Chief of Party, Yemen Gateway to Education

  • Contractor
  • Aden Yemen
  • TBD USD / Year
  • Save the Children - US profile




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Save the Children - US

Summary

The USAID-funded Yemen Gateway to Education (Gateway) project, implemented by Save the Children in partnership with Creative Associates International, aims to ensure safe and equitable access to quality education through the formal school system for Yemeni boys and girls, in both host and internally displaced persons (IDP) communities, and for those students with special needs. The project focuses on supporting the Yemen Ministry of Education (MoE) to strengthen education actors with ongoing trainings and follow up, providing materials to support literacy, numeracy, and active learning, while reducing conflict-induced trauma through the integration of social and emotional learning (SEL), as well as restoring school routines to increase normalcy, trust, and enrollment, and expanding inclusive approaches that empower all girls and boys to complete their education. Gateway is implemented in 400 formal schools in the Aden and Lahj Governorates of Yemen

The Chief of Party (COP) is responsible for providing technical leadership and overall management direction for the project. This person is also responsible for project inputs, program strategy, operations, external representation and coordination with project counterparts, USAID, the Yemeni government, other donors within the sector and other programs as necessary. The COP is ultimately responsible for compliance with the agreement results and the oversight of project activities which will meet the stated objectives within the targeted districts. The COP will oversee a team of experts and support staff, prepare reports and annual operating plans, align project initiatives with in-country priorities and ensure the program is compliant with USAID and Save the Children’s regulations. This position is employed by Save the Children US and seconded to the project team.

What You’ll Be Doing (Essential Duties)

  • Represent Save The Children to USAID, host government counterparts, private sector associations, civil society organizations, and other key stakeholders
  • Oversee work planning, performance management, and strategic communication
  • Provide overall direction, oversight, and implementation of activities in compliance with USAID regulations and Save The Children policies and procedures
  • Serve as the primary liaison with USAID on strategic, managerial, and technical matters
  • Lead the project’s strategic, financial, and operational planning, including the annual work planning process and development of an appropriate exit strategy;
  • Oversee the timely submission of all deliverables to USAID, including quarterly and annual reports, annual work plans, performance indicators, financial reports, and regular results reporting as needed in addition to overall quality control
  • Identify issues and risks related to program implementation in a timely manner, suggest appropriate program adjustments, and offer solutions in a complex development environment
  • Ensure quality control and overall responsiveness of technical assistance provided under the Cooperative Agreement, including targeted results and deliverables
  • Supervise all program staff and manage the work of all sub-grantees;
  • Ensure good practice by supporting the development of strong M&E mechanisms and a robust monitoring process;
  • Play a leading and substantive role in developing and implementing program activities;
  • Provide overall coordination of the institutional/organizational capacity building of local NGOs and other key stakeholders;
  • Lead efforts to collaborate and coordinate with other USAID projects in county, local organizations, national and local government entities, and other key stakeholders
  • Ensure that relevant, productive, and complementary activities are coordinated and leveraged effectively
  • Fully inform Save the Children’s home/field office on all matters relating to the project, and maintain appropriate links with partner home/field offices;
  • Ensure that efficient systems to support all aspects of the project (including sub-grant management, financial, capacity building and performance monitoring and reporting) are in place and support the effective use of project resources in compliance with USAID regulations and Save the Children policies;
  • Create and sustain a work environment of mutual respect where the project team strives to achieve excellence;
  • Incorporate SC’s vision and values and full adherence to Code of Conduct principles;
  • Closely monitor security dynamics in the project areas and report to the Country Director on significant changes in the security context.
  • Represent the project with USAID, the Yemeni government, donors, and partners;
  • Undertake any other tasks as assigned by the Country Director/ Deputy Country Director.
  • Train, develop, coach, lead, and supervise staff, clearly communicating organization, division and department priorities, and how their work contributes to our mission, ensuring that the working environment continually fosters diversity, inclusion, and belonging – supporting Save the Children values

