Country: Senegal
Closing date: 31 Jan 2018
World Vision International
World Vision is a humanitarian, development and advocacy organisation devoted to improving the lives of children, families and their communities around the world. Our 42,000+ staff members working in more than 90 countries are united through our ethos, mission and shared desire for all individuals, especially children, to overcome poverty, inequality and injustice.
Here’s where you come in:
As Deputy Chief of Party, Senegal, you will be responsible for the management of the project, including grant implementation, financial accountability, staffing, planning and reporting as assigned by Chief of Party (COP). You will have the responsibility for overall project operations. You should be familiar with the technical components of the project and the required support services. You will ensure that grants operations and sub-grantee management activities are in full compliance with USAID regulations and aligned to NO operations. Upon COP request, you would represent the grant to donors and other stakeholders.
Requirements include:
Master’s degree desired in the education and training field.
Familiarity with USAID requirements, their history and their development.
Ability to integrate, lead and motivate teams of professionals around common goals.
Demonstrated accomplishment in working with host-country professionals, ministries and with donor colleagues in country.
Experience integrating gender and youth into complex education programming.
Has managed a USAID grant or a similar donor grant.
Good knowledge of the Senegalese context.
At least five years of experience and high responsibilities in designing, planning, implementing and managing education projects in a similar context.
Fluent French and English speaker.
How to apply:
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World Vision is dedicated to our team members’ development and their success. We aspire for all employees to be fulfilled through their work and their contributions to an organisation working to provide long-term sustainable solutions to the world’s most vulnerable people.
Find the full responsibilities and requirements for this position online and apply by the closing date 31 Jan 2018. For more information on World Vision International, please visit our website: www.wvi.org. Due to the number of applications received, only short-listed candidates will be contacted.