Chief of Party, Monitoring Support Project, Afghanistan

Job Description

Company Profile:

MSI is a Washington, D.C.-based international development firm with a 30-year history of helping to deliver development results across the developing world. In 2008, we became the America’s operation of the international development arm of Coffey International Limited. Since that time, we’ve greatly expanded our ability to respond seamlessly and flexibly to client needs with our sister offices in the UK and Australia. Together, we are always driving toward results. We care deeply about the global issues we tackle. Our projects drive governments and organizations toward better results, helping the people they serve to live better lives. Today, we are proud to work in partnership with USAID, the private sector, local organizations, universities and foundations to create solutions to global needs. We collaborate with our partners in some of the most challenging and economic climates in the world, including Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq. We possess a core group of development experts in the fields of monitoring and evaluation, public sector reform, governance and anti-corruption who forge close relationships with our clients and partners to achieve the most effective development outcomes. Alongside the international development arm of Coffey, our team includes more than 2,100 development professionals with more than 70 corporate and project offices worldwide. For more information on MSI, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com.

Proposal Summary:

This upcoming project will assist USAID/Afghanistan to monitor its portfolio of development assistance projects. The project will involve innovative techniques that cover a broad range of technological sophistication in the M&E field.

Position Summary:
The Chief of Party (CoP) will oversee the technical, staffing, and financial management aspects of the project and serve as the point of contact with USAID officials in Kabul, Afghanistan and senior MSI leadership in Washington, D.C.

Responsibilities:

• Manage, provide technical advice, and monitor all program components and assure that the overall project is meeting proposed objectives and targets.
• Develop a Performance Management Plan including the specific parameters of USAID program monitoring site visits, survey efforts among program beneficiaries, asset verification and data collection related to infrastructure works, and monitoring tasks.
• Implement the PMP through site visits and capture and analyze data in a timely and accurate manner;
• Visit project sites identified by USAID on a quarterly basis to ensure that projects operations are being implemented, work is of good quality, and operating procedures are established.
• Provide timely, relevant and verified project level data to USAID officials under the contract terms.
• Develop recommendations for USAID officials on tasks needed to remove any program implementation bottlenecks or shortcomings observed during the monitoring visits.
• Supervise and coordinate the work of full time staff, subcontractors, consultants and grantees: review work plans, monthly and quarterly status and annual reports, financial reports, and deliverables.
• Coordinate closely and share information/knowledge with other MSI projects in Afghanistan, and MSI M&E projects in other countries.
• Report to and consult with MSI staff in Washington on major technical, managerial and financial issues related to the project.

Qualifications:

• Demonstrated strong experience managing complex, multi-million dollar development projects.
• Demonstrated experience working with senior USAID and U.S./NATO military officials, a wide variety of Agency implementing partners and foreign government officials.
• Knowledge of USAID/Afghanistan’s portfolio.
• Graduate degree in international development, public administration, business, or related field preferred.
• Excellent English writing skills and speaking ability; working knowledge of local languages desired.

Only candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please.

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About the Organization

Company Profile: MSI is a Washington, D.C.-based international development firm providing specialized short- and long-term technical assistance. Since its 1981 founding, MSI has grown in size and technical scope, now implementing and managing more than 70 projects worldwide. More than 30 are long-term, many in conflict-prone or fragile states that include Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and South Sudan. Today, our range of technical expertise includes analytical and field projects in democracy and governance, economic growth, strategic planning, organizational capacity building, health and the justice sector. MSI focuses on helping our local partners foster progress, manage change and improve the effectiveness of development assistance. We expanded our global footprint in 2008 by becoming part of Coffey, a leading geoscience, international development and project management firm, and a publicly traded company on the Australian Stock Exchange. Alongside the international development arm of Coffey, MSI has corporate offices in 17 countries. Together, MSI and Coffey employ more than 1,400 professionals worldwide. For more information on MSI, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com.