Required Qualifications

  • Minimum of a Bachelor Degree or equivalent experience, plus at least 10 years of relevant experience
  • Technical understanding of primary education issues
  • Curriculum development experience strongly preferred
  • Excellent past performance references are required
  • Demonstrated problem solving skills, a collaborative and flexible manner, creativity and willingness to innovate
  • Ability to establish and maintain collaborative working relationships with USAID/Yemen, host government partners at the national and district levels, and personnel within the activity is required; strong visionary leadership and demonstrated professional accomplishments;
  • Excellent representational and interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to lead and work effectively in team situations
  • In-depth knowledge of USAID regulations, procedures, documentation and policies
  • Fluent oral and strong analytical, written English communications skills
  • Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity
  • Professional proficiency in MS Office suite
  • Professional proficiency in spoken and written English
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with individuals and teams at all levels, both internally and externally
  • Demonstrated commitment to fostering and maintaining and environment of diversity, inclusion, and belonging.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Master’s Degree in Education, Administration, Management or related field
  • Curriculum development experience strongly preferred;
  • COP experience in education with an emphasis on girls’ education strongly preferred;
  • At least 8 years of demonstrated excellence in senior level management and leadership, including direct supervision of professional and support staff, evaluation of staff performance, and contract/grant management
  • Experience in institutional capacity building of government counterparts at the national and/or local level is preferred; strong analytical skills related to this technical area a plus;
  • Demonstrated experience managing operations for a multi-million dollar complex, donor-funded project is preferred;
  • Significant experience managing and mitigating fraud and corruption issues preferred.

Compensation

Actual base salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience, base salary of internal peers, business sector, and geographic location.

Why you should join the Save the Children Team…

Save the Children US offers outstanding benefits that include health, dental, vision and life insurances, pet insurance, short-term and long-term disability coverage, an Employee Assistance Program, 403(b), generous vacation, personal sick leave, family leave, parental/adoption leave, commuter benefits, dress for your day, and much more.

Click here to learn more about how Save the Children US will invest in YOU!

About Save the Children

No matter your role when you join Save the Children, each and every day you will challenge yourself to devote your skills, talent and expertise to changing the world for kids. It’s an ambitious goal, and a meaningful one no matter how you see yourself professionally: an accountant, a writer, a data analyst, a teacher, a driver, a designer, or any one of the hundreds of dozens of roles we’re looking to fill every day.

You see, Save the Children believes every child deserves a future. In the United States and around the world, we give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. We do whatever it takes for children – every day and in times of crisis – transforming their lives and the future we share.

Our work for children and their families requires that we commit—at every opportunity—to work together to identify and dismantle persistent systemic and structural racism, inequality, and any other forms of discrimination in this country and beyond. As an anti-racist organization, Save the Children will not tolerate discrimination in any form—in our employment practices, amongst our staff, in our leadership or toward the people we serve. We stand in solidarity withallpeople to fight for equal rights, justice, inclusion, and belonging.

We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, ancestry, sexual orientation, national origin, age, handicap, disability, marital status, or status as a veteran. Save the Children complies with all applicable laws.

Save the Children is committed to conducting its programs and operations in a manner that is safe for the children it serves and helping protect the children with whom we are in contact. All Save the Children representatives are explicitly prohibited from engaging in any activity that may result in any kind of child abuse. In addition, it is Save the Children’s policy to create and proactively maintain an environment that aims to prevent and deter any actions and omissions, whether deliberate or inadvertent, that place children at the risk of any kind of child abuse. All our representatives are expected to conduct themselves in a manner consistent with this commitment and obligation.

Save the Children is committed to minimizing safety and security risks for our valued employees, ensuring all are given training, support and information to reduce their risk exposure while maximizing the impact of our programs for children and families. Our shared duty, both agency and individual, is to seek and maintain safe working conditions for all.

How to apply

To apply for the position, please visit our website: https://recruiting.ultipro.com/SAV1002STCF/JobBoard/7d92e82b-af74-464d-859b-c5b8cba6e92e/OpportunityDetail?opportunityId=22557b68-2c8a-4145-98a1-313d679ccdac.


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