Date: November 28, 2023
Khulisa seeks a qualified and experienced Chief of Party (COP) for an anticipated multi-year USAID Tisamale Mabuku (Let us take care of books) Project in Malawi.
This is a full-time position based in Malawi and is contingent upon the project award to Khulisa.
Qualifications
- Master’s degree in international development, politics, business, education, statistics, social science, public policy, or related field
- 10 years of demonstrated experience in applied Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning, preferably on USAID projects
- 5 (five) years of demonstrated significant, relevant, progressively increasing responsibility in the design, implementation, and management of activities of similar scope in Malawian and/or a similar context
- Expertise in large-scale MEL including, but not limited to: performance monitoring methods, evaluation designs and statistical sampling), analytical methods, and knowledge management, learning and adaptive management processes
- Sectorial Experience in education, youth, gender, curriculum design, social behavior communication and change, community development, or governance, inclusivity
- Prior experience as COP or DCOP working on complex USAID-funded projects, as well as managing sizeable USG-funded contracts and budgets strongly preferred
- Experience building MEL capacities of USAID staff, implementing partners, and government counterparts, as well as operational capacities of organizations strongly preferred
- Significant experience leading and supervising multi-cultural high-performing teams and managing group dynamics.
- Familiarity with USAID collaborating, learning and adapting (CLA) and capacity development practices
- Demonstrated leadership, strategic thinking/planning, management, and communication/presentation skills.
- Experience working in international development and with government in Malawi.
- English proficiency is a requirement
Khulisa is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse workforce. Khulisa provides market-competitive salaries and employee benefits.
Please apply with a comprehensive CV highlighting experience to jobs@khulisa.com