About the Job: Lutheran World Relief (LWR) seeks a Chief of Party (COP) to lead an anticipated five-year $15-20M USDA Food for Progress project in Bolivia. The project will seek to improve productivity of targeted Bolivian value chains and increase access to markets and trade between United States and Bolivia. The Chief of Party provides overall vision, technical, and administrative leadership and expertise for the program. The COP is responsible for management of all aspects of the program implementation in meeting the objectives of the initiative, including, but not limited to, technical, administrative, operational, and logistical management interventions. The COP will take a leadership role in coordination among the program team, consortium members, other implementing partners, public and private sector partners, and government stakeholders, and will liaise directly with USDA and other USG entities as appropriate. S/he is responsible for ensuring that programmatic implementation meets expected standards of technical quality in compliance with USDA requirements, including monitoring, evaluation, and learning. S/he also will ensure completion of reports, evaluations, analyses, assessments, and deliverables in compliance with USDA quality standards.
Actual hiring is contingent on successful Activity award and USDA approval; the anticipated start date will be around October 2026.
Duties
Leadership, Vision, and Strategy
* Has leadership, supervisory, and management responsibility for LWR program staff and consortium member program staff. Works closely with LWR headquarters and regional management and technical staff.
* Leads, plans, organizes, and supervises the program activities and sub-grantees.
* Ensures that activities conform to the terms and conditions of USDA Food for Progress agreement and meet the expected technical quality standards to ensure strategic objectives and program results are accomplished.
* Ensures appropriate LWR and project representation to national and state authorities in Bolivia, USDA and the U.S. Government, and other private and public stakeholders.
Program Management and Administration
* Provides overall supervision for the implementation and integration of all program activities and provides overall direction to daily implementation plans to ensure all program goals are met according to the approved project proposal, agreement, workplan, and implementation strategy.
* Develops, manages and maintains relationships with stakeholders (public and private).
* Responsible for adherence to LWR and donor requirements on management of program funds and other resources for the program.
* Works with project staff and headquarters on the preparation and timely submission of status reports, budget information, and supporting documentation to LWR and donor.
Technical Program Delivery and Quality
* Leads on the technical delivery through the use of project resources for consortium members, project staff and consultants. Works closely with Corus Technical Business Unit staff on technical approaches to apply/adopt best practices.
* Ensures that program activities are implemented, and monitors the achievement of results, ensuring compliance with project indicators.
* Oversees the MEL staff on design of MEL systems to track project performance and use learning from baseline, midterm and final evaluations in accordance with M&E requirements.
* Ensures that program activities and approaches adopt best practices in participant accountability.
* Ensures the technical delivery of quality training, technical assistance, grants under contract management, consultancies, and other administrative and financial support to partner governments and agencies,
* Ensures the selection, coordination and performance of sub-grantees and consultants to high standards, and addresses challenges as they arise.
Representation
* Serves as primary contact to USDA, the public and private sectors, and the Government of Bolivia at all levels, taking responsibility for addressing all matters related to the program.
* Acts as LWR's primary country representative, including with project partners, grantee recipients, consortium members, and local communities. Oversees communication strategies for the program in compliance with donor's branding and marking requirements, as well as LWR's internal procedures.
* Strengthens linkages with existing partners, and initiates and maintains linkages with potential partner agencies.
Human Resources Management
* With collaboration with HQ / regional Human Resources staff, takes the lead on quickly recruiting and hiring a team of skilled, competent, qualified, and innovative program staff, and maintaining a team throughout program implementation.
* Ensures staff compliance with USDA and LWR administrative and operational procedures, regulations, and policies, as well as applicable country national laws.
* Leads and manages LWR's project team across technical and operational areas to ensure efficient project implementation and the achievement of program objectives.
* Encourages a culture of learning, innovation, and creativity, and contributes to an environment conducive to professional development among program staff, aligning with Corus and LWR values.
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