Chief of Party for Anticipated USAID Kenya Empowered Youth Project at Chemonics International

Chemonics seeks a Chief of Party for the anticipated USAID-funded Kenya Empowered Youth Pproject.

This activity seeks to support evidence-based and evidence-producing county level models that empower youth and connect them directly to social and economic opportunities to improve their livelihoods and well-being.

Responsibilities:

The Chief of Party will provide overall leadership, management, and general technical direction of the activity.

Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Effectively lead and build coalitions among diverse stakeholders and partners through innovative, sustainable and tailored initiatives
• Coordinate and communicate a common vision in line with the activity objectives
• Provide overall administrative leadership for the activity and serve as the primary driver on strategic, managerial, and technical matters
• Serve as the key liaison between USAID/Kenya and all other counterparts and implementing partners involved in the activity including senior government officials, private sector leaders, domestic and international stakeholders and other parties
• Ensure coherence, consistency, quality, and timely delivery of contract deliverables and results; lead annual work planning process and supervise workplan implementation, and manage progress towards stated objectives
• Oversee monitoring and evaluation, report on targets and achievements, and ensure that interventions accurately and professionally reflect activity objectives
• Identify and report on issues and risks related to implementation in a timely manner

Qualifications

• Minimum of ten (10) years of professional experience working on international youth workforce development, financial inclusion, entrepreneurship and/or positive youth development related projects
• Demonstrated knowledge of best practices in youth services, financial inclusion, workforce development, livelihoods, and/or private sector development
• Regional experience in Kenya preferred
• Experience addressing gender issues related to expected outcomes as well as experience developing programming that enables the inclusion of girls and women in youth economic engagement
• Demonstrated experience working at the community level assessing challenges, creating and implementing solutions, and achieving measurable results in development projects
• Advanced degree or equivalent experience in youth workforce financial inclusion, entrepreneurship. social science or related field
• Prior experience on USAID-or donor -funded projects is strongly preferred