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GRM International is seeking a Chief of Party for an anticipated USAID funded Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC) with the Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI). The program will help local partners advance peace and democracy in priority countries in transition. The Chief of Party (COP) will have overall strategic, programmatic, financial, and management responsibility for the project.  The COP will be the primary liaison with the client as well as with other donors, partners, and stakeholders, including national governments.

Qualities

• Willingness to have close, daily collaboration with USAID/OTI’s in-country staff.
• Have strong management and leadership skills, including ability to mentor staff.
• Be a “hands on” manager who is actively engaged in all aspects of program management.
• Understand USAID/OTI’s need for direct program communication with all program staff.
• Flexible/adaptive

Qualifications

• Relevant work experience, including experience with a Contractor or international NGO managing an office or program.
• 7-10 years development experience as a Team Leader or Chief of Party role at least once
• Experience supervising complex, high-speed and challenging field operations in developing countries.
• Experience with grants management, preferably in-kind and small grants, preferred.
• Experience working in developing countries is required, preferably in a fragile or transitional state environment.
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge in establishing systems and overseeing program start-up under limited time constraints as well as program close-out.
• Experience in hiring and supervising host country local personnel and ensuring, when need arises, that they secure necessary training required to meet program needs.
• Financial management experience, including budgeting; financial management (tracking, reporting and accounting); and procurement.
• Experience with activity design, development, and implementation.
• Must have demonstrated experience in effectively managing client relationships. 
• Experience working in high-stress dynamic environments.

Responsibilities

• Making key decisions and solving problems in short time frames while ensuring operational and program integrity. Overall program direction is provided by USAID/OTI through the Task Order Contracting Representative (TOCOR) and the Country Representative (CR).
• Responsible for management, oversight, and reporting of Contractor progress and quality performance in meeting the activity undertakings in this program.
• The Contractor’s designated person for overall management of the in-country relationship with USAID/OTI.
• In close coordination with the CR, responsible for providing oversight of grant activities, including supervision of the program staff, ensuring appropriate grant design, ensuring that all activities are monitored and evaluated
• Ultimately responsible for ensuring that the relevant staff use, maintain, and upload weekly the OTI Activity Database, and that data is consistent and complete.

GRM International is seeking an Deputy Chief of Party for an anticipated USAID funded Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC) with the Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI). The program will help local partners advance peace and democracy in priority countries in transition. The Deputy Chief of Party ensures appropriate implementation of program strategy, that procedures are established and complied with for activity development, activity worthiness, activity implementation, management, monitoring, evaluation, and closing.

Qualifications

• At least 4 years of experience working on donor-funded projects in a related role and with some demonstrated supervisory experience.
• Strongly preferred that the candidate have experience with grants or small grants under contract programs.
• Prior work experience in security-challenged environments.
• Complete fluency in written and oral English is an essential qualification for the DCOP.
• Previous experience working in developing countries, preferably in a fragile or transitional state environment is desirable.
• Experience with activity design as well as development and management of development-type projects. S/he should be familiar with or have experience in political process and early recovery-type projects.
• The DCOP must have the capacity to understand and analyze national, regional, and local politics; to guide the program staff in creatively designing grants that relate to the current political environment; and to ensure that activities are appropriately implemented, monitored, evaluated, and closed-out.

Responsibilities

• The Deputy Chief of Party is responsible for Programmatic aspects of the OTI program in consultation with the COP and OTI.
• Supervising the regional field offices in activity development and the activity implementation staff.
• Ensuring appropriate implementation of program strategy, that procedures are established and complied with for activity development, activity worthiness, activity implementation, management, monitoring, evaluation, and closing.
• Serving as the COP and CR‘s primary point of contact for current information about activities. S/he will also ensure that the relevant staff use, maintain, and upload weekly the Activity Database, and that data is consistent and complete.

GRM International is seeking an Operations Manager for an anticipated USAID funded Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC) with the Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI). The program will help local partners advance peace and democracy in priority countries in transition. The Operations Manager is responsible for all operations including but not limited to administration, logistics, procurement, budgeting, financial, and property. The Operations Manager will ensure that program implementation is in accordance with USAID regulations and procedures and the specifications determined in the SOW.

