JOB POSITION,Deputy Chief of Party – Tanzania Private Sector Strengthening Activity (PSSA) at Abt Associates

The DCOP and project team will be based in Dar es Salaam, and the position is contingent upon project award to Abt Associates.

Responsibilities include:

• Support the COP in overall technical management and oversight of the
  activity including supervision of technical leads. This includes
  working closely with the COP and technical leads to develop work plans
  and monitor activity timelines.
• Contribute to the design of innovative, integrated activities to
  strengthen private sector associations to 1) improve the enabling
  environment for young entrepreneurs and youth-led businesses operating
  in the agriculture sector, 2) facilitate youth access to financing,
  business development support services, and/or actionable
  data/information.
• Provide substantive involvement regarding development of technical
  management and oversight for the accomplishment of the objectives of the
  activity including the supervision of project technical leads.
• Support reporting, update, and implementation of the technical
  strategies, identifying technical assistance needs, and mobilizing
  required technical resources and staff.
• Responsible for harmonizing the objectives of the activity
  specifically ensuring effective complementary and efficient
  implementation.
• Lead the development and timely production of quality deliverables
  to USAID, such as quarterly and annual reports, work plans, budgets,
  technical reports, and publications. The DCOP will work with technical
  leads, MEL and finance to meet these deliverables according to work
  plans and timelines.
• Assume primary responsibility for managing the work and monitoring
  the performance of international and local subcontractors, working with
  regional and technical staff to ensure that all activities and outputs
  are technically sound and appropriate.

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in business administration, finance, economics, agribusiness, or related field.
• Minimum 10 years of relevant professional experience managing and
  implementing private-sector oriented projects with a focus on
  agriculture/agribusiness, entrepreneurship, and/or youth development.
• Minimum of 3 years of demonstrated experience in building, managing,
  and supervising a team including substantial experience managing
  development programs of similar size.
• Demonstrated experience building effective relationships with and
  capacity of private sector associations or organizations (such as
  producer, processor, and/or trade associations, input providers, and
  business service providers).
• Demonstrated experience working on projects with a strong youth
  engagement and/or gender, equity, and social inclusion component (GESI).
• Sub-Saharan Africa/East African work experience required; Tanzania experience preferred.
• Prior experience working with a USG activity of similar size and complexity, preferably for USAID, preferred
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Fluency in English required. Command of Kiswahili preferred.