Deputy Chief of Party/LCS Technical Director at Global Communities Tanzania

Deputy Chief of
Party/Local Capacity Strengthening (LCS) Technical Director (Tanzania
Strengthening the Capacity of Local Organizations)
ID 2024-2478
# of Openings 1
Category Field – Deputy Chief of Party
Country Tanzania
Overview
Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Reports to: Chief of Party
Please Note: This position is contingent upon award and USAID approval with an anticipated start date of February 2025.

Global
Communities works at the intersection of humanitarian assistance,
sustainable development and financial inclusion to save lives,
advance equity and secure strong futures. We support communities at
the forefront of their own development in more than 35 countries,
partnering with local leaders, governments, civil society and the
private sector to achieve a shared vision of a more just, prosperous and
equitable global community. We work with
government, non-government, private sector, and community stakeholders
to promote transparency, foster accountability, and access the channels
they need to make their voices heard, promote change, and realize their
full potential. Global Communities welcomes IntraHealth International as
a new subsidiary, expanding health services worldwide.

Global
Communities is seeking a Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP)/Local Capacity
Strengthening (LCS) Technical Director for the anticipated USAID
Strengthening the Capacity of Local Organizations program in Tanzania.
Anticipated to be between $10-24M, this five-year program will
strengthen the capacity of USAID/Tanzania’s local partners to better
strategize, plan, implement, communicate, and monitor their activities
and to improve their entities and overall operations to be sustainable
organizations.

Under the direction of the Chief of Party, the
DCOP will help provide management, and strong technical support in the
implementation of the project. We are looking for passionate, dedicated
professionals to help us build the world we envision: one of expanded
opportunity, where crises give way to resilience and all people thrive.

Responsibilities
The Deputy Chief of Party will provide technical leadership and
oversight to the project’s capacity strengthening strategy and
approaches and will ensure that quality and technical capacity
development is tailored to the needs of each local entity. S/He will be
responsible for overseeing the technical teams and technical activity
implementation. The DCOP will liaise with, guide, and ensure that the
project’s implementation is aligned with its approved workplan and
budget, and meets project deliverables and targets for achievement while
providing high-quality technical assistance to Tanzanian organizations,
government officials, civil society leaders, and others. The
responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

Technical Leadership:

• Oversee technical project activities and supervises and mentors key program technical staff and consultants.
• Oversee
  staff and partners’ planning, execution and documentation of project
  activities, ensuring timely and high-quality achievement of targets and
  deliverables.
• Establish a consultative and mentoring approach
  to co-developing detailed, costed capacity strengthening plans that meet
  the unique needs of each local entity.
• Ensure that local
  entities receive targeted, customized, timely high quality technical
  capacity strengthening assistance that draws from local or regional
  resources and experts.
• Ensure that approved capacity
  strengthening activities implement global and local best practices,
  providing strategic responses to changing program requirements as needed
  to meet project goals and objectives.
• Lead by learning through participative processes, being flexible to stakeholders needs.
• Use
  principles of adaptive management and data-driven continuous
  improvement processes and develop appropriate responses to solve
  challenges under tight deadlines while ensuring operational integrity
  and project impact.
• Hold monthly and quarterly project review
  sessions with staff and partners to routinely assess and improve project
  performance against workplan and targets.
• Lead project staff
  quarterly in analyzing and applying project performance and outcome data
  to monitor progress against indicator targets.
• Lead the
  technical and contextual adaptation of GC’s and IntraHealth’s Advanced
  Local Partners (ASAP) capacity strengthening tools and approaches to
  support achievement of program objectives and targets.
• Support
  knowledge management, linkages, and exchange of learnings and best
  practices across program activities and project teams, as well as with
  other actors in the capacity strengthening and local partner
  transitioning space.
• Strong knowledge of LCS trends and
  policies including the USAID LCS Policy, localization metrics, local
  systems framework. Lead evidence gathering and development and
  dissemination of technical visibility products for this project.
• Develop
  and implement innovative and sustainable solutions to granting needs,
  especially with local partners receiving direct USAID funding for the
  first time or currently implementing USAID-funded projects that need
  support increasing their organizational sustainability and resource
  mobilization efforts.
• Collaborate with GC Global Support Team particularly the Senior Technical Advisor, Local Capacity Strengthening.
• Build
  and maintain a sense of shared ownership and unified team effort among
  staff and local and international partners, as well as strong working
  relationships with key internal and external Tanzanian stakeholders.
• Regularly
  consult and network with local partners, government stakeholders and
  private sector to share information and innovation on effective,
  sustainable capacity development interventions.
• Capture,
  document, and share key successes, promising practices, lessons learned,
  and evidence-based implementation research, internally and externally,
  including publications in peer reviewed journals.