Qualifications

• At least 7-10 years of experience working on donor-funded projects in a related role and with some demonstrated supervisory experience.
• Experience with grants or small grants under contract required.
• Prior work experience in security challenged environments.
• The candidate should be fluent in the Contractor‘s and USAID‘s policies and procedures in regards to financial management, financial reporting, procurement processes, systems, and grants management.
• Must be operations savvy.  Know how to design and implement an operations platform which must include financial management, financial reporting, procurement processes, systems, and grants management.
• Complete fluency in written and oral English is an essential qualification for the Operations Manager.

Responsibilities

• The Operations Manager is responsible for all operations including but not limited to administration, logistics, procurement, budgeting, financial, and property. The Operations Manager will ensure that program implementation is in accordance with USAID regulations and procedures and the specifications determined in the SOW.
• Monitoring grantee worthiness, ensuring that all procurement processes are perceived as transparent by beneficiary communities, assuring fair and transparent procurement processes, reviewing financial management, and monitoring grant implementation. S/he will assure that the most reasonable, fair, expeditious, and appropriate procurement choices were made pursuant to the Contractor‘s procurement processes and SWIFT IV Activity Manual.
• Supervising the Contractor‘s day-to-day field presence in the areas of operations (including the project's facilities such as office space, equipment and project vehicles), administration, logistics, procurement, budgeting and financial accounting.
• Acting as the Chief of Party when s/he is absent from the program.
• Supervising the daily financial operations of the contract, which include cash flow management, time sheet recording, reporting to USAID/OTI on the financial aspects of the project, and daily monitoring of obligations, budgets, and expenditures; S/he will also ensure continuous liquidity for the project.
• Handling all human resource issues; supervising the day-to-day implementation of all grants made under the program; and investigating and identifying new ways of achieving project efficiencies.

GRM International is seeking a Regional Program Manager for an anticipated USAID funded Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC) with the Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI). The program will help local partners advance peace and democracy in priority countries in transition. The Regional Program Managerprimary role, in conjunction with the COP and OTI, will manage a field office in terms of financial and administrative management, program development and implementation, as well as grant development and implementation.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate with the COP, who is responsible for coherence of program strategy and project development program-wide; he/she will supervise the program development officers and the activity implementation and support staff in his/her respective offices.
• Manage the development of overall regional program strategy with and review of grantee proposals by PDOs, including proposal submission and data entry.
• S/he will also oversee the identification of potential grantees and the development and implementation of small grant activities. Other responsibilities will include advising the COP on the evolution of the local political, legal, and economic situation and on how to continuously adapt the regional OTI program to ensure that it remains relevant and effective.
• Oversee the programmatic and implementation monitoring of each grant activity; the RPM will ensure that activities and reports are accurately captured and shared with the main office and USAID/OTI. S/he will also supervise enforcement of proper financial, procurement, and general operational protocols and reporting in the field office.
• Ensure that the field offices maintain compliance with USAID regulations in regards to auditing requirements, implementation, procurement, financial management and overall office management.
• Supervise and provide guidance to all staff located at the field office.

Qualifications

• Have a minimum of 6-8 years professional experience (including at least 1 to 3 years of supervisory experience) working in complex and challenging field operational contexts;
• Have prior experience demonstrating the skills required to fulfill the full range of responsibilities outlined above for the Regional Program Managers; it is highly desirable that the RPMs have prior work experience with the Contractor, sufficient to demonstrate fluency with the Contractor‘s management and operational systems;
• Have demonstrable prior working experience in donor programs; it is highly desirable that this include experience in conflict transition setting.
• Have demonstrable prior work experience in programs requiring community-level engagement;
• Be completely fluent in written and oral English.

GRM International is seeking an Operations Manager for an anticipated USAID funded Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC) with the Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI). The program will help local partners advance peace and democracy in priority countries in transition. The Start-Up Team Leader ensures the rapid start-up of program implementation and the smooth transition from the pre-deployment/start-up phase to full implementation.

Qualifications

• At least 2-4 years prior working experience in highly challenging developing country operational environments;
• Demonstrable experience with a contractor or international NGO managing a USAID-funded office or program;
• Demonstrable experience managing the in-country operational and programmatic start-up for USAID-funded programming; previous experience establishing in-country presence in less secure operating environments is highly preferred;
• Basic knowledge of safety and security needs for a program in conflict and transitional setting.
• Completely fluent in written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and/or supervise, in conjunction with and in support of the long-term key personnel, the start-up of all program operations including but not limited to administration, logistics, procurement, budgeting, financial, and property; and
• Ensure the rapid start-up of program implementation and the smooth transition from the pre-deployment/start-up phase to full implementation.