Project Concern International (PCI) is recruiting for a Chief of Party (COP) to lead the Pastoral Areas Resilience Activity (PARA), an anticipated multi-million dollar, US Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded project in Ethiopia that will improve resilience to enhance food security and inclusive economic growth. This multifaceted activity is expected to be a major component in USAID’s contribution to improving Ethiopia’s ability to withstand major shocks in the pastoral regions, a critical element on the journey to self-reliance. PARA’s core activities will target 250,000 households (approximately 1.5 million people) in 30 or more selected districts (woredas) of Oromia, Somali, Afar and potentially South Omo. Specifically, the project will tackle the root causes of vulnerability for lowlands households to improve their capacity to withstand and recover from climate and conflict related shocks and stresses. These include weak disaster risk management capacity at different levels, limited livelihood diversification options, poor livestock and crop productivity and market linkages and low levels of nutrition. Implementation will focus on systems change, with a strong learning component to ensure interventions are adapted per the latest analysis and research. PARA will be one piece to the larger puzzle of building the resilience of Ethiopia’s pastoral populations, and partnerships with other implementers, donors, the GoE and the private sector will be essential to reach the scale needed for real systems change.
The COP is responsible for the overall implementation of the project, and s/he provides technical and administrative supervision to the project. The COP will oversee coordination with key stakeholders (including the GOM, civil society, the private sector, and others) and lead preparation and oversight of sub-agreements with partner organizations. Additionally, the COP will be responsible for communications with USAID, for publicly representing the project, and for liaising with the Government of Ethiopia (GOE) and other institutions/stakeholders on issues related to food security, inclusive economic growth, nutrition, and resilience in Ethiopia, particularly in USAID’s tentative priority woredas for its upcoming Lowlands Resilience Project, in which PARA will be an important activity.
The COP will also serve as PCI’s Country Representative in Ethiopia. This is a full-time position contingent on funding. The anticipated start date will be October 1, 2019.
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About PCI:
Founded in 1961, PCI is an international non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing health, ending hunger, overcoming hardship, and advance women and girls around the world. In 2018, PCI served more than 12 million people in 15 countries across Asia, Africa, and the Americas. During the past 50 years, the organization has served millions more in 14 additional countries. PCI has five decades of experience and demonstrated impact in long-term development and community health, and 40 years of experience managing large-scale US Government (USG) grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements. It manages a portfolio of integrated programming that includes significant projects addressing reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health; food, nutrition, and livelihood security; HIV/AIDS; other diseases; water, sanitation, and hygiene; and humanitarian assistance/disaster risk reduction programs.
Job LocationAddis Ababa, EthiopiaPosition TypeFull-Time/Regular
Tagged as: Chief of party, Ethiopia, PCI
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