Chief of Party

Report to: National Director
Contract Duration: 2+ Years
Preferred Office Location: Ha Noi
JOB PURPOSE
The Chief of Party has the ultimate responsibility for directing and establishing systems for the activity for achieving the performance results in the activity areas, and for determining the appropriate staffing pattern in support of its technical approach. S/He will serve as the principal institutional liaison to USAID. S/he will have an overall responsibility for coordination of all activities and staff of the anticipated Counter Trafficking in Persons (CTIP) program, with a projected award length of five years and estimated budget of $4M - $9.99M. The Chief of Party (CoP) shall have a keen understanding of the unique political dynamics and work proactively and collaboratively to support the various entities in Vietnam including the local government officials, local institutions, local communities, donor representatives and other stakeholders as appropriate. S/he will also provide strategic leadership and supervision of sub-grantees and sub-contractors while ensuring the security, feasibility, and sustainability of the program and contribution to children's protection and educational outcomes.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES
- Timeshare: 50%:
• Direct and oversee grant implementation, ensuring all objectives are met through
• Build capacity of key staff and partners through promotion of evidence-based promising practices and lessons learned.
• Supervise a team of senior level international and national staff with protection and counter trafficking technical skills.
• Lead grant operations staff including finance, M&E, and communications.
• Ensure proper technical capacity of staff to manage complex donor-funded projects.
• Lead grant staff and short-term consultants.
• Manage grant/project budget within approved spending levels and ensure project staff submit accurate and timely financial reports, forecasts, and burn rate analyses to donors and Support Office staff.
• Ensure grant/project expenses are reasonable, allocated as per assigned budget, prudent and spent in accordance with donor rules and regulations to ensure low risk audits.
- Timeshare: 40%:
• Establish clear and frequent communication regarding program progress and oversight management with the donor and World Vision US.
• Communicate, as soon as possible, with leadership and coworkers on any programme quality issue for it to be addressed collectively.
• Contribute to the preparation and writing of World Vision Vietnam's annual reports by providing all data and information related to the project. Oversee the M&E implementation framework of the project in alignment with WV's strategy, standards, guidelines, and processes.
• Undertake frequent field monitoring visits to ensure proper and accurate implementation of the project by staff and partners
• Develop or adapt and disseminate diagnostic, analysis and reporting tools that will help field staff to better document and share the impacts of the project.
• Develop innovative approaches to monitor the performance and effectiveness of the project.
• Consistently look for more effective and efficient implementation methods and opportunities to increase impact on project objectives.
• Liaise with local government officials, local institutions, local communities, donor representatives and other stakeholders as appropriate.
- Timeshare: 10%:
• Represent the project in relevant external stakeholder engagements with government, UN, and partner organizations. Ensure that technical staff, project manager/coordinators participate in meetings and activities of protection and counter trafficking working groups/ clusters in their respective regions and share reports on these meetings and activities.
• Provide regular technical support to project field staff through targeted training, tools, and resources to facilitate effective and quality implementation.
• Facilitate the introduction of innovative practices, methodologies, or approaches in the implementation of the project where / when possible.
• Actively contribute to promote collaboration and leveraging existing World Vietnam Vietnam and peer organizations' programming to maximize program impactEnsure that technical and high-quality standards in implementing the project
• Provide oversight to project learning, reflection, and evidence-dissemination with key staff and project partners/sub-grantees.