CSM-STAND Associate Awards Technical Director

Pact is an international nonprofit that works in nearly 40 countries building solutions for human development that are evidence-based, data-driven and owned by the communities we serve. Founded in 1971, Pact works with partners to build resilience, improve accountability, and strengthen knowledge and skills for sustainable social impact.

Department

Programs – Pact strives for a world where all people are heard, capable, and vibrant. The Programs Team helps realize this objective by bridging program management, technical support, and business development, enabling Pact to achieve its global strategy. We ensure program excellence through continuous learning, monitoring and evaluation and provide organizational and industry-wide thought leadership by leveraging a complementary set of cross-functional, multi-disciplinary skills, expertise, and experiences. The Programs team: influences progressive change through the development and implementation of global and regional strategies and business plans; supports advancement of innovative solutions; pursues new business opportunities; and drives effective internal and external engagement to maximize Pact’s impact across the globe. Across all aspects of its role, the Programs Department adheres to and promotes a culture of inclusion, accountability, and respect.

Position Overview

The CSM-STAND Associate Awards Technical Director has technical oversight responsibility for a portfolio of Associate Awards (AA) led by Pact under the CSM-STAND Leader with Associate Awards (LWA) programs. They will ensure quality programming and achievement of AA outcomes and is accountable for AAs technical delivery. They will support and provide technical oversight to AA COPs (Associate Awards Chiefs of Party) and provide leadership related to AA-focused new business.

The CSM-STAND Associate Award Technical Director will work closely with the CSM-STAND LWA COPs for both Africa-MENA and Asia, Europe and Eurasia and Latin America and the Caribbean. This will include maintaining open communication related to the needs and performance of individual AAs led by Pact and consulting on the execution of business development activities focused on growing the AA portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

Technical implementation and management

• Serves as the DC-based lead for technical implementation and support to CSM-STAND AAs led by Pact, effectively collaborating and engaging with other teams providing support and oversight to country programs, including Program Operations, Impact Area teams, and Grants and Contracts.
• Serves as sounding board and champion for AA COPs on complex management, technical and operational project decisions.
• Supports AA COPs to deliver quality results and ensures that activities are designed and implemented to meet overall project objectives and agreement deliverables.
• Advises AA COPs on strategic project decisions including changes to Key Personnel and modifications of program strategy throughout the life of the project.
• Resolves or escalates issues raised by AA COP, including engaging CSM-STAND COPs as required.
• Engages human resources in the field and DC to resolve personnel issues as needed.
• Keeps CSM-STAND COPs informed and consulted on key management or technical issues on AAs.
• Organize internal quarterly performance reviews for AAs to include CSM-STAND and AA management.
• Supports AA COP to manage technical delivery of CSM-STAND partners for AA.
• Liaise with CSM-STAND grants manager, reviews deliverables and approves payments for CSM-STAND sub-awards on AAs.
• Engages AA COPs and Pact Governance, LEAP and CDI teams to assist in capturing technical achievements, lessons learned, best practices, etc. on AAs.
• Encourages cross-AA-project learning to deepen development solutions that are locally relevant, successful, and sustainable.
• Works closely with CSM-STAND Management and Technical Teams and AA COP to integrate aspects of leader award activities or initiatives into AAs.
• Collaborates with the Deputy Director for Governance to identify, plan for, and ensure the provision from technical advisory services from the Governance team; similarly engages with other technical teams to ensure efficient deployment of technical resources.
• Engages as needed in AA project level recruitment in support of STTA and LTTA vacancies.
• As needed, serves as acting COP for individual AAs, as well as start-up or close-down team leader.

New Business Development

• Works closely with CSM-STAND LWA COPs, Regional Directors and Business Development, to lead on the development and execution of a business development strategy for CSM-STAND.
• Works closely with the Deputy Director for Governance to contribute to the development and implementation of the Governance New Business strategy.
• Works closely with all key operating units to ensure that all AA business development opportunities are adequately resourced.
• As appropriate, leads the pre-positioning, championing and/or writing of priority AA proposals (estimated direct leadership role on three proposals per year).
• Closely coordinates with other CSM-STAND partners on pre-positioning and marketing efforts for the LWA.

Representation

• Represents AAs within key DC and US-based forums, including with stakeholders at USAID/Washington DC, Capitol Hill, private sector, and other policymaker communities.
• Presents and promotes AA project successes and lessons, including through the writing of blogs and articles.
• Attends and presents at conferences or working groups as required.
• Develops a professional network with other organizations in DC and identifies political trends that affect the work of the AAs.

All other duties as assigned

Basic Requirements

• Master’s degree with nine (9) years work experience or bachelor’s degree with at least eleven (11+) years work experience
• At least five (5+) years management experience
• Demonstrated expertise in the Democracy & Governance sector, including within the civil society and/or media strengthening sub-sectors.
• Knowledge of USAID Programs and Regulations.
• Demonstrated successful management of field-based Governance programs, including experience serving as a COP or DCOP on USAID project.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated capacity to successfully lead business development activities, including an ability to serve in functions related to championing, managing, or lead writing proposals.

Pact is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its selection and employment practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, citizenship status, genetic information, matriculation, family responsibilities, personal appearance, credit information, tobacco use (except in the workplace), membership in an employee organization, or other protected classifications or non-merit factors.