Country: Afghanistan
Closing date: 04 Feb 2015
Chemonics seeks a director of human and institutional capacity development for the anticipated USAID-funded Promote Scholarship Activity in Kabul, Afghanistan. The project aims to increase women's equality and empowerment through expanded educational opportunities. It will implement a program to provide scholarships for Afghan women at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The scholarship program will increase Afghan women's access to higher education and enable acquisition of the professional skills needed to productively participate in Afghanistan's economy and governance at all levels of leadership and decision-making, resulting in more inclusive, effective, and sustainable social, political, and economic progress over time. We are looking for individuals who have a passion for making a difference in the lives of people around the world
Responsibilities include:
- Strengthen the technical, managerial, administrative, procurement, and financial systems of an Afghan project partner organization to facilitate a full transition of technical activities to the partner in the third year of the project
- Provide oversight and technical assistance to the partner organization in their execution of scholarship implementation activities
- Lead capacity-building activities that will enable the Afghan organization to independently implement and continue the scholarship project, and to qualify to receive and manage direct funding from USAID or other donors in the future.
Qualifications: - ?Degree in public administration, organizational management, or business administration
- Demonstrated experience in organizational capacity development, specifically with building the capacity of NGOs in Afghanistan
- Direct experience working with the government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Strong organizational and leadership skills
- Excellent reporting, writing, and presentation skills
- Demonstrated leadership, integrity, and versatility
- Fluency in written and spoken English; proficiency in Dari or Pashto preferred
How to apply:
Send electronic submissions to AfghanistanPSAHICD@chemonics.comby February 4, 2015. Please include "Director of Human and Institutional Capacity Development" in the subject line. No telephone inquiries, please. Finalists will be contacted.
In addition, please download and complete Chemonics’ equal employment opportunity self-identification formand submit it separately to EEOselfidentify@chemonics.comwith only "Director of Human and Institutional Capacity Development– PSA" in the subject line. If you prefer not to disclose your sex, race, or ethnicity, you may check “I do not wish to complete the information requested.” Thank you for completing the form and supporting our equal employment opportunity reporting requirements.
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