Proposed Chief of Party (COP) – Guinea-Bissau McGovern-Dole Food for Education Program

Place Abstract:
SFL is presently looking for a Chief of Celebration (COP) to supervise the anticipated 5-year, USDA-funded McGovern-Dole Meals for Training (FFE) and Youngster Vitamin Programin Guinea-Bissau. This program goals to enhance the training and vitamin insurance policies and practices of the Authorities of Guinea-Bissau by constructing native capability at school feeding and advising the Ministry of Public Training in its reformation effort of the training system. The venture will scale back starvation and enhance literacy and vitamin amongst major faculty college students by means of actions akin to faculty feeding, trainer coaching, and associated training and vitamin help. The venture might be designed to align carefully with the present targets of the Authorities of Guinea-Bissau.

The Chief of Celebration place requires oversight expertise in training and well being applications, a powerful command of venture and administrative administration, the demonstrated means to supply imaginative and prescient, technical management, and to successfully community and signify SFL with exterior governmental stakeholders, private-sector actors, goal communities within the areas, and representatives of the U.S. Embassy.

This place will function the first contact to the Headquarters Workplace. The COP will make sure that operational objectives and targets are achieved and reported by means of acceptable {and professional} means whereas sustaining the protection and integrity of the general mission. This entails shut oversight of venture funds and progress, establishing optimistic working relationships with donors and different stakeholders in every of the goal communities, offering oversight and moral management to every venture employees member. This place is contingent upon award from USDA. A minimal of 12 months’ dedication to stay and work in Guinea-Bissau is required.

Areas of Tasks:

Stakeholder Engagement

• Set up and preserve relationships with authorities entities and officers
• Work and coordinate with regional authorities officers to make sure collaboration with authorities actions
• Set up relationships with implementing companions and stakeholders
• Guarantee coordinated implementation of venture actions, and signify Shelter For Life at key conferences

Program Operations Administration

• Oversee all FFE venture actions in Guinea-Bissau
• Present supervision, help, and course to long- and short-term employees
• Oversee monetary and administrative facets of the venture, together with the funds
• Implement enforcement of US Authorities and SFL’s monetary and administrative guidelines and laws
• Handle sub-awards with worldwide and native service suppliers
• Monitor program indicators and analyze venture affect and challenges to adaptively handle the venture to fulfill or exceed outcomes
• Handle dangers of venture implementation and implement danger mitigation measures
• Lead common work plans and progress studies, and monitor the implementation of those plans Guarantee all deliverables are submitted to USDA are of top quality and on time
• Coordinate and talk actions with SFL’s Headquarters Workplace

Training and Expertise Necessities:

• Bachelor’s diploma in worldwide improvement, public coverage, training, or associated area, or
• skilled expertise in the identical areas (grasp’s diploma or greater most well-liked)
• 10 years demonstrated expertise in meals safety and vitamin, with a particular give attention to faculty feeding, formal training, literacy coaching.
• In-depth information of USDA McGovern-Dole Meals for Training approaches and laws;
• Prior expertise as Chief of Celebration, Deputy COP or senior venture supervisor for multi sectoral US Authorities funded tasks, choice might be given to candidates who’ve work expertise with USDA FFE tasks.
• Distinctive previous efficiency and skill to work together diplomatically with a variety of stakeholders (i.e., nationwide, provincial, personal sector, and NGOs)
• Demonstrated expertise in reporting venture progress because it pertains to donor tips
• Sturdy management and administrative abilities, administration in a cross-cultural setting
• Expertise on training polices, worldwide training, childhood vitamin is most well-liked
• Snug with presentation, and reporting, with communication abilities. Prior expertise in West Africa is preferable as is fluency in Portuguese.
• Skilled proficiency in Portuguese and English, oral and written.

Private Expertise & Skills:

• Dynamic management abilities with means to keep up a optimistic work setting with professionalism
• Sturdy teamwork and listening abilities mixed with wonderful interpersonal abilities and cross-cultural sensitivity
• Potential to analysis, analyze, coordinate, & plan – each strategically and innovatively
• Potential to rapidly assess complicated applications and conditions and type correct opinions
• Potential to reply virtually and function efficiently in tough area situations
• Willingness to undertake the usage of regionally acceptable applied sciences
• Potential to be versatile, persistent and diplomatic and to achieve respect amongst employees, local people leaders in addition to native authorities ministries and donor organizations

SFL is fascinated about candidates whose skilled ethics, values and willpower to realize affect are evident and aligned with organizational priorities.

About Shelter For Life:

Shelter For Life Worldwide (SFL) is a world faith-based reduction and improvement group with over 30 years’ expertise in offering sustainable improvement and humanitarian help to nations all over the world. The SFL headquarters is situated in Minnesota, USA. Our mission is to show God’s love by enabling folks affected by poverty, battle, and catastrophe to revive their lives and rebuild their communities. We try to be socially and environmentally sustainable by using cultural sensitivity, group participation, acceptable various applied sciences, and cost-effective methodologies to our applications, that are underpinned by human-centered design. Study extra at www.shelter.org.