Land O’Lakes International Development,Chief of Party Jobs in Rwanda

Closing
date: 17 Apr 2017

Chief
of Party

Rwanda

Background:

Land
O’Lakes International Development is a 501c3 nonprofit organization whose
vision is to be a global leader in transforming lives by engaging in livestock
and enterprise partnerships that replace poverty with prosperity, and
dependency with self-reliance. We leverage Land O’Lakes, I

nc.’s near-century of
history by engaging in international livestock and economic development
programs, implementing more than 280 programs in 80 countries since 1981.

Project
Description:

Land
O’Lakes International Development is seeking candidates for the Chief of Party
(COP) position for an anticipated Feed the Future Rwanda Orora Wihaze
activitySustainable Food, Livestock, and Nutrition Activity. The objective of
this activity is to increase smallholder farmer incomes, improve the
nutritional status of Rwandan women and children, and increase the resilience
of the livestock and food system to the changing climate. The objective of the
Orora Wihaze activity is to sustainably increase the availability of, access
to, and consumption of animal source foods in order to improve the dietary
diversity scores of women of reproductive age (15-49 years), especially
pregnant and lactating women and children between the ages of 6-23 months in
poor rural households.

Position
Summary:

The
COP will provide overall strategic vision, management and direction, including
1) successful implementation of the project and achievement of results, on time
and within budget; 2) supervision, mentoring and development of local and
expatriate staff; 3) management of project workload including all financial,
planning, administrative compliance and reporting, and monitoring and
evaluation; and 4) representation of the project to the donor, relevant
Government institutions, community groups, NGOs, and potential private-sector
partners. The COP also identifies any issues and risks related to program
implementation in a timely manner.

Reporting
& Supervision:

It
is anticipated that the COP will oversee a staff of host country employees, and
potentially expatriates, depending on the scope of the project. S/he will
report to Land O’Lakes’ Regional Program Director.

Required
Skills and Qualifications:

·
Master’s level degree in livestock, environment, natural resource management, rural
development economics, or related field;

·
Proven ability to manage a large-scale livestock development project;

·
Ability to develop budgets, recruit short- and long-term staff, and manage a
large, diverse team;

·
Minimum 10 years of progressively responsible international work experience
implementing multi-sector development programs;

·
Demonstrated strong management and coordinating skills;

·
Minimum 5 years of management experience of projects of similar complexity;

·
Strong technical expertise in livestock development, and/or natural resources
management, climate change, or nutrition;

·
Preference for a familiarity with gender equality and climate resilience in
livestock;

·
Demonstrated ability to facilitate and establish private sector partnerships;

·
Demonstrated knowledge of USAID rules and regulations. Experience managing a
USAID funded program highly preferred;

·
Preference for experience managing a USAID funded program in Africa;