Deputy Chief of Party/ Deputy Project Director

GENERAL SUMMARY OR BACKGROUND
The Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP) will support the Chief of Party (COP) in managing all technical aspects to successfully implement VnAAPP project activities in Vietnam. The DCOP will provide technical and managerial leadership and will focus on building partnerships with key stakeholders, while managing the relationships with consortium partners. In the absence of the COP, the DCOP will assume full responsibility of the Project. The DCOP will collaboratively create and implement strategic, long-term programmatic vision and support the COP in overseeing the Project work planning and performance management. The DCOP will directly oversee the field team for provincial engagement, location TBD.
*** Principal Duties and Responsibilities
▪ Support the COP in providing leadership of the Project's management and technical implementation and ensures successful achievement of results as defined in the award.
▪ Serve as an on-the-ground broker, supporting linkages between public and private sector actors. Build partnerships with key stakeholders, including local implementing partners, government/ministry officials, and USAID.
▪ Oversee rollout of community engagement initiatives aimed at fostering relationships under EPR schemes and community engagement for fostering locally led ISWM systems.
▪ Manage the technical oversight of the four consortium partners, providing cohesive linkages for collective results and ensuring coordination and synergies across objectives. Provide technical input on grants.
▪ Promote knowledge sharing of best practices between USAID, consortium partners, and EPR actors.
▪ Support the COP in annual work planning and performance management. Build and maintain a technical bridge between project technical staff that design strategy and achieve activity-wide goals and objectives.
▪ Review and comment on draft reports and deliverables prepared by technical team. Ensure lessons learned from project implementations are across objectives and included in quarterly reports, annual reports, and annual work plans.
▪ Work closely with the COP to ensure technical quality, schedule, and financial performance leading to success of the project.
Directly supervise sand manage performance of EPR specialist, Provincial Engagement Lead, Program Office, and the Ho Chi Minh City office.
▪ Support the identification, hiring, and performance management of staff needed for project implementation.
▪ Perform any other tasks assigned by the COP consistent with the Activity.
▪ Serve as the acting COP in the COP's absence.
▪ Perform all duties in accordance with Chemonics' standards of business conduct and Living Our Values.