Chief of Party at IREX Tanzania

Chief of Party at IREX Tanzania August 2024

About IREX
IREX
is an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to building a more
just, prosperous, and inclusive world by empowering youth, cultivating
leaders, strengthening institutions, and extending access to quality
education and information. Founded in 1968, IREX has an annual portfolio
of over $100 million, offices in 20 countries, and a global staff of
700. We work in more than 100 countries worldwide.

Summary of Position
IREX
seeks a Chief of Party (COP) for the upcoming five-year, $10-25M
USAID-funded Strengthening the Capacity of Local Organizations in
Tanzania. The program will focus on building the strengths of local
actors in which they set their own agendas, develop solutions, and bring
the capacity, leadership, and resources to make those solutions a
reality. This activity will encompass multiple sectors in health,
education, economic growth, democracy and governance.

The COP
will be responsible for providing overall leadership management of the
entire program, as well as administrative and technical oversight. The
position will be responsible for ensuring the completion of all tasks
and objectives designated by USAID.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead program implementation and oversee project staff and activities to achieve project goals and objectives
• Provide strong leadership, project vision and planning, ensuring high quality and timely deliverables for USAID
• Supported by subject matter experts, provide overall technical
  leadership in one or more of the following areas: institutional
  capacity, information integrity and resilience, civic
  participation/engagement, social and political empowerment of women
  and/or youth, citizen empowerment.
• Serve as principal liaison
  with USAID and develop productive collaborative relationships with a
  wide range of key stakeholders including government officials, donors,
  implementers, private sector, civil society among others
• Develop strong collaborative, supportive, and mutually respectful
  relationships with diverse team members, with other leaders at IREX, and
  with leaders at key stakeholder and partner organizations.

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Minimum Qualifications:
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• Bachelor’s degree from a related field required. Master’s desired but not required
• Minimum 12 years of relevant experience developing and implementing
  large and complex development initiatives, preferably in Tanzania and/or
  East Africa region, in one or more of the following areas:
  institutional capacity, information integrity and resilience, civic
  participation/engagement, social and political empowerment of women
  and/or youth, citizen empowerment.
• Demonstrated experience
  managing similarly sized donor-funded programs in a development context
  similar to Tanzania and skills in strategic planning, management,
  coordination and budgeting.
• Familiarity with USAID rules and regulations
• Strong leadership, political acumen, communication skills and
  experience building and maintaining working relationships with a wide
  network of institutional stakeholders including host-country government
  at all levels.
• Demonstrated experience in mobilizing, leading and managing multidisciplinary teams
• Advanced proficiency in written and oral English, required.
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