- Supervise day-to-day operational field presence, including office space, equipment, vehicles, and facilities; and administration, logistics, personnel, procurement, budgeting, financial accounting, and property management
- Manage the field office in Tripoli with the chief of party, and provide operational and compliance oversight of the Benghazi field office (managed by a regional program manager)
- Provide procurement compliance oversight for operations and the grants management units
- Supervise finance and administrative staff, handling human resource issues to ensure that program staff are properly vetted and screened before hiring, and are appropriately trained
- Make financial projections
- Monitor grant disbursements, cash flow for activities, and estimates for pipelines and forecasts
- Ensure that procurement choices are reasonable, fair, expeditious, appropriate, and in accordance with USAID and internal regulations
- Supervise daily financial operations, including cash flow management, time sheet recording, and reporting to USAID/OTI on financial aspects of the program
- Monitor obligations, budgets, and expenditures
- Oversee all local recruitment
- Provide oversight and guidance to the local operations coordinator and fleet and facilities manager
- Provide new staff with project orientation
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field required
- Minimum three years of relevant work experience, including experience managing an office or program for a contractor or international NGO managing an office or program
- Compliance and grants experience highly preferred
- Supervisory experience; experience managing and building local staff capacity a plus
- Experience working rapidly in complex environments
- Experience with USAID/OTI policies, procedures, and systems preferable
- Ability and willingness to travel within Libya required
- Experience working in the Middle East or North Africa is preferred
- Experience in post-conflict/conflict/security environments preferred
- Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity
- Fluent English required; proficient Arabic preferred
Application Instructions:
Send your resume and cover letter in electronic submission to LTIRecruitment@chemonics.com by Wednesday, August 22, 2012. No telephone inquiries please. Finalists will be contacted.
In addition, please download and complete Chemonics’ equal employment opportunity self-identification form and submit it separately to EEOselfidentify@chemonics.com with only “LTI operations director” 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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