• Represent CSSM interests during meetings with USAID Mission personnel, U.S. Embassy staff, or other USG colleagues. The incumbent may relay the interests of CSSM to external parties, including host-country government officials, international organizations, indigenous and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and international donors interested in CSSM activities, but will not serve in any representative capacity to external parties;
• Provide information and recommendations to the Regional Program Representative on the identification and development of projects that meet CSSM funding criteria, further CSSM programmatic objectives, and complement other projects and programs implemented by other U.S. government agencies and donor organizations;
• Provide support for the design and execution of programs that follow CSSM’s quick impact programming model in embassies or USAID Missions. Support to embassies and USAID Missions will include attendance and/or facilitation of program management processes for follow-on programming, including rolling assessments, strategy review sessions, program performance reviews and management reviews;
• Review proposals and grant concepts and work with diverse groups, many of which have not previously had international funding;
• Collaborate with the CSSM Regional Program Representative in monitoring the performance of CSSM’s implementing partners in the implementation of activities designed to achieve CSSM strategic objectives;
• Travel to monitor and assess political conditions, implementing partner operational platforms, meet with potential grantees, host-country government and other program counterparts, and develop activity ideas (the incumbent will not give any technical direction as a result of these monitoring visits);
• Mentor and train other CSSM and implementing partner field staff;
• Take the lead on collecting information and drafting/editing regular reporting products, such as weekly reports, cables and digest reports;
• Potentially serve as Acting CSSM Regional Program Representative in their absence;
• Perform a wide range of administrative functions including budget preparation, financial management, records management, and travel assistance to help ensure programmatic success;
• Communicate regularly and share program information with other USAID project managers, the US Embassy, bilateral donors, UN Organizations, International Organizations, and indigenous and international NGOs to ensure visibility and synergy of USAID/CSSM activities;
• Support the Regional Program Representative to ensure the use of CSSM systems and procedures to maintain effective and efficient management of funds, programming, and monitoring and evaluation;
• Report to the CSSM Regional Program Representative and USAID/West Africa on the status of: 1) grant development and implementation, 2) CSSM contractor performance, 3) Foreign Service National (FSN) staff support needs and morale, 4) communication and coordination issues among CSSM offices with other U.S. Government entities, 5) security concerns, 6) relations with local partners including local, state and national government representatives, and 7) other pertinent information required to achieve CSSM’s program objectives;
• Mentor staff as delegated by the Regional Program Representative. Explain how duties are to be performed to meet expectations, and communicate how the successful performance of those duties will be measured; evaluate staff performance; recognize good performance; communicate where performance needs to be improved; resolve complaints.

NOTE: The incumbent will not perform other inherently governmental functions or duties (e.g. will not serve as AOR/COR or supervise staff), but rather will advise, mentor, and facilitate as appropriate on the performance of inherently governmental functions on the part of the Mission.

Qualifications
Minimum Requirements:

• Five (5) years of project management experience with a U.S. Government foreign affairs agency, international assistance organization, or non-governmental organization, in community development, economic development, mediation/arbitration, conflict resolution, stabilization, peace building, democracy and governance, international law, human rights activities, and/or political analysis;
• One (1) year of overseas field experience.
• One (1) year of supervisory experience (including but not limited to mentoring, training, and guiding staff).
• Fluency in English is required and a working proficiency in French is strongly preferred.

Education:  At a minimum, the offeror must have:

• A Master’s Degree with five (5) years of work experience;
  OR
• A Bachelor’s Degree with seven (7) years of work experience.
  

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Technical Expertise: Demonstrated ability to provide high-level analysis and technically sound recommendations on complex crises issues, policy design or support, dynamic country contexts, and/or stabilization issues and technical expertise in conceptualizing strategies and designing and managing programs to address stabilization and/or other complex crisis issues.
• Teamwork: Proven track record of working effectively and collaboratively on diverse teams, as a team leader (if applicable) and as a team member and sound judgment and collegiality when working in environments with colleagues of diverse backgrounds, diverse opinions, and diverse roles and responsibilities.
• Communication: Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing with high- level officials with minimal editing or supervision, proven track record of quickly gathering, analyzing and synthesizing information for use by principals, and demonstrated productive and positive communication with colleagues and peers.