Deputy Chief of Party

Deputy Chief of Party

Location: Kusunti, KC Tower, Lalitpur, Nepal
Time type: Full time
Job requisition id: R22191

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Employee Contract Type:
Local – Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)

Job Description:

The Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP) is responsible for the management of the anticipated USAID Community Justice focusing on improving equality of justice sector service delivery for women, youth, and marginalized groups in targeted Madhesh Pradesh communities. The project expects to strengthen local institutional capacity and Justice sector, coordinate to improve access to Justice, Justice delivery and oversight for women, youth and marginalised groups. The position will be responsible for supporting the Chief of Party (COP) on planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting. They will also be responsible to liaise with counterparts and partners at the technical level, provide opinion on the soundness and feasibility of new approaches, train staff on key concepts and improve their technical competencies, and manage an effective learning process to adjust as needed.

As per the business forecast for USAID Community Justice the estimated project fund is USD 4M – 9.99M

Please note that this position is contingent upon funding and donor approval.

Ensure Operational Effectiveness

• Provide strategic and operational oversight to the Community Justice project, ensuring mechanisms and tools are in place for effective/accountable implementation of program (end on time, on target, and within budget) and compliance to donor requirements and regulations, including with sub-grant partners
• Assist in developing a culture of excellence with regards to the planning and implementation of the program, including periodic and targeted reviews of challenges to ensure completion and optimum expenditure rates
• Ensure effective support mechanisms are in place to enable the program to identify, include, and benefit the target beneficiaries
• Facilitate the preparation of lessons learned and disseminate to all relevant stakeholders.
• Make continuous analysis of rapidly changing external context, ensuring that lessons of sound practices are well documented and disseminated
• Regularly visit project sites to monitor and ensure quality and timely completion of all activities as per objectives, to meet agreed upon results
• Ensure to foster a culture of trust and mutual respect with the aim of empowering staff
• Ensure proper coordination and communication with the implementing partner/s for effectiveness of the program and financial deliverables.

Foster Operational and Programmatic Planning and Implementation

• Develop and implement effective systems for strategic and adaptive management, ensuring operational plans are in place and the project team is able to make necessary adjustments to plans and budgets during implementation, in the interest of continuous improvement
• Ensure the project plans include clear strategies to strengthen the sustainability of outcomes and ensure progress towards sustainability is measured and reported
• Ensure program implementation is informed by technical standards and operational viability to meet program goals
• Cultivate an atmosphere of trust for the creation and delivery of high quality, effective, and accountable programming
• Collaborate with lead partner and implementing partner/s for effective planning and implementation.
• Work as head of the project for WVI-Nepal and thematic contact point to WVI-Nepal to guide and support lead and implementing partners in the technical aspects.

Foster Internal and External Engagement

• Support in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with government authorities, UN agencies, peer NGOs, Local NGOs, USAID and World Vision stakeholders and JuRI Nepal
• Promote information-sharing mechanism and internal stakeholder engagement to encourage cross-functional coordination amongst all functions and field operations and actively address issues that affect project success

Ensure Systems are in Place to Promote Audit Compliance and Good Stewardship

• Ensure all organizational policies, procedures, and compliance regulations are in place, understood, and followed
• Ensure awareness of donor and Support Office requirements, including the timely preparation and submission of quality narrative and financial reports
• Ensure that Partnership and National Office financial policies and guidelines are adhered to by all operations staff.
• Coordinate and monitor financial and budget execution for maximum operational efficiency and timely financial reporting and accountability
• Work closely with the Finance and support programme teams to develop, manage, and monitor project budgets, ensuring value for money and that project expenditure is within agreed budgets
• Champion the implementation of audit recommendations
• Spearhead risk planning and ensure control measures are in place and in use
• Ensure in identifying and resolving challenges which impact audit compliance and/or contribute to risk
• Cultivate an atmosphere of good stewardship, accountable ministry, and diligent compliance with internal and donor-imposed processes

People Management and Capacity Building

• Must promote high team morale, especially within highly stressful fragile contexts and environments
• Ensure quality staff are attracted, retained, and developed to effectively work
• Ensure there are clear and deliberate retention plans specific to individual staff members and succession plans in place
• Effectively line manage and coach the Team Managers, ensuring a shared vision, teamwork, effective communication, and active engagement in decision making and management approaches, as well as ensuring staff care measures are in place and followed
• Promote people management systems
• Champion performance management mechanisms, ensuring full participation and quality results to promote staff engagement and a culture of excellence
• Cultivate an atmosphere of staff empowerment and motivation leading to active participation in programme initiatives, led by example, and actively engage with all staff
• Coordinate and collaborate with lead partner and implementing partners for management and capacity building initiatives.

Safe and Secure Working Environment

• Ensure security and risk mitigation measures are in place and in use
• Ensure adherence to Core Security Requirements
• Ensure that staff have the necessary tools to complete the tasks as assigned to them, including, but not limited to, communications tools such as telephones, and internet access
• Lead the timely implementation of security recommendations
• Promote a culture of security awareness and risk reduction amongst staff

KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE

Required Professional Experience

• Master’s degree in human rights, law, gender studies and/or any other relevant subjects from recognized university with particular focus on project management and program development.
• 5 to 7 years of experience in progressive management experience operating in the legal / justice field in Nepal
• Previous experience as DCOP or manager for other large-scale grant projects preferred
• Fluency in English is required.
• Demonstrated outstanding leadership, effective organizational development, partnership-building, managerial, team-building, and communications skills.
• Must be able to work with multiple deadlines and high demands

Required Education, training, license, registration and certification

• Master’s degree in Law, Human Rights, Gender Justice and International Development or related field
• Minimum of 5 to 7 years professional experience in a senior Managing complex/ multi sectoral projects
• 2-3-year experience in monitoring US Government grants
• Three years of field-based experience

Preferred Experience, Knowledge and Qualifications

• Preferred 10 years of professional experience in relevant field
• Contextual awareness of Nepal’s Community Justice and development sector
• Knowledge on the USAID (or similar) GESI framework and its application in Community Justice is an advantage.
• Familiarity with USAID programs, their history and their development; mastery of USAID regulations governing such programs
• Have experience working with minority groups
• Have knowledge of the various levels of (formal) justice from community levels up to national

Travel and/or Work Environment

Work environment: Office-based with some travel

Physical Requirements: Travel: Position requires ability and willingness to travel domestically up to 25% of the time.

Language Requirements

• English.
• Nepali
• Other local languages are preferable contextual to Madhesh Provinces

“World Vision is committed to achieving diversity, as the diversity of our teams is critical to our overall success. WV welcomes applications from qualified professionals all over Nepal. Women, people with disability, and members from other marginalized groups are strongly encouraged to apply.”

“Children and vulnerable adults who come into contact with WV as a result of our activities must be safeguarded to the maximum possible extent from deliberate or inadvertent actions and failings that place them at risk of abuse, sexual exploitation, injury, and any other harm. One of the ways that WVI Nepal shows this on-going commitment to safeguarding is to include rigorous background and reference checks in the selection process for all candidates, in accordance to its Child and Adult Safeguarding Policy. WVI Nepal has zero tolerance to child rights’ violations, by employees and/or affiliates.”

WVIN reserves all rights to qualify/disqualify applications in any case.

People & Culture Department

World Vision International Nepal

Applicant Types Accepted:
Local Applicants Only

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