Chief Of Party, Usaid/oti Swift Iv, Lebanon

Company Profile:  MSI is a Washington, D.C.-based international development firm providing specialized short- and long-term technical assistance. Since its 1981 founding, MSI has grown in size and technical scope, now implementing and managing more than 70 projects worldwide. More than 30 are long-term, many in conflict-prone or fragile states that include Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and South Sudan. Today, our range of technical expertise includes analytical and field projects in democracy and governance, economic growth, strategic planning, organizational capacity building, health and the justice sector. MSI focuses on helping our local partners foster progress, manage change and improve the effectiveness of development assistance. We expanded our global footprint in 2008 by becoming part of Coffey, a leading geoscience, international development and project management firm, and a publicly traded company on the Australian Stock Exchange. Alongside the international development arm of Coffey, MSI has corporate offices in 17 countries. Together, MSI and Coffey employ more than 1,400 professionals worldwide. For more information on MSI, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com.                      Proposal Summary:MSI is seeking a Chief of Party for an anticipated USAID/OTI-funded program. The goal of this project  is to provide USAID  with the means to support local communities and partners advance peace and democracy in Lebanon. Position Summary:The Chief of Party will have strong management and leadership skills, and will be actively engaged in all aspects of program management. S/he will serve as the main point of contact between OTI and MSI and will have close, daily collaboration with OTI‘s in-country staff. Responsibilities: Responsible for making key decisions and solving problems in short time frames while ensuring operational and program integrity. Overall program direction is provided by USAID/OTI through the Task Order Contracting Officer Representative (TOCOR) and the Country Representative (CR). Responsible for management, oversight, and reporting of Contractor progress and quality of performance in meeting the activity undertakings in this program. The Contractor‘s designated person for overall management of the in-country relationship with USAID/OTI. In close consultation with the CR, responsible for providing oversight of grant activities, including supervision of the program staff, ensuring appropriate grant design, ensuring that procedures are established and complied with for grant development, grant worthiness, grant implementation, management, monitoring, evaluation, and grant closing. Under the guidance of the CR, responsible for contributing to the design and implementation of the M&E system at the activity level and for ensuring that all activities are monitored and evaluated. Ultimately responsible for ensuring that the relevant staff use, maintain, and upload weekly the OTI Activity Database, and that data is consistent and complete. Qualifications: Relevant work experience, including experience with a contractor or international NGO managing an office or program. A minimum of four to six years of experience supervising complex, high-speed and challenging field operations in developing countries. Experience working on OTI-funded programming in fragile or transitional environments. Proficiency in written and oral English and Arabic is a plus. Experience with grant management, preferably in-kind and small grants. Experience working in developing countries is required, preferably in a fragile or transitional state environment, experience working in Lebanon specifically is preferred. Demonstrated experience and knowledge in establishing systems and overseeing program start-up under limited time constraints as well as program close-out. Experience in the hiring and supervising of host country local personnel and ensuring, when need arises, that they secure necessary training required to meet program needs. Financial management experience, including budgeting; financial management (tracking, reporting and accounting); and procurement. Experience with activity design, development, and implementation.   Only candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please.