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  • Posted: Feb 6, 2017
    Deadline: Apr 1, 2017
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    At Chemonics, we believe our mission of helping people live healthier, more productive, and more independent lives is driven by our commitment to service-service to our mission, to our beneficiaries, to our clients, and to our staff. From our founding in 1975, we have worked in more than 150 countries to help our clients, partners, and beneficiaries face...
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    Chief of Party

    Job Description

    • Chemonics seeks a chief of party for an anticipated USAID five year local governance strengthening project in Nigeria.
    • The project aims to increase effectiveness, accountability, and transparency of selected state and local governments.
    • It will focus on strengthening systems to improve the delivery of services in key sectors including basic education, primary health care, and water, sanitation, and hygiene; efficiency of key governance operations; government's responsiveness to citizen needs and priorities; and government's and civil society's capacity to manage conflict.
    • We are looking for individuals who have a passion for making a difference in the lives of people around the world.

    Responsibilities

    • Provide overall project leadership, management, and technical direction
    • Serve as the project's primary liaison with the client and all partners and stakeholders
    • Oversee work planning, performance management, and strategic communications
    • Guide implementation of the project's strategic long-term vision

    Qualifications

    • Master's degree in public administration or policy, public financial management, law, social sciences, or other relevant field
    • Minimum 10 years of demonstrated experience in the successful implementation of international development programs, preferably on governance, public financial management, or service delivery activities
    • Minimum five years of experience as chief of party, managing complex donor-funded contracts that involve coordination with multiple project stakeholders
    • Strong capabilities in human and institutional capacity development; high-level strategic planning and leadership; and collaborating with state-level governors, other government actors, civil society organizations, and other development partners
    • Knowledge of local governance and decentralization concepts and principles and an understanding of the Nigerian governance system at the federal, state, and local government level preferred
    • Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity
    • Demonstrated leadership in designing, managing, monitoring, and evaluating donor-funded projects, including strategic planning, supervision, and budgeting

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    Deputy Chief of Party-Operations

    Job ID: #1889604

    Responsibilities

    • Manage project operations teams
    • Ensure that project implementation complies with client rules, regulations, and requirements

    Qualifications

    • Bachelor's degree in business administration, public administration, finance, law, international relations, or other relevant field; master's degree preferred
    • Minimum 10 years of progressively responsible work experience
    • Minimum five years of experience managing complex activities of a similar size, preferably in West Africa
    • Minimum five years of accounting and financial management experience, with additional grants management experience preferred
    • Ability to oversee complex activities and manage a large project staff across multiple offices
    • Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity
    • Ability to effectively manage a team while balancing work assignments with competing priorities

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    Public Financial Management Service Delivery Team Leader

    Job Descriptions

    • Chemonics seeks a public financial management service delivery team leader for an anticipated USAID five year local governance strengthening project in Nigeria.
    • The project aims to increase effectiveness, accountability, and transparency of selected state and local governments.
    • It will focus on strengthening systems to improve the delivery of services in key sectors including basic education, primary health care, and water, sanitation, and hygiene; efficiency of key governance operations; government's responsiveness to citizen needs and priorities; and government's and civil society's capacity to manage conflict.
    • We are looking for individuals who have a passion for making a difference in the lives of people around the world.

    Responsibilities

    • Lead a team of experts to implement project activities related to public financial management for improved service delivery, in collaboration with government counterparts
    • Determine areas of focus for improvements that may include budget planning, implementation, and execution; budget transparency; domestic resource mobilization; procurement reform; internal controls, audit, and monitoring and evaluation

    Qualifications

    • Advanced degree in economics, public policy, business, finance, or a related field
    • Minimum 10 years of successfully implementing projects related to service delivery and public financial management at the national and sub-national levels
    • Experience in a leadership role on a donor-funded project; team leader experience preferred
    • Experience working with Nigerian government counterparts at the state and/or local level preferred
    • Experience with tax reform in developing countries, including experience working with revenue authorities or similar institutions to improve revenue generation for service delivery
    • Expertise in the modernization of budget processes including planning, execution, and monitoring and evaluation
    • Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity
    • Experience with expenditure and procurement management reforms in developing countries, including knowledge of systems such as the Treasury Single Account, IPSAS, and e-Procurement

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