Save the Children,Chief of Party Jobs in Malawi

, and challenge organizations and
governments to commit resources to lift up adolescent girls worldwide. The Let
Girls Learn initiative will also tackle issues that prevent adolescent girls
from completing their education by ensuring a quality education, reducing
barriers to access, including harmful practices and attitudes, and empowering
adolescent girls and creating supportive communities and social norms.

• Lead the
  project’s strategic, financial, and operational planning, including the
  annual work planning process and development of an appropriate exit
  strategy;
• Oversee the
  timely submission of all deliverables to USAID, including quarterly and
  annual reports, annual work plans, performance indicators, financial
  reports, and regular results reporting as needed in addition to overall
  quality control;
• Supervise all
  program staff and manage the work of all sub-grantees;
• Ensure good
  practice by supporting the development of strong M&E mechanisms and a
  robust monitoring process;
• Play a leading
  and substantive role in developing and implementing program activities;
• Provide overall
  coordination of the institutional/organizational capacity building of
  local NGOs and other key stakeholders;
• Fully inform
  Save the Children’s home/field office on all matters relating to the
  project, and maintain appropriate links with partner home/field offices;
• Ensure that
  efficient systems to support all aspects of the project (including
  sub-grant management, financial, capacity building and performance
  monitoring and reporting) are in place and support the effective use of
  project resources in compliance with USAID regulations and Save the
  Children policies;
• Represent the
  project with USAID, the Government of Malawi, donors, and partners;
• Undertake any
  other tasks as assigned by the Country Director.

• A Master’s
  Degree in Education, Administration, Management or related field is
  required;
• At least 10
  years demonstrated technical and management experience in the education
  sector, with experience working in Africa preferred;
• Technical
  understanding of primary education, teacher training and gender-sensitive
  issues;
• COP experience
  in education with an emphasis on girls’ education strongly preferred;
• At least 8 years
  of demonstrated excellence in senior level management and leadership,
  including direct supervision of professional and support staff, evaluation
  of staff performance, and contract/grant management is preferred;
• Experience with
  education programming for marginalized adolescent girls is required;
• Experience with
  addressing quality of education, including retention rate and transition
  from primary to secondary;
• Experience in
  institutional capacity building of government counterparts at the national
  and/or local level is preferred; strong analytical skills related to this
  technical area a plus;
• Ability to
  identify, address and resolve communication issues within the activity and
  with external stakeholders and strong coordination skills are critical;
• Demonstrated
  problem solving skills, a collaborative and flexible manner, creativity
  and willingness to innovate;
• Ability to
  establish and maintain collaborative working relationships with
  USAID/Malawi, host government partners at the national and district
  levels, and personnel within the activity is required; strong visionary
  leadership and demonstrated professional accomplishments;
• Excellent
  representational and interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to lead
  and work effectively in team situations;
• Strong working
  familiarity with USAID regulations, procedures, documentation and
  policies;
• Fluent oral and
  written English communications skills is required. Knowledge of local
  languages preferred.