Senior Advisor, USAID DEIA Activity
Making Cents
Remote
Making Cents International is recruiting for a Chief of Party (COP) to lead the Anticipated USAID DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility) Activity. The Activity will focus on providing capacity strengthening to local, new, and non-traditional USAID partners to support diversified partnerships and conducting outreach, surveys, and other monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) tasks related to DEIA.
This position is contingent upon winning a contract award.
Responsibilities
The Chief of Party will provide overall leadership, management, and technical direction of the Activity. In this role, they will:
- Promote DEIA in all aspects of project programming;
- Advance the design and implementation of DEIA MEL-related interventions and activities, drawing on best practices and evidence-based approaches;
- Manage all activities, subcontractors, and staff, ensuring cohesion, efficiency, and quality control across tasks;
- Ensure that all full-time and short-term personnel provide timely, relevant, high-quality services;
- Serve as the primary liaison with USAID, local government entities, project partners, and other relevant stakeholders;
- Ensure all contractual requirements are met;
- Identify, support, and convene local and regional organizations.
Minimum Qualifications
- Master’s degree in international development or a related field;
- Minimum 10 years’ experience leading USAID-funded projects;
- Experience implementing DEIA initiatives and promoting DEIA within organizations;
- Experience leading USAID evaluation and research teams;
- Familiarity with USAID rules, policies, procedures, regulations, and evaluation report writing styles;
- Technical expertise and experience in local capacity strengthening and monitoring, evaluation, and learning;
- Ability to work with various counterparts, implementing partners, and host country government stakeholders;
- Excellent interpersonal skills and teamwork;
- Superior written and oral communication skills;
- Fluency in English (written and spoken).
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