Senior Capacity Development Manager – IDEA
JOB DETAIL
This position is remote-based. Applicants from marginalized or underrepresented groups and those based in the Asia, Africa, Europe/Eurasia, Latin America and Caribbean, and Middle East/North Africa regions are highly encouraged to apply. *
FHI 360 is a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions. Our staff includes advisors in Health, Education, Nutrition, Environment, Economic Development, Civil Society, Gender, Youth, Research and Technology– creating a unique mix of capabilities to address today’s interrelated development challenges. FHI 360 serves more than 60 countries, all 50 U.S. states and all U.S. territories.
FHI 360 is recruiting a Senior Capacity Development Manager for the Inclusive Development and Equitable Assistance (IDEA) Leader with Associates. The purpose of this award is to respond to the needs and priorities of MUGVPs and communities of all diverse identities and experiences and build the capacity of organizations that serve MUGPVs to help them meet their goals.
This potential full-time position is eligible for remote work. The position is expected to begin after October 1, 2023. Employment is contingent upon successful award of the project to FHI 360, as well as USAID approval of the finalist.
Position Description:
The Senior Capacity Development Manager will lead activities that strengthen local organizations to advance the rights of MUGVPs by ensuring they are partners in design and implementation. They will design and use approaches, methodologies, and tools that will foster effective leadership, enhance management and administrative capabilities, build linkages with other institutions, build fundraising capabilities, and positions organizations to act as an advocacy voice. The Sr. Capacity Building Manager will work with IDEA partners and STTA to assess and improve partner CSOs’ effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, and sustainability through one-on-one mentoring, on-demand technical assistance (TA), learning-by-doing activities, group trainings, and relationship building with local collaborators. They will also propose innovative, results-driven recommendations to adapt civil society strengthening interventions and work closely with the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (ME&L) advisors to meet and exceed the project’s output, outcome, and impact indicators.
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Work with the Chief of Party and IDEA partners to identify organizations to partner with for capacity strengthening activities and design an inclusive process to assess organizational needs and development capacity strengthening plans that result in stronger, more effective organizations.
- Lead the development of IDEA’s inclusive capacity strengthening strategy to increase the organizational and technical capacity of MUGVPs.
- Lead the development, implementation, and monitoring of capacity strengthening activities in partnership with IDEA partners.
- Oversee the development of capacity strengthening plans in partnership with MUGVP organizations receiving assistance.
- Design, facilitate, and/or provide capacity strengthening services across a variety of domains including technical, operational, staff development, institutional governance, safety and security, communications, and monitoring, evaluation, and learning.
- Coordinate a team of capacity strengthening advisors across IDEA partners to facilitate assessments, develop capacity strengthening plans, and plan and deliver support services.
- Collaborate closely with other technical leads and runs the integration and coordination of technical contributions of other IDEA partners.
- Foster strong collaboration and coordination with the grants management team to integrate CD and subaward monitoring processes and to ensure that capacity strengthening is incorporated into subawards, as appropriate.
Qualifications:
- Masters’ degree in business administration, education, law, political science, public administration, or related field required.
- Minimum of 12years of experience in organizational capacity strengthening,ME&L, and gender and social inclusion for United States Government (USG) and/or other donor projectsrequired.
- At least 10 years of experience providing training, mentoring, and technical assistance to civil society organizations.
- Demonstrated ability to lead projects and consultants, and to set realistic priorities, and plan forthe successful implementation of activities required;
- Demonstrated ability to work well with others and to develop and maintain compatibility among project staff, subcontractors, consultants, and project partners.
- Demonstrated ability to design and adapt tools and document success stories and project learning for replication.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English required.
- Project Management (PM) Certification preferred
The expected hiring salary range for this role is listed below. FHI 360 pay ranges represent national averages that vary by geographic location. When defining an offer amount, FHI 360 factors in multiple considerations, including but not limited to: relevant years of experience and education possessed by the applicant, internal equity, business sector, and budget.
Base salary is only one component of our offer. FHI 360 contributes 12% of monthly base pay to a money purchase pension plan account. Additionally, all US based staff working full-time, which is calculated at 40 hours/week, receive 18 days of paid vacation per year, 12 sick days per year, and 11 holidays per year. Paid time off is reduced pro rata for employees working less than a full-time schedule.
* Hiring Salary Range: $68,000 – $197,000 (Please note that this salary range only pertains to US citizens and permanent residents living in the Unites States and is posted in compliance with U.S. law.)
This job posting summarizes the main duties of the job. It neither prescribes nor restricts the exact tasks that may be assigned to carry out these duties. This document should not be construed in any way to represent a contract of employment. Management reserves the right to review and revise this document at any time.
FHI 360 is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer whereby we do not engage in practices that discriminate against any person employed or seeking employment based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law.
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FHI 360 will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws.
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