Chief of Party – El Salvador

Job Description

Checchi and Company Consulting, Inc. seeks a Chief of Party for the USAID-funded Justice Sector Strengthening Activity in El Salvador. This activity supports initiatives to strengthen inter-institutional coordination of justice sector institutions, improve the investigation and prosecution of violent crime, improve court administration, and promote citizen participation and awareness of legal reforms to reduce corruption.

The Chief of Party will supervise the work of a long-term technical assistance team, short-term specialists and local support staff. He/she will be responsible for establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with USAID/El Salvador, justice sector counterparts, and local civil society organizations.

Candidates must be fluent in Spanish and have a minimum of ten years of relevant experience in Latin America. Prior experience as either a Chief of Party or Deputy Chief of Party with USAID-funded justice sector reform activities in Latin America is strongly preferred.

Applicants should e-mail a detailed CV to lacrecruitment@checchiconsulting.com (please put “Chief of Party – El Salvador” in the subject line of the e-mail). The deadline for applications is July 20, 2018. Candidates are encouraged to visit our website at www.checchiconsulting.com. No telephone calls please.

About the Organization

Checchi and Company Consulting, Inc. (Checchi) has worked in international development for over 40 years. The company has operated in more than 140 countries, including a number of fragile states and post-conflict zones, and has implemented nearly 300 long-term contracts. Checchi’s principal areas of specialization include rule of law, anticorruption and monitoring and evaluation (M&E). Since launching one of the first international rule of law practices in the late 1980s, Checchi has provided technical assistance and training in the core areas of improving access to justice; court systems administration; legislative and policy reform; judicial training and legal education; public legal awareness; and security sector reform. The company has implemented a number of long- and short-term activities focused exclusively on anticorruption. In addition, many of Checchi’s rule of law projects have included significant anticorruption components and activities. Checchi’s M&E work encompasses projects in more than 50 countries and spans the spectrum of quantitative, qualitative, and mixed approaches to managing and evaluating performance.