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Chief of Party - Rwanda and Uganda

Chief of Party – Rwanda

CARE Rwanda seeks a Chief of Party (CoP) to be based in Kigali for an upcoming, 5-year, USAID-funded project. The anticipated project will focus on improving the livelihoods of Rwanda’s poor, particularly women, through access to finance and increased economic opportunities. The project will have a strong emphasis on both the supply of and demand for financial services with a focus on access to savings, increasing the capacity of financial institutions to serve the rural poor and improved livelihoods.

The COP will lead the planning and implementation of the project, overseeing all aspects, including programmatic, financial, administrative, and personnel. S/He will ensure that all project interventions are of a high quality and lead to measurable impact. This includes, but is not limited to, overseeing the annual work-plan preparation, identifying external technical support needs, ensuring that appropriate management practices are being used in project implementation and the monitoring and evaluation systems are being used to provide timely management information. Additionally, the CoP will maintain appropriate levels of communication with all implementing partners and sub-contractors and will coordinate all project activities with relevant institutions, CSOs and private sector partners.

Specific responsibilities include:
- Overall planning, management and leadership of project activities;
- Serve as a primary contact point with USAID and bear responsibility for timely reporting;
- Provide strong technical leadership on savings led approaches to microfinance, capacity building of financial institutions and livelihoods programming.
- Establish and maintain strong relationships with implementing partners, key Rwandan ministries and private sector partners involved in improving access to financial services;
- Oversee the design and implementation of capacity-building activities with CSOs and other relevant stakeholders;
- Oversee the delivery and management of subgrants;
- Oversee project monitoring, reporting and evaluation, including efficient delivery of results by implementing partners and sub-contractors;
- Provide guidance and support to staff and project partners.
Qualifications include:
- Advanced degree in international development, public policy, social sciences, or related field;
- 15-20 years of experience with microfinance and value chains, with at least five years at a senior management level;
- Previous CoP/DCoP experience in financial services and/or livelihoods related project
- In-depth knowledge of USAID regulations, systems and procedures for managing complex grants programs with many partners and customers is mandatory
- Excellent knowledge of the constraints and opportunities to accessing financial services, preferably in the Rwandan context;
- Extensive experience working with local implementing partners in support of their development;
- Extensive experience integrating gender into livelihoods programming
- Demonstrated success and ability to design and deliver large USAID funded programs.
- Ability to plan strategically to meet project objectives, manage budgets, oversee the work of implementing partners and produce donor reports
- Strong people management skills with the ability to provide guidance and support
- Proficiency in English and French; knowledge of Kinyarwanda is a considerable advantage;
- Computer literacy.
Competencies: Integrity, diversity, collaboration, facilitate change, communicating with impact, negotiation, building partnerships.

The deadline for applications is February 18th, 2010.

Our diversity is our strength; we encourage people from all backgrounds and experiences, particularly women, to apply.

NOTE: POSITION PENDING DONOR APPROVAL
How to apply
https://tbe.taleo.net/NA5/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=CAREUSA&cws=1&rid=1229