Country: Mozambique
Closing date: 30 Apr 2019
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 almost 40,000 staff members working in nearly 100 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 Chief of Party, WV Mozambique, you will provide leadership to the overall implementation of the ECT3 project, ensuring that targets are achieved and organisational and donor standards are maintained. This includes effective team leadership; overseeing the project cycle through planning and budgeting, implementation, monitoring and reporting; and representing the project to local government, WVUS and USDA. This also includes oversight of any local sub-recipients to ensure that their components are effectively integrated into the overall project.
Requirements include:
- Bachelor’s Degree in relevant subject e.g. Management, Development, Education, Health.
- Thorough knowledge of the project cycle.
- Knowledge of US government grant regulations preferred.
- Minimum of 7 years in project management in an international context, including at least 3 years in food aid programmes.
- Experience with USDA commodities grants is preferred.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English; Portuguese is an advantage.
- Based in the Provincial Office in Nampula Province, north-eastern Mozambique, with travel to the communities up to 50% of the time.
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 30 APR 2019. 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.