Women's Leadership Development Team Leader - Women in Transition Afghanistan

Chemonics seeks a women's leadership development team leader for the anticipated USAID Women in Transition project. This five-year, $260 million program will invest in professional development opportunities to help Afghan women assume leadership roles in mainstream social, political, and economic sectors. The women's leadership development team leader will help enable women to apply advanced management and leadership skills in public, private, and civil services sectors. We are looking for individuals who have a passion for making a difference in the lives of people around the world. Responsibilities include:

• Enable Afghan women to apply advanced management and leadership skills in the public, private, and civil service sectors
  
• Establish capacity-building mechanisms for improving women's effectiveness as leaders in all spheres of national life
  
• Design and coordinate courses focusing on topics such as critical thinking; problem solving; strategic planning; strategic communications, such as public speaking, briefing and presentation skills; business writing; group facilitation; negotiation; conflict management; team-building; customer service; decision-making; supervision; performance monitoring; and managing change
  
• Oversee the development of urgently needed leadership competencies to enable Afghan women to create a prominent group of female role models and change agents in all sectors
  
• Foster partnerships with universities, government ministries and institutions, and other prominent programs throughout Afghanistan
  
• Examine leadership methods, including traditional transactional and innovative transformational approaches

Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in gender, international development, business, or related field required
  
• Minimum seven years of experience in a management position working on gender programs, capacity-building, and leadership development or a related field, preferably in Afghanistan
  
• Minimum seven years of progressively responsible supervisory experience
  
• Demonstrated experience developing leadership trainings
  
• Ability to communicate effectively in a cross cultural environment
  
• Proven leadership and organizational skills, successfully managing and coordinating large and disparate working groups
  
• Experience liaising and meeting with a range of stakeholders, from high-level representatives of local governments and the private sector to local women's organizations
  
• Experience working on large USAID-funded programs preferred
  
• Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity
  
• Fluent written and spoken English required; proficient Dari and Pashto preferred

Application Instructions:

Interested candidates with relevant qualifications and experience are encouraged to send their resume and cover letter in electronic submissions to AfghanistanWITTeamLead4@chemonics.com by Tuesday, September 4, 2012. No telephone inquiries, please. Only finalists will be contacted.

In addition, please download and complete Chemonics’ equal employment opportunity self-identification form and submit it separately to EEOselfidentify@chemonics.com with only “Women's Leadership Development Team” in the subject line. If you prefer not to disclose your sex, race, or ethnicity, you may check “I do not wish to complete the information requested.” Thank you for completing the form and supporting our equal employment opportunity reporting requirements.

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