Chief of Party, Angola McGovern-Dole Activity

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Job Description

World Vision (WV) is one of the largest international non-governmental organizations in the world and currently implements multi-sectoral food security programmes in countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.  WV is seeking to hire a Chief of Party for an anticipated five-year United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) McGovern-Dole Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program (McGovern-Dole) in Angola.  This activity is a 5-year program worth approximately USD $25 to $32 million. The project is expected to start in October 2024 and depends on funding and donor approval.

The Chief of Party will lead overall vision, technical expertise and administrative leadership for the program and services as the project’s representative for USDA, the government of Angola and other key stakeholders. To accomplish this, the COP will lead a team of technical experts and support staff ensuring adherence to USDA regulations and WV policies.

Major Responsibilities

• Oversee the technical aspects of the project, including planning, implementation, project results, and deliverables, in accordance with the project work plan. Ensure clarity regarding plans and priorities, and foster effective collaboration across the project team, which comprises staff from partner organizations.
• Build and maintain productive working relationships with USDA, project partners, and key stakeholders while ensuring compliance with USDA requirements, U.S. government regulations, and World Vision’s policies and procedures. Serve as the primary liaison among all project stakeholders.
• Build and maintain productive working relationships with USDA, project partners, and key stakeholders while ensuring compliance with USDA requirements, U.S. government regulations, and World Vision’s policies and procedures. Serve as the primary liaison among all project stakeholders.
• Supervise a team of technical staff and ensure clear roles, responsibilities, and lines of communication are maintained among the team members. Provide guidance and mentoring to managers and staff to achieve project goals and develop national leadership capacity. Create and maintain proper conditions for learning. Establish a safe environment for sharing ideas, solutions, and difficulties and the capacity to detect, analyze and respond quickly to deficiencies.
• Represent the project at high-level meetings, conferences, and other fora. Champion how the project supports USDA’s Learning Agenda and contributes to thought leadership of the education sector.

Knowledge and Qualifications for the role

Required Professional Experience and Skills

• Minimum of 10 years of professional experience managing and implementing large and complex international donor-funded programs.
• Advanced degree in education, agriculture, nutrition, public health, business administration, development studies, international relations, or related field or equivalent qualifications in grant management and work history in developing countries.
• Experience as a COP, Deputy COP, or Senior Project Manager.
• Experience in school feeding, nutrition, and literacy programming.
• Experience in leading and managing large grants in a complex/ fragile environment.
• Proven ability to communicate a common vision among diverse partners and the ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams.
• High level of interpersonal, technical, and analytical skills, including a demonstrated ability to interact effectively and collaborate with a broad range of public and private sector counterparts and other key stakeholders.
• Familiarity with and commitment to addressing gender equality in programming, Do No Harm Principles and adaptive management and learning.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible experience in international development project management (USAID program management required).
• Fluency in English required. Fluency in Portuguese preferred.

Prefered

• Knowledge of the political, social, cultural, environmental, and development context of Angola.
• In-depth knowledge of USDA McGovern-Dole approaches and regulations.
• Excellent interpersonal and written and oral presentation skills.
• Fluency in oral and written English.
• COP, Deputy COP, or Senior Project Manager experience.
• Locals encouraged to apply.

Applicant Types Accepted

• Local and International Applicants (IA’s) Accepted.