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Chief of Party-Iraq

Chief of Party-Iraq Location: Iraq, Baghdad Division: Program Management Status: International Full Time Position Number: 11:208

Project Description: Since September 2003, IFES has assisted, advised, and supported Iraq’s electoral and legislative authorities in the preparation, organization, and administration of elections and referenda. With the Elections Support Project, IFES will continue to provide assistance to the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) through strengthening its strategic planning monitoring and evaluation capacity, as well as its internal management processes and systems, and through improving IHEC’s capacity to manage external affairs with key electoral stakeholders.

Job Responsibilities: • Serve as IFES’ senior election technical advisor to the IHEC. • Oversee the design, implementation, evaluation, and day-to-day management of the Iraq project(s). • Responsible for Iraq project(s) fiscal management. • Establish and maintain working relationships with the IHEC, the UN, international NGOs, the donor community and various technical advisors to the IHEC to ensure successful implementation of the project and avoid duplication of efforts. • Establish strong working relationships with the field staff to facilitate the completion of program tasks in a timely manner and within the allocated budget. • Provide general supervision of local and international field staff, including performance appraisals, staff development and other management issues. • In coordination with IFES/HQ and the Deputy Chief of Party, assist in the identification, recruitment, and hiring of local and international technical consultants. • Provide oversight and management of technical consultants. • Supervise the drafting and timely submission of detailed quarterly reports to HQ, donors, and other stakeholders and ensure that they meet USAID and IFES reporting requirements. • Contribute to reports submitted to IFES HQ, providing updates on program activities, progress, and challenges; outreach activities; relevant events in Iraq; support required from IFES/HQ; and activities planned for the coming period. • Assist in program development for IFES in Iraq by identifying additional technical needs in Iraq, contributing to the development of project proposals and reaching out to the international donor community in an effort to diversify IFES funding sources. • Manage IFES’ security plan in coordination with the security and life-support contractor; oversee the day-to-day implementation of the security and life-support subcontract in the field. • Manage staff morale and welfare in a dangerous and restricted living environment. • Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications: • M.A. in international politics, development, or related field; • Minimum of 10 years experience with election administration and international program management; • Proven track record with democracy and governance programming in developing countries; • Senior experience in election planning and operations in a conflict-based environment; • Familiarity with the international donor community and experience as an action-oriented interlocutor with democracy-development actors at all levels. • Experience with USAID regulations and the implementation of USAID-funded project activities; • Experience in proposal writing and budgeting; • Experience organizing and leading trainings; • Excellent interpersonal/representational skills; • Effective verbal and written communication, multi-tasking, organizational, and prioritization skills are necessary; • Ability to follow procedures, meet deadlines and work independently and cooperatively; • Strong attention to detail; • Familiarity with political, economic, and social issues in Iraq and the region and ability to work in a post conflict environment; • Fluency in English (oral and written) required; • Familiarity with the Middle East region highly preferred; • Arabic language skills highly desirable; • Excellent interpersonal and mentoring skills; • Strong diplomatic and negotiating skills; • Ability to detect problems and produce acceptable solutions. To Apply: You must go to http://www.ifes.org/ to the Careers section and apply online. Applications are only accepted in this way. Make sure you upload all papers together (ie. cover letter and application, etc.).

How to apply:

To Apply: You must go to http://www.ifes.org/ to the Careers section and apply online. Applications are only accepted in this way. Make sure you upload all papers together (ie. cover letter and application, etc.).