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Deputy Director
RTI International
Business
Business Management
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10 years
Position
2020-01-17
to
2020-01-22
Full Time
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Job Description
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.
- Minimum
of Master’s degree in business, monitoring and evaluation, financing, economics,
or a related field; - Minimum
of 10 years’ experience in management positions, with 5 years direct
international work experience in developing countries; - Strong
representational skills - Prior
experience managing administration / operations for large-scale USAID programs; - Demonstrated
knowledge, skills, and/or experiences in monitoring and evaluation, training
and capacity building, and other cross-cutting project services, such as environment,
gender, community engagement and communications. - Demonstrated
experience in office management; - Excellent
organizational and analytical skills; - Demonstrated
skills, abilities, and experiences to manage sub-contracts; - Demonstrated
skill, ability and experience in managing staff members in multiple locations
preferred; - Excellent
verbal and written English communications skills to be used in frequent,
written reports.
Skills
and abilities
- Ability to multi-task
- Ability to work well with others
- Ability to listen and communicate well
both verbally and in writing - Ability to work independently
- Attention to detail and accuracy
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