Objective Lead - USAID Kosovo Critical Infrastructure Resilience

Job Description

Your Future Role

Deloitte is currently recruiting for an upcoming multi-year United States Agency for International Development (USAID) program in Kosovo. Deloitte is seeking well-qualified candidates to serve as an Objective Lead, to develop and implement the Kosovo Critical Infrastructure Resilience activity and help build capacity in responsible institutions to become more resilient against cyberattacks and mitigate the effects of climate change on the country’s infrastructure to extreme weather seasonality and unpredictability. This initiative’s implementing team will partner with national government, local government, the private sector, NGOs and local community organizations, and USG stakeholders to work towards USAID’s goals.

Each Objective Lead, based in Pristina, Kosovo, will lead part of the team by providing activity management and strategic direction over one of three objectives—Governance, Capacity Building, or Technology and Procurement—which will ultimately align with program goals.

While each Objective Lead will provide subject matter expertise for one of the three project objectives, all Objectives Leads should be knowledgeable in all three of the objectives. An Objective Lead will coordinate closely with the other two Objective Leads and report to the Chief of Party (COP) to ensure that the program operations are integrated effectively between the field (Kosovo) and home-based offices (US).

Governance: The Governance Objective Lead should be familiar with critical infrastructure operators and oversight bodies within Kosovo. The Governance Objective Lead should also be equipped to strengthen cybersecurity governance and oversee institutional coordination with these operators and oversight bodies.

· Capacity Building: The Capacity Building Objectives Lead should understand the principles and best practices for building capacity around critical infrastructure and the fundamental protocols for recovery from cyber incidents and environmental hazards. The Capacity Building Object Lead should be able to provide organizations with the capability to analyze, plan for, respond to, and recover from such cyber incidents in order to strategize how to build capacity.

· Technology and Procurement: The Technology and Procurement Objective Lead should be well versed in industry-leading cybersecurity technology solutions. The Technology and Procurement Objective Lead should also be able to lead the identification, prioritization, and procurement in appropriate cybersecurity technology solutions.

There will be additional positions for specialists to be deployed on the program in both short-term and long-term and long-term capacities. It is expected some of these specialists will be based in Pristina, while others may travel for short assignments in-country.

Who we are looking for

Qualifications and Expectations Sought for Objective Leads:

• Advanced degree in business, cybersecurity, business administration, or another relevant field.
• At least 8 years of senior level experience working projects related to cybersecurity resilience, capacity building, technology procurement, or other field related to this program’s objectives.
• Demonstrated success in breaking down development challenges, creating and implementing solutions, and achieving measurable results in development projects.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple components simultaneously, work with international personnel, and integrate with partner government and other donors.
• Proven ability to mentor, motivate, and lead team members.
• Excellent communication, writing, and interpersonal skills.
• Experience working in Kosovo and/or the Western Balkans preferred.
• Experience working with USAID or other international donor preferred.
• Fluency (spoken and written) in English with strong oral and written presentation skills.

Application Submission Instructions:

Interested persons should please submit a CV with references as a Word document. Please send full application package to Alex Brillman at abrillman@deloitte.com with the subject line “Objective Lead - USAID Kosovo Critical Infrastructure Resilience.”

Note that Deloitte will review applications on a rolling basis and will not accept them after December 31, 2023.

About the Organization

Deloitte is a globally recognized professional services organization with a business practice devoted to promoting economic development and poverty reduction in emerging markets. For more than 25 years, Deloitte’s Emerging Markets practice has worked with governments, donor agencies, NGOs, and private firms in over 60 countries to build the institutions, legal framework, and policies required for effective public and private sector growth. Deloitte’s global network of more than 345,000 professionals brings innovation, digital tools and assets, consulting methods, and private and social sector financing to maximize the impact, integrity, and sustainability of development programs.

As used in this posting, "Deloitte" means Deloitte Consulting LLP, a subsidiary of Deloitte LLP. Please see www.deloitte.com/us/about for a detailed description of the legal structure of Deloitte LLP and its subsidiaries.

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