For more than 36 years, Chemonics International, a U.S.-based international development consulting firm, has partnered with local and international organizations to promote social and economic change in Africa and around the world.

Our work began in West Africa in 1976 in Cameroon, where we improved rice production and in 1977 in Mali where we revived a drought-depleted livestock sector.

Since then, we have expanded our expertise to address a diverse range of challenges in education reform, conflict mitigation and management, decentralization, rule of law, anticorruption, private sector development, trade, agriculture, health, and nutrition.

Our experience extends across the African continent and in West Africa includes Ghana, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and Senegal.

Job Summary

Chemonics International, a U.S. based international development consulting firm, seeks chief of party candidates for the five year, USAID/ Ghana funded Feed the Future Agriculture Support Policy project designed to increase food security and improve nutrition and health. The project will be based in Accra, Ghana. We are looking for individuals who have a passion for making a difference in the lives of people around the world.

Responsibilities include:

•  Provide overall leadership, management, and general technical direction of the project, ensuring an integrated vision among different components and actors and a focus on achieving results
•  Identify issues and risks related to project implementation and adjust project accordingly
•  Foster and maintain collaborative relationships with USAID, government officials, partner organizations, and international development research agencies
•  Coordinate multiple partners with multiple interests and goals

Qualification Required & Experience

•  Master’s degree in Agricultural Economonics, Economics, Quantitative Social Science, or comparable field with ten years of progressively responsible experience in the area of agricultural or rural policy analysis, as well as demonstrated experience in rural economies, public-private partnerships and coalition building in a developing country setting.
•  Minimum of five years experience as chief of party on projects of similar complexity, with experience in managing teams of professionals and with the administrative, procurement, hiring, recruitment, financial and logistical aspects of project implementation.
•  Experience working with international development research agencies, government, and the private sector
•  Financial management experience, including budgeting; tracking, reporting and accounting; and procurement
•  Experience with activity design, development, and implementation
•  Demonstrated supervisory experience
•  Successful experience coordinating complimentary activities among a wide range of actors within the same development goal
•  Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to develop and communicate a common vision among diverse partners of multiple nationalities and cultures and the ability to lead multidisciplinary teams
•  Experience working in West Africa, Ghana preferred
•  Fluent English language capability

Location: Accra

How To Apply For The Job

Please send electronic submissions to Ghana.Policy.Recruit@gmail.com  Please include Chief of Party in the subject line. No telephone inquiries, please. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis, and only finalists will be contacted.

Closing Date: 26 March, 2013

Chemonics is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its selection and employment practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, or other non-merit factors.