Deputy Chief of Party – USAID Imarisha Jamii

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist the CoP with strategic and operational planning, including work planning, and ensure project compliance with all contractual reporting and financial requirements of USAID and Amref Health Africa in Kenya.
• Assist the CoP in creating and maintaining good working relationships with USAID, civil society organizations, media, and other program partners.
• Manage staff, partners, and operations ensuring close coordination and collaboration between the project’s various teams.
• Manage deadlines, draft reports, maintain records, and monitor achievement of benchmarks in the agreement.
• Serve as acting CoP in their absence.
• Oversee the grants management process, specifically support the design and management of an open, transparent, and competitive grants making process.
• Work closely with appropriate project personnel to develop solicitations approved by Amref in Kenya and USAID; publicize and promote the solicitations through various media channels: process and prepare all necessary documentation, in collaboration with project personnel; follow-through and complete all approval processes.
• Supervise the implementation of sub awards.
• Mentor and manage staff in a respectful and transparent manner, working with local staff to build their technical and administrative capacity.

Qualifications and Competencies:

• Eight years of experience in a senior role managing, complex technical service delivery programs of similar scope and dollar value.
• A Master’s degree in social sciences, public health, medicine, management, business administration, or a related field.
• Five years’ experience in partnership building, especially with the government representatives, donors, the private sector, and local community organizations.
• Working knowledge of USAID policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of administration, human resources (HR) practices, budget management.
• Experience recruiting, forming, and successfully managing teams and ensuring the quality of their products.
• Demonstrated success in multicultural environments is required.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English required.