Position Summary

RTI
is recruiting for the East Africa Energy Program (EAEP) whose objective is to
improve performance of the power sector in Kenya, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Tanzania,
and up to six more countries. The
project headquarters is in Nairobi with additional offices in Addis Ababa
(Ethiopia), Kigali (Rwanda), and Dar es Salam (Tanzania). The project focuses
on electrical utility performance, increasing on-grid connections, increasing
regional integration through the East Africa Power Pool, and improving national
project planning and delivery. RTI’s work began in December 2018 and will
conclude December 2022.

The Deputy Director of the Project Management Unit (PMU) will support the
Director of the PMU in overseeing and managing all administrative, logistic,
and financial aspects of the program. This position will also support the
integration of cross-cutting services into the technical delivery of the
program. These services include monitoring and evaluation, training and capacity
building, gender, environment and community engagement. The role requires not only administrative,
logistics, finance, and operational skills but extremely strong management, representational,
diplomatic, and client skills. Technical experience implementing USAID programs
is highly desired. The position reports directly to the Senior Director of the
PMU in Nairobi.

This role will
be based in Nairobi, Kenya or Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Ethiopia is strongly
preferred: if based in Addis Ababa the Deputy Director of the PMU will also
take on office management responsibilities.

Responsibilities:

• Support
  the Senior Director in the PMU in the admin, finance, and support team covering
  finance, contracting, HR, procurement, office management, administration, accounting
  and communications.
• Likely
  direct oversight of one or more cross-cutting team functions (e.g. monitoring
  & evaluation, gender, community engagement, environment and
  training/capacity building).
• Ensure
  adherence to RTI and USAID administration policies and procedures.
• Support
  activity development with technical team members;
• Support
  subcontracting to local partners through SOW development and supporting the
  subcontracting process;
• Prepare, aggregate and analyze information for
  technical reports; liaise with the project’s technical writer;
• Support
  delivery of talking points for USAID mission counterparts related to technical
  work implemented at the country level
• Support
  client requests for communication in different channels and differing media;
  map stakeholders.
• Act
  as second-in-charge of the PMU, able to respond to multiple client requests
  while maintaining strong oversight of the unit.