DPK Consulting seeks a qualified senior project manager to serve as Chief of Party on an anticipated USAID-funded anticorruption project in Jordan.
Requirements:
• Extensive international development senior management experience and proven ability to supervise the design, management, and implementation of technical assistance for complex development projects. • Significant technical experience in at least one of the following fields: anticorruption; public financial, administrative and regulatory measures that promote transparency and accountability; ombudsmen offices; strengthening judicial branches as a means to combat corruption, professionalizing and formalizing prosecutorial units; civil society advocacy on behalf of governmental integrity; incorporation of anti-corruption promotion into other sectoral/sub-sectoral areas, such as health and education, corporate governance, or into key aspects of democracy promotion such as rule of law, legislative oversight or local government strengthening. • Familiarity with USAID procurement requirements, including project financial/expenditure tracking, and documentation related to grant and sub-grant management. • Significant management experience with superb leadership and communications skills including: o Demonstrated ability to lead, motivate, and communicate with multi-disciplinary teams and sub-contractors under complex organizational arrangements; o Track record of highly successful cooperation with host country governments and USAID missions, with superior diplomatic and relationship management skills; o Proven networking abilities and contacts that can be leveraged on behalf of the project’s goals; ability to guide participatory reform and transition processes in a highly politically sensitive environment, particularly with public sector institutions; o Proven ability to develop and work within approved work plans and meet goals within agreed timeframes; o Strong performance monitoring and evaluation skills (USAID framework preferred); o Experience hiring, supervising, and training personnel and setting up office systems; and o Demonstrated reporting, writing, presentation, communications, and inter-personal skills. • Minimum of 10 years professional experience and at least 5 years of overseas experience at a senior level on development projects. • Advanced degree in relevant field strongly preferred. • Prior Chief of Party experience, regional specializations, and Arabic language skills are preferred.
Please send resume and cover letter to or to fax number (415) 495 6017. Please be sure to reference “” in the email subject line or fax cover sheet. No phone calls, please.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
