Chief of Party

Anglican Development Services Eastern (ADSE) is recruiting for a Chief of Party (COP) for the anticipated USAID Kenya Feed the Future Scaling Inclusive Food Systems Activity. This project, which will be led by a local Kenyan organization, will:

• Promote inclusive agricultural-led growth with a focus on climate smart approaches that leverages the resources of the private sector, to create jobs, especially for youth, and catalyze investments in agricultural market systems development;
• Strengthen the resilience of people and systems by expanding economic opportunities, diversifying livelihoods, and building social capital and social safety nets;
• Improve nutrition, especially of women and children by expanding incomes, increasing the availability of diverse and nutrient-rich foods, empowering women and adolescent girls; and
• Integrate important cross cutting issues such as the empowerment of women and adolescent girls, youth unemployment, access to water and sanitation services, access to energy including productive use of energy, climate change adaptation and mitigation, recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic’s long-term effects, as well as conflict mitigation, peacebuilding, and social cohesion to improve food security, nutrition, and resilience.

The COP will provide overall leadership, management, and technical direction for the program – ensuring an integrated vision among diverse components and actors – to achieve the desired results. This position will lead program strategic planning and decision making and will be responsible for overall activities of sub-recipients. The COP will work directly with USAID and will be a key liaison to implementing partners and other stakeholders. This position will ensure full compliance with all USAID, ADSE, and other fiduciary regulations and will oversee the project reporting process in line with donor requirements. The COP will supervise project staff including professional performance management and coaching.

Qualifications

• Minimum of ten (10) years of experience in designing and implementing agriculture projects.
• Minimum of ten (10) years of work experience in developing countries, preferably in Kenya or East Africa.
• Minimum five (5) years of successful experience as Chief of Party, Team Leader, Project Director or equivalent position for donor-funded projects of similar magnitude and complexity in developing countries.
• Strong understanding of and background in technical areas such as climate-smart agriculture, market systems development, economic and environmental resilience, nutrition-sensitive agriculture, gender equality and social inclusion, and youth empowerment.
• Master’s degree or higher in Agricultural Development, Agricultural Economics, Business, International Development, Public Policy, or another related field.
• Demonstrated experience in progressively responsible supervisory positions, including direct supervision of professional and support staff; quality evaluation of staff performance and deliverables; and contracts/grants management.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Fluency in English required.
• Kenyan candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.