- Location: Nairobi, Kenya
- Salary Range: Commensurate with Experience
- Sector: Commercial
- Organization URL: http://www.ibtci.com
- Experience: Advanced
- Last Date To Apply Feb-15-2012
- Date Posted Dec-17-2011
Description
IBTCI (International Business & Technical Consultants, Inc.) is seeking a Somali-speaking Deputy Chief of Party (DCoP) of our five-year USAID Monitoring & Evaluation Program for Somalia (MEPS). This position is based in Nairobi; however, intermittent travel to Somalia (primarily to Hargeisa) is required. The DCoP's primary responsibilities involve the direct supervision of all Finance, Administration, Security and Human Resources related issues.
Our project has three major goals:
1.) To provide USAID/Somalia with field-based information as to the status and progress of activities being undertaken by USAID's implementing partners (IPs); 2.) To develop and maintain an electronic clearinghouse that collects quantitative and qualitative information from USAID's IPs and other sources and makes it possible for USAID staff to develop standard and custom reports in a "user-friendly" way that will help them manage and plan activities more effectively; and 3.) To conduct evaluations, assessments, etc.
Deputy Chief of Party Responsibilities:
The DCoP will be responsible for all MEPS operations including, among other responsibilities, the project's finances and administration, human resources, logistics, procurement, property management and security. This entails the ability to manage the project's finances and operations in compliance with USAID regulations, including the tracking and projecting expenses, semi-monthly analyses of cash needs, payment of expenses (including payroll), bank relations, and overall compliance with all IBTCI and USAID requirements. The DCoP will also be in charge of ensuring the smooth deployment of field-based MEPS activities, including the oversight of all security-related issues.
Responsibilities will also include the management of an ongoing contract-based work-relationship (budget negotiations, tracking and payment of deliverables, etc.) with Third Party Monitors (organizations contracted to carry out the monitoring and verification of USAID's activities in different parts of Somalia).
Reporting to the DCoP are the Finance and Administration Manager and the Project Assistant plus the driver and cleaner.
Qualifications
- Minimum of five years of experience working in a management position on donor-funded projects (USAID-assisted strongly preferred) in a role related to finance and administration.
- Experience in management and implementation of a project in Somalia or other security-challenged environments.
- Strong "hands-on" knowledge of USAID policies, procedures, and regulations, particularly those related to the finance and administration of projects. Knowledge of USAID contracts also highly desirable.
- Familiarity with personnel management practices
- Familiarity with grants management
- Fluency in written and spoken Somali and English.
- Availability within 30 days.
- Local knowledge of security-related conditions on the ground
- Experience in managing of USAID-assisted projects, preferably in Eastern Africa
- An advanced degree in a relevant field.
- Familiarity with issues of stability and stabilization and/or Monitoring & Evaluation.
Contact Details
- Contact: Bryan Shipp
- Telephone: 7037490100
- Email: mepsrecruiting@ibtci.com
Application Instructions
Applications (cover letter with CVs) should be sent via e-mail to mepsrecruiting@ibtci.com. Only candidates being actively considered for employment will be contacted.
There is an immediate vacancy, so interested individuals are encouraged to apply promptly.
