Chief Of Party

3 weeks ago

Washington, United States World Learning Full time

World Learning is seeking Chiefs of Party (COPs) for upcoming USAID projects across Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa, and Sub-Saharan Africa. The COP will be responsible for the overall vision, technical direction, and management of the program. World Learning is looking for COPs for projects in the following areas:

  • Civic engagement, civic education, and civil society strengthening
  • Basic education
  • Youth workforce development and entrepreneurship

Responsibilities
  • Provide overall leadership, management, and strategic direction for the program.
  • Serve as World Learning's principal liaison to USAID, implementing partners, and key stakeholders from government, civil society, the education sector, and the private sector.
  • Determine annual priorities, develop work plans, and ensure the program responds to changing conditions and operating environments, in conjunction with USAID and in coordination with World Learning headquarters (HQ).
  • Oversee and monitor the quality of program activities, and ensure reports, work plans, and other program deliverables are timely and in accordance with USAID guidelines.
  • Integrate inclusive approaches to program implementation and ensure activities encourage full participation of individuals regardless of their gender, disability status, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or gender identity.
  • Oversee program administration, implementation, and fiscal management to ensure financial activity aligns with budget allocations, internal policies, and USAID regulations.
  • Develop and maintain partnerships; oversee the coordination of program partners.
  • Supervise, manage, and mentor a team of program staff.
  • Report regularly to World Learning HQ, providing timely updates of all situational and program developments.
  • Represent World Learning at conferences, working groups, and events.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Required Experience/Education:

  • Advanced degree in a relevant field required.
  • Minimum seven (7) years of experience in the successful implementation of international development programs in related subjects.
  • Minimum five (5) years of senior management experience as COP, Country Director, or other senior positions for donor-funded international development programs.
  • Applicants must be authorized to work in the location where this position is offered.

Required Skills:

  • Strong leadership and teamwork skills, especially when working in multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural teams.
  • Strong organizational skills, able to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
  • English language fluency, with excellent oral and written communication skills

Required Behaviors/Competencies:

  • Demonstrated knowledge and application of relevant USAID policies and strategies, such as USAID's Gender Equality and Female Empowerment Policy; Youth in Development Policy; and Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting Framework.
  • Ability to cultivate effective working relationships with government officials, education institutions, civil society organizations, private sector actors, implementing partners, international donors, and other stakeholders.
  • Commitment to inclusive development programming that brings to bear the talents of women, youth, minorities, persons with disabilities, and LGBTQI+ persons.
  • Knowledge of USAID rules and regulations preferred.


Vaccination is strongly recommended for all employees in our U.S. offices except for those receiving medical or religious exemptions. If boosters are subsequently recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) then employees and faculty will be recommended to receive the booster within thirty (30) days of their eligibility.



Benefits

World Learning provides a comprehensive and competitive benefits package that includes: medical, dental, vision, FSA/HRA, Life/AD&D, Short Term/Long Term Disability, EAP, Parking and Transit, 403 (b) retirement plan for full-time and eligibile part-time employees.


The World Learning Inc. Family

For more than 90 years, World Learning Inc. is a thriving global organization made up of The Experiment in International Living, the nation's most experienced provider of international education through exchanges for high school students; School for International Training, offering accredited undergraduate study abroad programs through SIT Study Abroad and internationally focused master's degrees through SIT Graduate Institute; and World Learning, a global development and exchange nonprofit organization.


World Learning | worldlearning.org

World Learning has worked to create a more sustainable, peaceful, and just world. World Learning's education, development, and exchange programs help people find their voices, connect with their communities, strengthen the institutions that form the backbone of a democratic society, and build relationships across cultures. With World Learning's support, these emerging leaders tackle critical global issues like poverty, conflict, and inequality.


The Experiment in International Living | experiment.org

The Experiment in International Living is the nation's most experienced provider of international education through exchanges for high school students. For more than 90 years, The Experiment has empowered young people to step off the beaten path, experience the world as a classroom, immerse themselves fully in another culture, and build the knowledge and skills needed to confront critical global issues.


SIT | sit.edu

School for International Training (SIT) was founded in the early 1960s as a training center for the first Peace Corps volunteers. For nearly 60 years, SIT has prepared students to be effective changemakers and global citizens through experiential education focused on the world's most critical global issues. SIT Study Abroad offers accredited summer and semester undergraduate programs in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East, as well as comparative programs on multiple continents. SIT Graduate Institute offers global and hybrid certificates, master's, and doctoral degrees.


An organizational commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and access.

We are a globally diverse community of staff, faculty, board members, alumni, students, and participants who believe that inclusive and equitable practices are at the heart of a peaceful and just world. Each of us strives to honor diverse voices and lived experiences, examine our own biases and privileges, actively work to address inequities in our structures, and foster a community of open dialogue. We are committed to acting with accountability, transparency, reciprocity, authenticity, and empathy.


World Learning is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action/veterans/ADA employer, committed to increasing the diversity of its workforce.



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