Country: Mozambique
Closing date: 08 Aug 2019
Creative Associates International, Inc. (Creative) seeks a Senior Program Manager for an anticipated USAID/OTI-funded project. The program will support efforts to empower communities in northern Mozambique and build their capacity to manage conflict and change. Activities will be aimed at deepening and expanding knowledge of the violent extremist threat in Cabo Delgado province, and identifying and demonstrating approaches to strengthening community conflict management capacity.
The Senior Program Manager is to be based in northern Mozambique. The exact city is to be determined.
Reporting & Supervision:
This position reports to the Chief of Party (COP).
Responsibilities:
Under the supervision of the COP, and in close coordination with the USAID/OTI Country Representative (CR) , the Senior Program Manager (SPM) will:
- Identify and develop ideas to enhance program support in northern Mozambique, in line with program objectives and priorities.
- Liaise with Mozambican government officials, private sector actors, local and international NGOs, and others as needed, to facilitate coordination, trouble-shoot, exchange information, develop and monitor activities, and provide technical assistance and advice.
- Provide in-depth, conceptual input to OTI and Contractor senior field leadership, program staff, and others to contribute to and refine the program’s strategy, goal, objectives, and priorities, and ensure alignment of activity development with an evolving political and security context.
- Provide technical guidance and mentoring to project staff and local partners to ensure activities appropriately support program theories and assumptions.
- Provide ongoing analysis on political, security, social context and developments relevant to USAID/OTI Mozambique’s objectives.
- Travel (to the extent possible) and/or support remote management platform to monitor contextual developments, develop key program relationships, identify opportunities for USAID/OTI engagement, and assist in assessing program impact and learning.
- May supervise Program Development Officers (PDOs) or other staff.
Qualifications:
- A minimum of five (5) years of relevant experience working in post-conflict or transitional contexts is required. At least two (2) years’ experience should be, in Mozambique and/or elsewhere in the Southern or East Africa region. Relevant experience working in Cabo Delgado or elsewhere in northern Mozambique is strongly preferred, though not required.
- University degree, preferably in a related field, such as international relations, political science, international law, public policy, or sociology.
- Demonstrated knowledge of principles, concepts, practices, methods, relevant to addressing challenges in northern Mozambique, such as extractive industry policy, decentralization, community development, political participation, conflict and change management, countering violent extremism, violence prevention, etc.
- Demonstrated in-depth knowledge of the Mozambican historical, economic and political context, including specific issues in northern Mozambique.
- Experience in engaging and establishing rapport with host country government officials at national and local levels.
- Experience designing technical assistance and capacity building activities in politically sensitive, insecure, complex, rapidly changing and bureaucratically challenging environments.
- Supervisory management experience is highly preferred, but not required.
- Demonstrated experience with activity design, development, and implementation. Experience developing and managing grants is preferred but not required.
- Complete written and oral fluency in Portuguese is required.
- Working proficiency in written and oral English is required; fluency in English desirable.
Local candidates strongly encouraged to apply.
Position contingent upon donor funding.
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