Chief of Party, USAID Media Projects, East Africa

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide strategic and technical leadership to the program
• Serve as principal liaison with USAID, as well as with key government officials, other donors and implementers, private sector and civil society partners, program beneficiaries, and other stakeholders
• Develop and maintain effective partnerships with local, regional, and international organizations active in the media sector
• Oversee and monitor quality of organizational capacity development to local organizations
• Ensure program activities are implemented on schedule and within budget
• Supervise, manage, and mentor program staff and work in close coordination with IREX’s home office
• Oversee program budgeting, financial management, and compliance
• Oversee monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of program activities
• Represent IREX publicly and supports its organizational development
• Other duties, as assigned

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• 10 years of progressive international experience working in media sector strengthening and reform, journalism, civic engagement, or related fields; or a bachelor’s degree in a relevant field with at least 12 years or relevant experience also considered. Successful track record of at least five (5) years supervising, managing, and implementing USAID-funded programs and or other related donor-funded programming, with at least five (5) years of experience managing programs in East Africa
• Successful track record of supervising, designing, managing, and implementing complex donor-funded technical assistance programs (with strong preference for past USAID-funded media development project management experience)
• Ability to establish strong working relationships with senior government officials; media, civic, and private sector leaders; international donors; and other stakeholders
• Proven leadership qualities and excellent management skills
• Demonstrated ability to track and manage budgets and plan both strategically and creatively to meet project objectives
• Experience convening diverse stakeholders to address legal and regulatory media reforms and/or emerging technological issues affecting the media sector
• Experience working with private and public sector partners to leverage additional sources of funding to meet program objectives
• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Strong representational and organizational skills
• English language fluency is required, including the ability to provide written reporting in English