Chief of Party II, Kenya

About the role

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is recruiting a Chief of Party II for anticipated USDA Non-Emergency Food for Peace projects in Kenya. These multi-year, development-focused projects aim to combat chronic and acute malnutrition, strengthen early recovery and resilience, and support communities. The Chief of Party II provides vision, leadership and overall management of large, complex projects, manages security risks and acts as the main point of contact with the donor and other stakeholders.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the development, implementation and consolidation of the project, ensuring timely, quality results within budget and planning for phase-out and sustainability.
• Serve as the primary contact with the donor and public, private and non-government stakeholders, and coordinate between program and operations leads.
• Lead senior programming and operations staff, coach and mentor them, and oversee staffing plans and recruitment of senior staff.
• Monitor national and regional issues affecting staff and programming, and keep safety and security policies current.
• Ensure compliance with donor grants, including financial tracking, partner budget oversight, and approval of expenditures and budget adjustments.
• Publish program results, present to international audiences, and oversee communication strategies and materials.
• Manage consortium partners, including review and planning workshops, and build internal capacity through training and technical assistance.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in international development, International Relations or a relevant technical area; Master's preferred.
• Minimum 8 years of relevant management and technical experience, including 7 years managing donor funds and 5 years managing staff.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex, high-value, multi-activity projects; established sector leader with peer-reviewed publications or conference presentations.
• Fluency in English; fluency in a local language is a plus.
• Willingness to travel up to 35%.

Required skills

• Excellent knowledge of MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio), web conferencing tools and information and budget management systems.
• Strategic, analytical and problem-solving skills, and strong relations and team leadership abilities.

What we offer

• For U.S.-based staff: medical, dental, life insurance, vision and a retirement savings plan.
• Salary and benefits for candidates working outside the U.S. depend on the country of employment.