Chief of Party, iDE Madagascar
iDE, Madagascar
Job Description
iDE is an international NGO with 40 years of experience in designing and delivering market-based solutions to poverty. iDE is headquartered in Denver, Colorado USA and operates in 11 countries around the world.
iDE is seeking applications from qualified candidates for Chief of Party (COP) for an anticipated five-year USAID-funded Madagascar Urban Sanitation Project. This project aims to support the Government of Madagascar (GoM) to lead the sector and improve access to and use of sanitation products services in selected urban and peri-urban areas by strengthening the enabling environment for sanitation, improving the supply of and demand for sanitation products and services and improving key behaviors that contribute to the activity objectives
This position reports directly to iDE’s Vice President of Operations, and receives technical and other support from iDE headquarters staff and from other Country Directors and technical staff based within Africa and beyond. The Chief of Party will provide overall leadership, management and oversee implementation and management of the project. The COP will strive to achieve project objectives through technical direction and visionary leadership within a complex and evolving environment. As iDE’s representative in-country, the Chief of Party has ultimate responsibility and accountability for all of iDE’s finances, assets, and legal standing in Madagascar.
iDE believes inclusive markets are the most powerful tool for creating prosperity, building resilience, and ultimately ending poverty. By listening to every stakeholderproducers, suppliers, retailers and customerswe can overcome critical bottlenecks and develop lasting solutions. At iDE, we continually challenge assumptions, make effective data- and evidence-driven decisions, and enable agile delivery of strategies and resources toward improved outcomes for our interventions. We also work to transform beliefs and practices that perpetuate inequality and use the knowledge we acquire to design social and behavior change programming that promotes the creation of resilient market ecosystems, which benefit all people.
Who we are looking for:
We are looking for someone who shares the above-stated views. The Chief of Party also must have well-developed analytical and financial skills and to understand how markets for WASH work in a context like Madagascar, as well as a good understanding of finance, governance, entrepreneurship and behavior change.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
Program Management:
- Manage, lead, and oversee all staff, consultants, and subgrantees in achieving project results.
- In conjunction with USAID and iDE headquarters, determine annual priorities and develop work plans
- Implement effective decision-making systems, including internal management, overall reporting, and communication internally and outside of iDE
- Monitor internal systems and procedures ensuring efficient and proper use of resources and ongoing collaborating, learning, and adapting.
- Ensure that the Activity is implemented with a one-team approach, ensuring that coordination among consortium partners is streamlined and conducive to a single, coherent program
- Manage project consortium, including ensuring effective communication with all partners, proactively identifying and resolving partnership issues and ensuring cohesion throughout project implementation. Annual review of the project subgrantees.
- Ensure that program is technically sound, evidence-based and responsive to the needs of Madagascar and its people. Champion inclusive markets systems and private sector linkages.
Finance and Administration Management:
- Ensure compliance with donor rules and regulations on program implementation
- Provide administrative and financial management consistent with iDE organizational policies and procedures, in close cooperation with the country/ regional Vice President, COO, and other iDE headquarters staff
- Develop and maintain all administrative and financial controls
- Ensure that administration and financial procedures, practices, and reporting are effective and in compliance with iDE standards and general accounting amp; administrative guidelines
- Ensure that all Madagascar field offices are run in compliance with established administrative and financial procedures
- Ensure adherence to relevant Malagasy government regulations concerning operations for not-for-profit organizations in Madagascar and for maintaining the good legal standing of iDE in Madagascar
Human Resource Management:
- Consistent with iDE organizational policies and procedures, and in close cooperation with iDE headquarters HR staff, develop and manage Human Resource functions for all iDE project personnel in Madagascar,