Democratic Republic of the Congo: Deputy Chief of Party

Organization: Counterpart International
Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Closing date: 16 Feb 2015

Counterpart International is seeking a Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP) for the anticipated USAID-funded Congo Demokrasia program in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Congo Demokrasia will promote Congolese citizens’ informed voting and active and peaceful participation in the 2015-16 elections. The program will support civil society organizations (CSOs) to conduct voter education activities and strengthen their ability to conduct oversight and advocacy to protect citizens’ electoral rights in the upcoming elections. As DCOP, this position will assist the Chief of Party (COP) in representing Counterpart to USAID, local and national partners, and other relevant donor organizations in the DRC. The DCOP will assist the COP in program management, monitoring, and reporting; developing and maintaining partnerships to meet activity objectives; providing technical expertise; and handling administrative and supervisory responsibilities as specified by the COP. In addition to working closely with local partner organizations and government stakeholders, the successful candidate will provide vision and technical leadership on issues of voter education and elections, organizational capacity development (OCD), and CSO advocacy and oversight. S/he will provide financial and administrative oversight and day-to-day management of the program. Local and regional candidates are encouraged to apply.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Support the COP in the overall management of the program.
* Provide technical and managerial leadership in the areas of voter education and elections, political participation, organizational capacity development, advocacy and oversight, youth engagement and gender integration.
* Ensure program implementation is in compliance with Counterpart’s policies/procedures, the Government of the DRC and USAID rules/regulations, particularly with respect to financial and grant management.
* Ensure program quality assurance and impact assessment through regular project monitoring & evaluation, and sustained knowledge capture and sharing through periodic assessments.
* Build relations and coordinate with key stakeholders, including USAID, the Government of the DRC, provincial governments and local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and CSOs.
* Participate in developing program reports including quarterly reports, annual results reports, pipeline and resource estimates.
* Provide mentoring and professional development support to project staff, with emphasis on building capacity of national staff.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in law, public policy, public administration, or related area; master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum eight (8) years of experience working in civil society development in the DRC.
• Minimum five (5) years of experience administering donor-funded programs in the areas of voter education and elections, political participation, organizational capacity development, or advocacy and oversight.
• Demonstrated success developing and operationalizing civil society development work in the DRC.
• Leadership in engaging civil society as well as government institutions to collaborate on informed voting and active and peaceful voter participation in elections.
• Demonstrated human resource management.
• Excellent knowledge of the socio-political environment in the DRC.
• Strong relationships with key civil society and government stakeholders in the DRC.
• Demonstrated ability to give effective presentations and write quality technical reports.
• Excellent ability to amiably collaborate and coordinate activities with multiple stakeholders, including government, civil society, and individuals.
• Experience working on USAID programs strongly preferred.
• Commitment and demonstrated experience to gender integration and youth engagement.
• Excellent public speaking and writing skills in French; advanced professional level English; knowledge of Swahili, Kikongo, Lingala or Tshiluba preferred.


How to apply:

https://rew12.ultipro.com/COU1004/JobBoard/JobDetails.aspx?__ID=\*14CD808A102C41DF

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