Chief of Party

4 weeks ago

Pretoria, South Africa RTI International Full time

Overview
**Research Triangle Institute (RTI)** has over 30 years’ experience assisting governments, communities, and the private sector. As a not-for-profit, independent research institute based in North Carolina, USA, RTI has roughly 6,000 employees with global experience implementing international development projects. RTI's Sustainable Growth & Resilience (SG&R) technical unit within the International Development Group brings together RTI experts and capabilities across food security, agriculture, energy, environment, water, governance, and economic opportunity. SG&R will leverage RTI's experience designing and delivering multisectoral programming and technical solutions to respond to climate change, build resilience, and promote economic growth around the world.

**SG&R’s Global **Agriculture, Water, and Environment division** **is working to mitigate and address the impacts of climate change and build resilience in impacted communities through policy and governance support, capacity building for local actors, and support for responding to natural and human-caused disasters.

Project Description

The five-year USAID Resilient Cities Limpopo Activity will increase access to safely managed and reliable critical services for urban residents in the Limpopo River Basin. The activity will achieve this through facilitating improved access to safely managed drinking water and sanitation services, increased solid waste recovery and recycling to promote circularity, improved municipal financial management for climate-resilient service delivery, and increased urban resilience capacity against climate change.

Position Description

RTI is seeking a **Chief of Party (COP)** **for** **the **Resilient Cities Limpopo** Activity**. The COP will be responsible for overall management, strategic direction, and leadership of the activity. The COP is anticipated to be based in Pretoria, South Africa.
- Position is contingent upon award and funding._

**Responsibilities**:

- Lead and manage the activity, providing strategic direction and technical guidance to all project staff.
- Oversee technical design and implementation of activities to achieve results and impact.
- Ensures all project deliverables exceed expectations and managed within budget.
- Strengthen the capacity of national and subnational institutions to deliver critical services.
- Serve as the primary liaison with USAID/South Africa and the Governments of South Africa, Botswana, and Mozambique to ensure exceptional quality and timeliness of activity deliverables within budget.
- Ensure coordination and collaboration with other USAID-funded activities as well as other relevant actors and stakeholders to ensure complementarity and avoid duplication of efforts.
- Ensure that cross-cutting issues such as gender, youth, social inclusion, resilience, and climate-sensitive approaches are effectively integrated into the Activity.
- Responsible for ensuring all staff receive adequate security and operational support and that Standard Operating Procedures are implemented.
- Responsible for developing and implementing practices to ensure a high level of staff morale and retention.

**Qualifications**:

- Bachelor's Degree and 15 years of experience, Master's degree and 12 years of experience, PhD and 8 years of experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Minimum 10 years of progressive management experience working in one or more technical disciplines: drinking water and sanitation services, solid waste management, and/or municipal financial management or other relevant technical area.
- Previous experience managing USAID or other donor funded projects of similar size preferred.
- Demonstrated experience managing technically, operationally and geographically diverse teams.
- Substantive experience working with counterparts at various levels of government, private sector leaders, and other stakeholders in providing multi-faceted support for civil society engagement, capacity, and participation.
- Proven ability to work under pressure, and with multiple concurrent demands.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Fluency in English required.
- Citizens of South Africa, Botswana, and Mozambique are encouraged to apply.

EEO & Pay Equity Statements

For San Francisco, CA USA Job Postings Only: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Further information is available here.

The anticipated pay range for this role is listed below. Our pay ranges represent national averages and may vary by location as a geographic differential may be applied to some locations within the United States.

RTI considers multiple factors when making an offer including, for example: established salary range, internal budget, business needs, and education and years of work experience possessed by the applicant. Further, salary is merely one element to our offer.

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