Chief of Party (COP) | Tunisia and Libya | 2023

Chemonics seeks a Chief of Party (COP) for the ongoing USAID Libya Economic Acceleration Project (LEAP/Aqfuz). LEAP aims to enhance economic opportunities for the target group in Libya’s south by increasing their effectiveness through contributing to the following objectives 1) strengthen entrepreneurship skills and opportunities for vulnerable and historically marginalized populations; 2) improve the productivity of Micro-, Small- and Medium-Enterprises (MSMEs) among the target populations; 3) increase vocational and technical training with a focus on market demands, and 4) increase assistance to businesses in all phases of their life cycle, all which will help build economic resilience among the target population and promote stabilization, peacebuilding, and conflict prevention.

The Chief of Party will be responsible for leading all technical, financial, and administrative aspects of the program and will coordinate closely with USAID in developing, implementing, and revising the project’s overall field strategy. The COP will take a leadership role in coordination among USAID, Chemonics Washington, and LEAP partners. This position requires political gravitas as s/he will interact with numerous Government of Libya institutions and senior-level national and county-level government officials and other donor-funded programs working in the area. He/she maintains effective relationships and coordination with government, NGOs, and other donors and ensures compliance with the contract including timely, high-quality results.

This is a full – time position based in Tunis with as-needed travel to Libya depending on the security situation. This is a long-term assignment. The expected duration is at least one year.

Chemonics International Inc. is a US-based international development consulting company, operating in over 95 countries. We are looking for individuals who have a passion for making a difference in the lives of people around the world.

Responsibilities:

• Provide overall project leadership, management, and technical direction, ensuring a common vision across project components and actors

• Serve as the project’s primary liaison with USAID, the Libyan government, and local and regional partners

• Oversee strategic work planning, performance management, strategic communications, contractual and budgetary aspects of program management, and timely preparation of the annual implementation plan

• Responsible for the overall and direct implementation of activities, and ensure all project technical assistance is high quality, technically sound, and appropriate

• Responsible for providing oversight of grant activities, including supervision of the program staff, ensuring appropriate grant design, ensuring that procedures are established and complied with for grant development, grant worthiness, grant implementation, management, monitoring, evaluation, and grant closing

• Responsible for contributing to the design and implementation of the M&E system at the activity and program levels and for ensuring that all programming is properly monitored and evaluated

• Overall responsibility for the management and oversight of systems, such as sub-contractor(s), employees, etc., that support the security of staff and temporary employees hired through the program, as well as security of physical and information items related to the program

• Provides guidance and mentoring to senior technical staff

• Oversee strategic communications with project donor and external audiences

• Identify issues and risks related to project implementation in a timely manner, suggesting appropriate adjustments

Qualifications:

• An advanced degree in international development, political science, public or business administration, or a related social science field

• A minimum of six (6) years of work experience with complex, high-speed, and challenging field operations in developing countries

• Demonstrated record of leading complex donor-funded programs focused on stabilization in conflict and post-conflict environments, experience in EG-related programs, preferably on Libya-facing projects. USAID experience strongly preferred

• Extensive project management leadership experience, including human resources, procurement, subcontracts, accounting/finance, as well as monitoring, evaluating, and learning, documenting project performance, evaluating subcontractor and grantee activities, and providing overall direction

• Proven track record managing multi-disciplinary development programs and teams, engaging effectively with stakeholders (including national-level governments), fostering collaborative learning and adaptive management, and addressing gender equality and social inclusion

• Experience working in Libya or other North African, Middle Eastern, highly desired, but not required

• Fluency in written and oral English required

• Arabic language proficiency is preferred

• Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity