Country: Colombia
Closing date: 06 Dec 2014
Position Title: Chief of Party, Colombia - Artisanal Gold Mining, Environmental Impact Reduction Program
Requisition Number: 14-0137
Location: Medellin, Colombia
Position Purpose:
Reporting to the Country Director, the Chief of Party is responsible for leading a five-year USAID-funded program to support the Government of Colombia (GOC) in reducing the environmental impacts of artisanal and small scale mining (ASM), with special emphasis on eliminating the use of mercury and recuperating degraded areas left by gold mining. Objectives will focus on improving law-abiding mining operations in the target geographies, increasing access by small-scale miners to legal support and additional economic opportunities and supporting the transformation of degraded areas into productive areas with a focus on commercial forestry plantations. The Chief of Party will be responsible for technical leadership and administrative oversight of the program. S/he will also be the key contact with USAID. The successful candidate will be able to make key decisions and solve problems in short time frames while ensuring operational and program integrity. The Chief of Party will oversee a team of operations staff and technical area managers. This position is contingent upon funding.
Key Responsibilities:
• Provide overall leadership, program and organizational management, and be in close communication with USAID.
• Make key decisions and solve problems in short time frames while ensuring operational and program integrity.
• Provide high-quality technical guidance and support that is grounded in the program’s strategic objectives and adheres to expected technical quality.
• Remain up to date on good practices and developments in ASM and environmental impact reduction programming in order to ensure program quality and impact.
• Formulate and guide the implementation of the program based on program targets.
• Oversee team managers for the implementing partners, and technical, finance, grants, and M&E issues related to the project.
• Develop staff and partner capacity and technical knowledge.
• Lead the development of annual workplans and other planning documents, including development of corresponding activity budgets.
• Track progress of activities against workplan and spending against project budgets.
• Coordinate donor and organizational reporting per requirements and as requested; and ensure quality of project data and all narrative reports.
• Oversee project reviews and evaluations and ensure timely utilization and dissemination learning for continual improvement of project activities and overall strategy.
• Represent Pact and the project in relevant meetings with stakeholders, including partners, donors and government, and in external forums and working groups related to extractives and/or natural resource management.
• Participate in organizational Communities of Practice related to the project focus.
Basic Requirements:
• Required minimum of 10 years of professional experience in leading and managing large natural resource management-related international development programs or projects. A minimum of 5 years of experience should be in managing programs in mining or forestry.
• Required Masters level degree in management, international development or a field of study related to the program scope of work.
• Required demonstrated capabilities in institutional capacity building, high-level strategic visioning and leadership and experience in working effectively with civil society, local, regional and central-level government authorities and with USAID or other development partners.
• Required proven exceptional leadership in the design, management, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of similar-sized international donor supported programs, with skills in strategic planning, management, supervision, and budgeting.
• Required fluency in English and Spanish and strong communication skills.
• Practical knowledge of USAID contract rules and regulations.
• Demonstrated capacity to create and/or maintain systems and procedures for managing programs with multiple implementation sites, partners and beneficiaries.
• Demonstrated experience supervising, managing and developing staff.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Strong preference for work experience in Colombia.
• Preference for experience managing large programs with multiple partners.
• Preference for prior experience as Chief of Party
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. We are also an equal opportunity employer of individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.
How to apply:
To apply for this position, please visit our website at www.pactworld.org
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