Chief of Party, Breakthrough ACTION Sahel/RISE II

Project Management (50%)

• Provide strategic leadership and guidance on the implementation of the project;
• Facilitate coordination between relevant SBC public and private sectors actors in Niger and Burkina Faso including NGOs; multilateral agencies; media partners; research firms; local organizations; and the Governments of Niger and Burkina Faso.
• Work closely with existing public and private networks and groups related to SBC in both countries to ensure strong integrated programing;
• Ensure quality delivery of key programmatic interventions related to the SBC Activity;
• Lead in compiling the Project’s reports as required by USAID, CCP, and Save the Children;
• Liaise with USAID Sahel and partners to ensure coherence of the programme strategy and overall implementation.
• Ensure project activities are planned and supervised, risks identified and managed to ensure smooth implementation;
• Ensure that the project is technically sound contributing to the overall objectives of the programme;
• Liaise with the Finance and Award Managers to ensure that accurate project expenditure reports are produced monthly;
• On at least a quarterly basis, review project budgets to ensure that project spend is on-track, budgets are re-phased and spent within donor budgets and expenditure guidelines, and no-cost extensions/cost extensions are requested in a timely way (if need be);
• Review and finalize project reports ensuring that donor guidelines are followed and high standards met, prior to submission;
• Ensure all donor requirements are met and there is a complete audit trail of the implementation and reporting;
• Ensure that key contributing staff have a clear understanding of donor requirements and expectations at the proposal, agreement, kick off, implementation, amendment, reporting, close out and audit stage;
• Ensure potential issues and amendment requests are flagged promptly to donors and project leadership;
• Ensure compliance with SC and project procedures and policies

Operations (20%)

• Work with the project team to ensure smooth day-to-day running of field operations and ensure that project plans are clearly prioritized;
• Strategically identify capacity gaps and arrange for appropriate training of project team and partners to adequately equip them with the skills and knowledge required to accomplish their responsibilities;
• Work closely with the Save the Children offices in project locations to ensure adequate support in logistics, procurement, and administration to deliver the project effectively at a high standard.

Human Resources (10%)

• Supervise project staff;
• Ensure appropriate staffing of the project, planning and implementing specific actions to recruit, manage and motivate project staff;
• Ensure appropriate gender and ethnic diversity within the project team;
• Ensure that project staff have clearly defined objectives and understand their responsibilities. Ensure compliance with staff development strategies and performance management systems and evaluations.

Reporting and learning (10%)

• Produces monthly, quarterly & annual reports of the project based on donor requirements and other reports as required;
• Document key project activities as they relate to learning and knowledge management.

Representation (10%)

• In coordination with relevant team members, establish, maintain, and improve active and regular working relationships with JHU-CCP as the consortium prime and representatives of other organizations and partners (UN, NGOs, INGOs, counterparts, donors, government authorities etc.) who are involved in the project.