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DAI works at the cutting edge of international development, combining technical excellence, professional project management, and exceptional customer service to solve our clients’ most complex problems. Since 1970, DAI has worked in 150 developing and transition countries, providing comprehensive development solutions in areas including crisis mitigation and stability operations, democratic governance and public sector management, agriculture and agribusiness, private sector development and financial services, economics and trade, HIV/AIDS, avian influenza control, water and natural resources management, and energy and climate change. Clients include international development agencies, international lending institutions, private corporations and philanthropies, and host-country governments.

DAI seeks candidates for Chief of Party for an anticipated five-year program which will provide technical assistance to USAID’s Resiliency in Northern Ghana (RING) Project. RING is an integrated project and partnership effort under USAID’s Feed the Future (FtF) Initiative designed to contribute to Government of Ghana (GoG) efforts to sustainably reduce poverty and improve the nutritional status of vulnerable populations. The goal of RING is improved livelihoods and nutritional status of households in Ghana. The contractor must support achievement of the above goals by addressing contributing factors to household vulnerability and food insecurity, through three RING project components:

• Component 1 relates to interventions at the household and community level, i.e., those addressing income variability and constrained household resources that limit consumption of diverse and quality foods, especially among women and children.

• Component 2 addresses inadequate nutrition- and hygiene- related practices.

• Component 3 addresses the need for improved local support networks (both governmental and nongovernmental) that often overlook the particular needs of vulnerable households within communities and fail to create an enabling environment for enhanced nutrition and livelihoods.

The Contractor must provide technical assistance to RING partners (District Assemblies and counterparts at community level) in planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating the activities and interventions for the results for each of the RING components.

The Chief of Party will be responsible for the overall leadership, management, and general technical direction of the Contract, ensuring an integrated vision among different components and actors, and a focus on achieving the results defined in the Contract. This individual must identify issues and risks related to RING implementation in a timely manner, and suggest appropriate adjustments. This individual must act as the key liaison with USAID/Ghana and all other counterparts, implementing partners and Government of Ghana officials involved with RING and the FtF program. The position requires significant coordination skills, broad general and technical knowledge, an ability to cope with multiple interests and challenges, experience in developing countries, and skills to ensure coherence and consistency in spite of urgent deadlines.

This position will be based in Tamale, Ghana.

** This position is contingent on award of USAID funding and USAID approval of candidates.

Qualifications Required:

• Master’s degree in international development, livestock, agriculture, economics, public health, or related field of study.

• A minimum of ten (10) years or more of progressively responsible international work experience implementing multisectoral development programs with demonstrated strong management and coordinating skills.

• A minimum of five (5) years of management experience, including direct supervision of professional and support staff and assembling teams working on multi-faceted, complex international development programs.

• Familiarity with and commitment to addressing gender equality is also required, as demonstrated by at least two years of senior-level experience working on projects that addressed gender-related constraints in either the agriculture or nutrition sector.

• Experience in Ghana and/or West Africa strongly preferred.