Relief International is seeking candidates for our proposal Talent Pool for upcoming USAID projects.
About Relief International:
Relief International (RI) partners with communities impacted by conflict, climate change, and disaster to save lives, build greater resilience and promote long-term health and wellbeing. RI is currently active in 16 countries across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.
About the Opportunity:
Our aim is to build a Talent Pool of strong candidates for:
Chief of Party
Project Director
Technical Advisors (WASH, Health, Education, Food Security and Livelihoods)
Team Leader positions
This is in anticipation of future multi-year, multi-million-dollar USAID-funded development opportunities.
We are actively seeking to connect with professionals with exceptional organizational, strategic thinking, and representational skills, and are eager to hear from senior leaders with the following qualifications:
Extensive knowledge of USAID programming, approaches, and policy.
Demonstrable experience successfully leading the start-up, implementation, and/or closeout of large, complex USAID-funded initiatives, including management of international and local partner consortia and project design and delivery within fragile contexts.
Master’s degree or higher from an accredited college or university in fields including but not limited to education, economics, business, international development, organizational development, or proven commensurate experience.
Solution-oriented mindset and demonstrated capacity to understand and meet the needs of diverse stakeholders and partners.
Knowledge of designing, implementing, and/or managing projects focused on Health, Nutrition, Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH), Education, and/or Food Secuity and Economic Recovery and Development (Livelihoods).
Significant previous experience working in conflict or crises situations, preferably in the countries where Relief International operates.
Experience managing the work of staff and subcontractors both within and beyond your area of technical expertise, such as gender, inclusive development, climate, education, private sector engagement, conservation, energy, and land and resource governance.
Excellent oral and written communications skills, including professional fluency in written and spoken English (required). Professional fluency in other languages spoken in RI countries (Arabic, French, Dari, Pashto, Urdu) strongly preferred.
We are especially keen to hear from candidates with prior USAID experience as a Chief of Party and/or Deputy Chief of Party who can effectively spearhead RI’s programs and drive strategic direction for country missions.
All roles will be based in host countries, depending on the location of the funding opportunity. This includes Afghanistan, Chad, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Yemen, and Occupied Palestinian Territories (West Bank and Gaza).
All offers of employment are subject to donor funding and approval.
How will it work?
If you are successful, we will invite you for an initial HR interview to discuss your interest and availability for current and future (anticipated) opportunities. We will then conduct a technical interview with programmatic and/or operational colleagues, as relevant, and complete a background check. Upon successful completion of your clear background check, you will then be added to our Proposal Talent Pool database. We will reach out to you about specific opportunities and discuss if your profile is part of the bid.
At Relief International, we are committed to building a representative, inclusive and authentic workplace. We strongly encourage applications from candidates from underrepresented backgrounds and those who bring lived experience of the contexts in which we work.
The salary and the terms and conditions will be dependent on the position location, and the proposal submitted.
Research shows that individuals from minority groups are less likely to apply to jobs, unless they meet every single requirement. If you’re excited about this opportunity, but your experience doesn’t align with every criterion described, we encourage you to apply anyway - you could be exactly what we need!
These positions require standard pre-employment checks; all final offers are subject to donor funding and approval.
How to join our USAID Talent Pool:
To apply for this post, click on the “Apply” button in the job advert page. You will be asked to upload a CV and cover letter.
The cover letter should be no more than one page and clearly articulate your interest in Relief International, as well as how your skills and experience make you a good fit for specific position(s). Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
As a humanitarian organization, Relief International is committed to the safeguarding of all those we come into contact with through our work. We are committed to the core humanitarian principles regarding prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse. Relief International expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and uphold the values and behaviors outlined in the Code of Conduct.
Recruitment to all roles in Relief International include a criminal records self-declaration, references, and other pre-employment checks, which may include police and qualifications checks.
Relief International is an international non-profit organization that partners with communities impacted by conflict, climate change and disaster to save lives, build greater resilience and promote long-term health and wellbeing.
People living in fragile settings face complex, interconnected and deep-rooted crises that often tear a hole in the social fabric of communities. When this happens, our teams work closely with community leaders; first focusing on critical health needs, and then, as communities recover, focusing on both health and wellbeing programming that helps reweave the social fabric for greater resilience in the future.
Our team of more than 7,000 staff and local volunteers work in 15 countries across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, providing Health and Nutrition, WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene), Education and Livelihoods programming that is safe, truly local, conflict sensitive, climate smart, evidence based, and reaches those in need.
Relief International is a 60-year-old international NGO alliance that is the product of mergers and alliances between four organizations. Today, Relief International is comprised of Relief International, Inc., Relief International-France, Relief International-UK and Relief International-Europe, all of which are led by a single senior leadership team.
