Job Title: Regional Program Manager
Employer: RTI International
Job ID: 14990
Location: Any RTI Office; West Africa; Southern Africa; Central Africa
Full/Part Time: Full-Time
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Job Description: RTI is currently seeking multiple Regional Program Manager candidates for an upcoming U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) funded Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC). The Support Which Implements Fast Transitions IV (SWIFT IV) IQC is designed to provide USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) with the means to support U.S. foreign policy objectives by helping local partners advance peace and democracy in priority countries undergoing political or post-conflict transitions. OTI's program team comprised of OTI and contractor personnel will work on the ground in countries undergoing a political or post-conflict transition to provide fast, flexible, short-term assistance targeted at key political transition and stabilization needs. Potential task orders under SWIFT IV include work throughout Latin America, the Caribbean, and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Responsibilities:
• The Regional Program Manager's (RPM) primary role, in conjunction with the COP and OTI, will manage a field office in terms of financial and administrative management, program development and implementation, as well as grant development and implementation.
• Coordinate with the COP, who is responsible for coherence of program strategy and project development program-wide; he/she will supervise the program development officers and the activity implementation and support staff in his/her respective offices.
• Manage the development of overall regional program strategy with and review of grantee proposals by PDOs, including proposal submission and data entry. S/he will also oversee the identification of potential grantees and the development and implementation of small grant activities. Other responsibilities will include advising the COP on the evolution of the local political, legal, and economic situation and on how to continuously adapt the regional OTI program to ensure that it remains relevant and effective.
• Oversee the programmatic and implementation monitoring of each grant activity; the RPM will ensure that activities and reports are accurately captured and shared with the main office and USAID/OTI. S/he will also supervise enforcement of proper financial, procurement, and general operational protocols and reporting in the field office.
• Ensure that the field offices maintain compliance with USAID regulations in regards to auditing requirements, implementation, procurement, financial management and overall office management.
• Supervise and provide guidance to all staff located at the field office.
Qualifications:
• Have a minimum of 2-4 years professional experience (including at least one to 2 years of supervisory experience) working in complex and challenging field operational contexts;
• Have prior experience demonstrating the skills required to fulfill the full range of responsibilities outlined above for the Regional Program Managers; it is highly desirable that the RPMs have prior work experience with the Contractor, sufficient to demonstrate fluency with the Contractor's • management and operational systems;
• Have demonstrable prior working experience in donor programs; it is highly desirable that this include experience transition programming;
• Have demonstrable prior work experience in programs requiring community-level engagement;
• Have regional experience and expertise in Latin America and the Caribbean or Africa, particularly in areas of post-conflict with political transition and stabilization needs;
• Fluency or professional working knowledge of Arabic, French, or Spanish, strongly preferred.
• A Master's degree and 6 years of professional experience or a Bachelor's degree with 10 years of professional experience is required; and
• Be completely fluent in written and oral English.
About RTI:
RTI International is one of the world's leading research institutes, dedicated to improving the human condition by turning knowledge into practice. Our staff of more than 3,700 provides research and technical services to governments and businesses in more than 75 countries in the areas of health and pharmaceuticals, education and training, surveys and statistics, advanced technology, international development, economic and social policy, energy and the environment, and laboratory testing and chemical analysis.
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