Chief of Party - Food for Peace

About the role

World Vision Mozambique is looking for a Chief of Party (CoP) to lead the Food for Peace (FFP) program. The position is contingent on funding and donor approval, is based in Maputo with about 25% of the time spent in targeted regions of Mozambique, and reports to the National Director. The CoP manages, implements and represents the program, builds relationships with the host government, donors, partners and local organisations, and integrates gender, youth and social inclusion principles into food security work.

Key responsibilities

• Direct and oversee grant implementation, ensuring strategic objectives are met through proper design, staffing, implementation and quality assurance.
• Build and maintain relationships with host governments, donors, other donor-funded projects, local organisations and partners.
• Support consortium members through purpose leads and resolve bottlenecks through technical working groups, donor/government coordination meetings and meetings with project managers.
• Design and facilitate project learning events with partners and document lessons learned.
• Supervise a team of senior international and national staff and lead grant staff and short-term consultants.
• Establish project reporting, evaluation and communication systems and submit timely, accurate reports meeting donor requirements.
• Manage the grant/project budget within approved limits, keep financial reports accurate and timely, and ensure expenses comply with donor rules and regulations.
• Escalate grant management issues early and resolve them fully.

Required profile

• Master's degree in international development, non-profit management, agriculture, natural resource management, economics, agribusiness or a related field, or international equivalent.
• At least 15 years of progressively increasing management responsibility in complex, multi-sectoral international projects; 5 years in fragile or post-conflict states such as Mozambique preferred.
• Proven leadership of a project on resilience, agriculture, natural resource management or agribusiness, preferably in Southern Africa.
• Demonstrated experience managing large Title II grants with USG food commodities (RFSA, DFSA, DFAP) and, preferably, market strengthening grants such as Feed the Future and Food for Progress.
• At least two years of senior-level experience on projects addressing social inclusion.
• Experience recruiting, developing and managing large, diverse teams in remote contexts with multiple sub-awardees.
• Fluency in English; Portuguese preferred.

Required skills

• Excellent communication, management, interpersonal, mentoring and facilitation skills.
• Technical expertise in food security and livelihoods, and experience in adaptive management and learning techniques.
• Ability to travel to implementation sites, regional and global meetings, and to the World Vision Washington, DC office.