evaluation (M&E), institutional development, public sector management, governance and anti-corruption. MSI implements nearly 100 projects in 90 countries around the world such as Jordan, Morocco, Lebanon, Syria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Colombia, and Mexico. As one of the leading companies in our field, MSI has partnered with more than 80 organizations across all sectors of international development with clients ranging from large bilateral and multilateral donors such as USAID, the World Bank and the UNDP to national and local governments, NGOs, think tanks, foundations and universities. For more information on MSI, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com.
Project Summary: Through the Resilience in the Sahel Enhanced (RISE) initiative, USAID has been increasing the resilience of chronically vulnerable populations in agro-pastoral and marginal agricultural livelihood zones in Burkina Faso and Niger since 2013. Recurrent climactic shocks – namely drought and flooding - and their downstream impacts are perennial features that routinely exceed the resilience capacity of vulnerable households and erode long-term development gains. USAID's Sahel Regional Office (SRO) is seeking the services of a consultant team to guide the development of an operational strategy for the Shock Responsive RISE Portfolio (SRRP). By linking early warning to early action, the SRRP will allow RISE to proactively assess and adjust its portfolio in anticipation of a shock. The SRRP will also guide how USAID supports and influences other key partners (e.g. host governments, regional institutions, other donors) before, during and after a shock.
Position Summary: The Team Leader, along with others on the consultant team, will work closely with USAID staff in the SRO and the Country Offices throughout the development of the SRRP operational strategy. The team will also work in consultation with RISE implementing partners and host government counterparts to ensure that the strategy is well adapted to the Sahel context and leverages existing processes and structures to the greatest extent possible.
Responsibilities:
- Provide overall leadership in the development of the SRRP operational strategy.
- Collect data to inform the development of the SRRP operational strategy and lead the writing of the SRRP operational plan.
- Contribute to the development of work plans, presentations, monthly reports, SRRP workshops and final SRRP operational plan.
- Serve as the primary point of contact with USAID and lead interactions with host governments, implementing partners and other stakeholders.
Qualifications:
- Minimum of ten (10) years of relief and development experience.
- Extensive experience in strategic management and planning required; previous work in the Sahel region/Sub-Saharan Africa preferred.
- Familiarity with resilience programming, disaster preparedness & response (including working with early warning systems) and food security/nutrition.
- Must speak both English and French and be willing to travel within the region; must be able to write clearly and succinctly in English.
Only candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please.
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