Chief of Party

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of professional work experience in humanitarian work, some specifically in displacement settings.

• Proven success and experience in managing consortia, with a strong preference for ECHO-funded programs.

• Demonstrated expertise in representation, networking, and engaging with multiple stakeholders.

• Motivated, detail-oriented, and accustomed to working in challenging environments.

Management & Leadership

• Ensure high-quality technical program monitoring through hands-on guidance and support grounded in the program’s strategic objectives and adherence to donor requirements. Overall responsible for programme and budget monitoring.

• Directly supervise CMU project staff in line with DRC HR policies and input from the consortium members.

• Chair the project steering committee, ensuring key information on the project is available to senior members of the consortium and decisions are taken to support the effectiveness of the consortium.

• Document and disseminate key steering committee decisions, roll-out the decisions and follow-up as required.

Compliance & Support

• Manage a Finance and Admin Coordinator to provide supervision and monitoring of the programme support aspects of the consortium including administration, finance, logistics, and human resources.

• Provide oversight to consortium partners on contract inception, implementation, and closeout activities as well as maintain a knowledge base of different processes and requirements for fund and project management.

• Provide support to the Finance and Admin Coordinator, to verify all financial reports and expenditure, lead and coordinate the auditing process, maintain knowledge of all donor requirements and be able to provide advice to partners in finance, procurement, human resource, and visibility requirements.

Program Implementation & Strategy

• In coordination with the Steering Committee and Technical Working Groups, develop the consortium intervention strategy.

• Facilitate and ensure the effectiveness of different governance structures, including the Steering Committee, Country Level Technical Groups, Advocacy Groups, Advisory Groups and other ad-hoc working groups deemed necessary.

• Oversee planning, program design and delivery of consortium objectives, and budgets.

Representation & Advocacy

• Organize the Consortium Advocacy Working Group (AWG) or other relevant set-up aiming at elaborating and piloting the advocacy objectives and activities.

• Serve as primary project representative to donors and other local and international stakeholders, responsible for addressing all project matters.

• In coordination with country level AWGs and relevant partner focal points, develop and maintain positive relations with relevant ministries and other government counterparts, donors, local organizations and program partners.