Operational Management:

• Assume the position of Chief of Party role when the COP is not available.
• Work
  with senior staff to ensure that program and financial reports to
  USAID, effectively and accurately communicate project progress,
  achievements, challenges, and utilization of funds.
• Represent
  Global Communities and the project at meetings with multiple local
  stakeholders (other NGOs, government officials, private sector
  institutions, etc.) as needed and necessary.
• Lead multi-disciplinary teams and effectively communicate common vision among diverse partners.
• Promote
  Global Communities’ values (purposeful, committed, genuine, and
  connected) and ensuring that all project staff demonstrate these values.

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Qualifications

• Master’s
  degree (or equivalent) in a discipline related to international
  development, public health, management, organizational development or
  social sciences with a minimum of 8 years of experience managing
  multi-sectoral projects with increasing responsibilities and duties in
  fields related to organizational strengthening, and/or providing
  relevant technical expertise to such projects; or,
• Bachelor’s
  degree in a discipline related to international development, public
  health, management, organizational development or social sciences with a
  minimum of 10 years of experience managing multi-sectoral projects with
  increasing responsibilities and duties in fields related to
  organizational strengthening and/or providing relevant technical
  expertise to such projects.
• Experience in East Africa, with preference for recent work in Tanzania. 
• Proven
  experience in a leadership position involving the administration of
  similarly sized, international donor-supported programs. USAID funded
  International NGO or for-profit contractor experience is strongly
  preferred.
• Excellent facilitation, mentoring and training skills in a variety of organizational development topics to a diverse audience.
• Direct experience with transition awards and/or successfully graduating national and local partners to direct donor funding.
• Strong
  understanding and application of technical principles and concepts in
  capacity strengthening, and locally led development. Expertise in the
  development and production of tools, guidelines, and standards of
  practice supporting locally led development and local capacity
  strengthening.
• Experience in overseeing the tracking of
  capacity strengthening interventions through the use of a digital
  dashboard accessible to local partners and USAID.
• Experience
  working with a range of partners including local CSOs, governments,
  faith-based organizations, private sector institutions, small
  businesses, and others.
• Experience working across a range of technical areas preferred.
• Considerable experience in designing and implementing capacity strengthening interventions.
• Knowledge/Experience with USAID rules and regulations strongly preferred. 
• Demonstrated
  experience and understanding of the socio-economic and cultural context
  of Tanzania including relevant local laws, regulations and policies is
  required.
• Management/supervisory experience is required.
• Experience building connections between Local Organizations and government entities.
• Evidence
  of effective communication skills, both oral and written, to fulfill
  the diverse technical and managerial requirements of the agreement is
  desired.
• Must be willing and able to travel up to 30%.
• Languages: Full Professional Proficiency in spoken and written English. Proficiency in Swahili preferred.
• A passion for the mission and values of Global Communities.

Global
Communities positively welcomes and seeks applications from all
sections of society. We are committed to a work environment that
respects the dignity and worth of everyone and offers equal opportunity.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.

Global
Communities holds strict safeguarding principles and has a
zero-tolerance policy for conduct of sexual exploitation, abuse, and
harassment. In the process of recruitment, selection, and appointment,
Global Communities will conduct robust reference and background
screening checks, including international vetting as a signature of the
Global Misconduct Disclosure Scheme to ensure children and vulnerable
adults are safeguarded, and abuse is prevented. The incumbent is
required to carry out their duties in accordance with Global Communities
Safeguarding policy and the Standards of Conduct.