Pact is an international nonprofit that works in nearly 40 countries building solutions for human development that are evidence-based, data-driven and owned by the communities we serve. Founded in 1971, Pact works with partners to build resilience, improve accountability, and strengthen knowledge and skills for sustainable social impact.
Department Programs - Pact strives for a world where all people are heard, capable, and vibrant. The Programs Team helps realize this objective by bridging program management, technical support, and business development, enabling Pact to achieve its global strategy. We ensure program excellence through continuous learning, monitoring and evaluation and provide organizational and industry-wide thought leadership by leveraging a complementary set of cross-functional, multi-disciplinary skills, expertise, and experiences. The Programs team: influences progressive change through the development and implementation of global and regional strategies and business plans; supports advancement of innovative solutions; pursues new business opportunities; and drives effective internal and external engagement to maximize Pact’s impact across the globe. Across all aspects of its role, the Programs Department adheres to and promotes a culture of inclusion, accountability, and respect.
Position Overview
Pact seeks an experienced Senior Capacity Development Manager for the anticipated USAID-funded Inclusive Development and Equitable Assistance (IDEA) LWA, which aims to respond to the needs and priorities of marginalized and underrepresented groups and/or people in vulnerable situations (MUGVPs) and communities of all diverse identities and experiences and build the capacity of organizations that serve MUGVPs to help them meet their goals. The IDEA project will strengthen the capacity of local organizations to advance the rights of MUGVPs by ensuring they are well equipped to determine and meet their own needs and goals and contribute towards achieving equitable development outcomes. The Senior Capacity Building Manager will provide overall technical direction and oversight to the capacity development component of the IDEA project and spearhead the development of the organizational capacity strategy and an overarching strategy for capacity strengthening efforts in partnership with organizations. This position is contingent upon award.
Key Responsibilities
- Thought Leadership:
- Provide technical direction and oversight to the capacity development component of the IDEA LWA.
- Lead the design and implementation of organizational capacity strengthening within IDEA LWA and Pact’s Global Strategy, in line with localization and inclusion principles and practices across areas such as technical, operational, staff, systemic, and safety and security management, together with partner organizations.
- Provide technical expertise and guidance in developing training curriculum and materials related to organizational and technical capacity strengthening.
- Oversee the design and use of the tools and methodologies to assess organizational needs and collaboratively develop change action plans together with MUGVPs serving organizations.
- Contribute and support thought leadership initiatives, enhancement of approaches, and innovations on capacity development through cross-learning between larger global and smaller local consortium and non-consortium partners.
- Advance capacity development best practices via different Global Communities of Practice platforms.
- Quality Programming:
- Provide overall management of the organizational capacity development strategy under the IDEA LWA, including ensuring quality delivery of the project components in coordination with the core consortium partners.
- Provide technical guidance to country buy-ins to deliver high-quality capacity development TA, including local organizations capacity to implement inclusive development programs.
- Support the design and implementation of a highly adaptive, partner-led, context-driven TA that fosters effective leadership, enhances management and administrative capabilities, builds institutional linkages, improves fundraising capabilities, and enables organizations to advocate for self and elevate their own voices within the community.
- Cooperate and collaborate with Pact Global Capacity Development and Innovation team to ensure supported projects meet their objectives both programmatic and financial.
- Engage Pact’s Governance and Learning, Evaluation, and Impact teams to assist in capturing technical achievements, lessons learned, and best practices.
- Encourage cross-project learning to deepen development solutions that are locally relevant, successful, and sustainable.
- Build and effectively manage relations with a diverse team of partners, multiple international consortiums, and non-consortium partners, at the global, regional, and local levels.
- Supervise Pact project and country staff/team for timely and high-quality project delivery, as required.
- Travel to country project sites to provide leadership and technical guidance to staff, as required.
- New Business:
- Capture and curate capacity development learning from IDEA LWA into new project design (Associate Awards).
- Serve as a technical lead, champion, writer, or concept designer for Pact’s bids/proposals under Associate Awards/buy-ins.
- Monitor capacity development activities at the Leader Award level and contribute to Pact’s global annual indicators.
Basic Requirements
- Master's degree with six (6) years work experience or bachelor's degree with at least eight (8+) years work experience
- At least four (4+) years management experience
Preferred Qualifications
- Has knowledge and familiarity with Pact’s CD approaches and tools.
- Has experience working at the headquarters level to design capacity development strategy from a global and ecosystem development perspective.
- Ability to work in complex environments, and work with and between different stakeholders, including civil society organizations, media actors, government institutions, private sector entities, practitioners, academics, and US Government agencies.
- Upholds strong commitment to the principles of gender equality, diversity, and inclusion.
- Experience working and maintaining good relations with host country government, donors, peer organizations, local partners, and other key stakeholders.