Job Title: Senior Operations Manager
Employer: RTI International
Job ID: 14992
Location: Any RTI Office; West Africa; Southern Africa; Central Africa; Latin America/Caribbean Region
Full/Part Time: Full-Time
Regular/Temporary: Regular
RTI is currently seeking multiple Operation Manager candidates for an anticipated 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 Operations Manager is responsible for all operations including but not limited to administration, logistics, procurement, budgeting, financial, and property.
• The Operations Manager will ensure that program implementation is in accordance with USAID regulations and procedures and the specifications determined in the SOW.
• Monitoring grantee worthiness, ensuring that all procurement processes are perceived as transparent by beneficiary communities, assuring fair and transparent procurement processes, reviewing financial management, and monitoring grant implementation.
• S/he will assure that the most reasonable, fair, expeditious, and appropriate procurement choices were made pursuant to the Contractor's procurement processes and SWIFT IV Activity Manual.
• Supervising the Contractor's day-to-day field presence in the areas of operations (including the project's facilities such as office space, equipment and project vehicles), administration, logistics, procurement, budgeting and financial accounting.
• Acting as the Chief of Party when s/he is absent from the program.
• Supervising the daily financial operations of the contract, which include cash flow management, time sheet recording, reporting to USAID/OTI on the financial aspects of the project, and daily monitoring of obligations, budgets, and expenditures.
• S/he will also ensure continuous liquidity for the project.
• Handling all human resource issues; supervising the day-to-day implementation of all grants made under the program; and investigating and identifying new ways of achieving project efficiencies.
Qualifications:
• At least 3-5 years of experience working on donor-funded projects in a related role and with some demonstrated supervisory experience.
• Experience with grants or small grants under contract preferred.
• Prior work experience in security challenged environments.
• The candidate should be fluent in the Contractor's and USAID's policies and procedures in regards to financial management, financial reporting, procurement processes, systems, and grants management.
• 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 a foreign language, with an emphasis on Arabic, French, or Spanish is also strongly preferred.Complete fluency in written and oral English is an essential qualification. • A Master's degree and 9 years of professional experience or a Bachelor's degree with 12 years of professional experience is required.
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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