Back Chief of Party, Mozambique

****Position is contingent to funding and donor approval.*

World Vision International

World Vision is a Christian humanitarian, development and advocacy organisation devoted to improving the lives of children, families and their communities around the world. Our almost 37,500 staff members working in nearly 100 countries are united through our ethos, mission and shared desire for all individuals, especially children, to overcome poverty, inequality and injustice.**

Here’s where you come in:

As Chief of Party, Mozambique, you will provide leadership to the overall implementation of the ECT3 project, ensuring that targets are achieved and organisational and donor standards are maintained. This includes effective team leadership; overseeing the project cycle through planning and budgeting, implementation, monitoring and reporting; and representing the project to local government, WVUS and USDA. This also includes oversight of any local sub-recipients to ensure that their components are effectively integrated into the overall project.

Requirements include:

• Bachelor’s Degree in relevant subject e.g. Management, Development, Education, Health.
• Thorough knowledge of the project cycle.
• Knowledge of US government grant regulations preferred.
• Minimum of 7 years in project management in an international context, including at least 3 years in food aid programmes.
• Experience with USDA commodities grants is preferred.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English; Portuguese is an advantage.
• Based in the Provincial Office in Nampula Province, north-eastern Mozambique, with travel to the communities up to 50% of the time.