Deputy Chief of Party

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countries. We create local solutions to poverty and inequality and we seek
dignity for everyone every day and during times of crisis. These solutions
have a broad range, from disaster response to food and nutrition to education
and work for women and girls to healthy mothers and children. CARE puts women
and girls at the center of everything we do because when they have equal
access to resources, they lift their families and communities out of poverty.
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Work Location Malawi – Lilongwe Type of Post Unaccompanied

Other Possible Location Funding APPROVED

Expected Travel up to 40% Type of Contract

Language Requirement ENGLISH Application Deadline

Employee Duration Short Term Contract

Role Summary

The Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP) under the supervision of the Chief of Party,
will oversee the implementation of the USAID Bureau of Humanitarian
Assistance-funded Development Food Security Activity entitled Titukulane (Let
us work together for development). Titukulane is a $75M, five-year (2019 –
2024) program funded by the USAID Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance and led
by CARE together with partners Emmanuel International, International Food
Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), National Smallholder Farmers Association of
Malawi (NASFAM), Save the Children, and WaterAid. The project aims to support
implementation and ensure effectiveness of the Malawi National Resilience
Strategy (NRS), which is established to guide investments in agriculture,
reduce impacts and improve recovery from shocks, promote household resilience,
strengthen management of Malawi’s natural resources, and facilitate
coordination between government institutions, civil society organizations, and
development partners. The project directly targets up to 290,413 households
across Zomba and Mangochi Districts.

The DCOP will lead the development of high-quality and practical project
implementation plans that meet the technical expectations of the project
theory of change. S/he will lead and mentor a team of six 6 senior Project
Management Unit (PMU)-based staff covering various technical fields. The DCOP
will oversee implementation, identify and resolve challenges in coordination
with technical and operational leads, and promote ongoing quality improvements
throughout the life of the project. The DCOP will lead the development of
standard operating procedures and work across the implementation teams to
ensure project objectives and targets are met as per approved work plans. The
DCOP will spend significant time visiting field level Titukulane program
operations to assess both qualitative and quantitative performance, and work
actively with key personnel, technical leads and even field level staff to
address these issues and share learnings internally.

Core to the DCOP’s work will be the promotion of a data-driven, learning
culture that pursues on evidence-based actions to expand successful activities
and adjust or terminate initiatives that fail. Building the overall project
team’s capacity to work in these ways and communicating best practices to
relevant parties will be central to those efforts.

The DCOP will partner with the Chief of Party to guarantee quality,
efficiency, integrity, and learning throughout the project’s duration.
Specifically, s/he will be the overall lead on strategy development and
implementation and provide oversight and technical guidance to and resolve
challenges in implementation of the program’s theory of change, results
framework, monitoring and evaluation framework, and work plans.

Responsibilities

1\. Staff Supervision and Technical Management

Provide direct technical oversight and support to program activities under the
project’s key technical areas.
Assist program teams to develop and implement innovative approaches to
capacity building.
Support project staff to ensure high-quality activity implementation of
project activities.
Work closely with technical leads to ensure a cohesive and integrated approach
across all project activities.
Provide guidance and technical support to the Chief of Party on issues related
to the technical areas/functions and to ensure that all activities are
consistent with accepted best practices.
2\. Quality Project Implementation, Learning, Planning and Deliverables

Ensure technical interventions are integrated, layered and sequenced
appropriately at all levels of implementation within the program and with
other programs and actors, especially those implemented by USAID.
Oversee the coordinated planning (of activities and budgets) and
implementation of the project in line with innovative strategies, technical
standards, and CARE priorities and program principles.
Ensure that activity components are results-oriented, that deliverables are
high quality, and that reporting is relevant and timely. The DCOP must focus
on achieving results in all areas on schedule and ensuring synergies and
cohesion between the various result areas.
Coordinate monthly activity updates, technical, quarterly and annual progress
reporting and analyze lessons learned and emerging issues to inform program
improvements.
In collaboration with the COP, ensure the adequacy of planning, monitoring and
reporting to meet established programmatic and financial targets and time
frames.
3\. Project Resources Efficiency in Compliance with Donor Rules and
Regulations

Ensure efficient use of project resources, adherence to USAID/BHA and CARE
standards and compliance with USAID rules and regulations.
Monitor overall program budget burn rates (Budget versus Actual) and lead
meetings with Finance colleagues and project managers on at least a quarterly
basis;
Monitor financial performance of CARE implementing partners per plans and
commitments made to donors and government, recommending adjustments when
needed.
4\. Networking and Partnership Management

Participate in technical networks, meetings and select technical working
groups, as appropriate, to represent the project and ensure collaboration of
relevant technical work.
Build and manage strong working relationships with all the project’s
implementing partners and technical and resource partners to ensure the
implementation plan is applied consistently and with quality. Facilitate the
resolution of technical conflicts amongst partners and foster a healthy
partnership team.
Build and sustain close partnerships with key project stakeholders, including
Government of Malawi officials, USAID, and others to ensure programmatic
layering and sequencing and share lessons and approaches for maximizing
impact.
Represent the project and CARE at external project meetings and forums (global
forums, webinar).
Summary of deliverables

Support the CoP in preparing for the R&I culmination workshop, including the
development of necessary background material including summaries of key
studies, reports, and aggregation of project learning. Will be engaged in all
the preparation meetings with IDEAL/PSC during the culmination workshop
preparation along with the CoP and PMU team.
Ensure that all remaining refinement year studies are completed on-time and to
the required quality standards, in coordination with the Strategic Learning
Lead. Will ensure that all the deliverables meet the high quality standard
(reporting, findings, data analysis etc) and support the SLL along with the
CLA team at HQ in the development of learning materials.
Work with partners, the Grants and Operations Manager, and the COP to prepare
the PREP. Support the CoP in coordinating the development of deliverables as
per the PREP guidance and according to the Titukulane detailed workplan.
Monitor partner implementation progress and budget burn rates in coordination
with the Grants and Operation Manager and Food Security Technical Coordinator.
Make necessary recommendations to improve program quality and use of the
project’s Technical Advisory team.
Represent the CoP in her absence and report to the Country Director for any
tasks assigned to both position (CoP and DCoP) during the period of duties.
During this period, become the focal point person (on behalf of the CoP) for
Titukulane with BHA Mission, consortium partners, CARE USA. Attend all the
meetings on behalf of the CoP (steering committee, donor meetings, partners
meetings).
Qualifications and Experience.

Minimum 10 years of experience and a master’s degree in a related field or the
equivalent combination of education and experience. The experience should be
of recent and progressively more challenging experience working in food,
nutrition and/or livelihood security.
Substantial (5+ years) experience working in a senior technical or management
capacity on USAID-funded projects and knowledge of USAID rules and
regulations.
The ability to travel extensively to program locations within Malawi as well
as to other countries as required.
Advanced written and oral communication, presentation, and representational
skills.
Excellent computer skills in word processing, spreadsheets, database
management, and PowerPoint.
Experience with rural development, food and nutrition security programming,
livelihood resilience, market development, and/or natural resources
management.
Proven capacity in working with a diverse group of partners including USAID
staff, key Ministry officials, and local and national civil society
organizations.
Demonstrated leadership, creative problem-solving, and management skills.

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