Chief of Party
Location: Batticaloa with frequent travel to Colombo and other areas.
Chemonics seeks a chief of party for an anticipated USAID-funded conflict mitigation and community development project in Sri Lanka. Responsibilities include: lead day-to-day operations; implement conflict and post-conflict resolution activities through grants; oversee project administration, including hiring, supervising, and training local personnel; systems and office setup; budgeting and financial management; procurement and property tracking; and monitoring and evaluation; and oversee grants under contract.
Position Qualifications:
a.. Master's degree in public policy, conflict resolution, international relations, or similar field.
b.. Minimum seven years' experience managing large, complex, international donor-funded projects. Demonstrated experience managing USAID contracts, and USAID-funded grants under contracts is strongly preferred.
c.. Proven experience managing program operations in conflict or post-conflict environments.
d.. Experience in grants management, community and infrastructure development, community-focused reintegration assistance, rehabilitation for at-risk youth, with particular focus on ex-combatants including working with at-risk youth, , land-claims registry, and developing creative approaches to gathering and disseminating news and information aimed at improving public confidence preferred.
e.. Prior work in Sri Lanka or South Asia preferred.
f.. Strong written and spoken fluency in English required. Proficiency in Tamil and/or Sinhala preferred.
Application Instructions:
Send electronic submissions to SriLankaSW...@chemonics.com by December 30, 2008. No telephone inquiries, please. Finalists will be contacted.
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