Pact is hiring a
Pact is an international nonprofit that works in nearly 40 countries building solutions for human development that are evidence-based, data-driven and owned by the communities we serve. Founded in 1971, Pact works with partners to build resilience, improve accountability, and strengthen knowledge and skills for sustainable social impact.
Programs - Pact strives for a world where all people are heard, capable, and vibrant. The Programs Team helps realize this objective by bridging program management, technical support, and business development, enabling Pact to achieve its global strategy. We ensure program excellence through continuous learning, monitoring and evaluation and provide organizational and industry-wide thought leadership by leveraging a complementary set of cross-functional, multi-disciplinary skills, expertise, and experiences. The Programs team: influences progressive change through the development and implementation of global and regional strategies and business plans; supports advancement of innovative solutions; pursues new business opportunities; and drives effective internal and external engagement to maximize Pact’s impact across the globe. Across all aspects of its role, the Programs Department adheres to and promotes a culture of inclusion, accountability, and respect.
Pact is seeking Chief of Party (COP) candidates for an upcoming USAID-funded Caribbean Resilient Economies and Sectors (RESET) Activity in the Eastern and Southern Caribbean Region*. This activity aims to reduce systemic constraints to climate and disaster finance and increase investments in resilience across priority sectors such as agriculture. The main objectives of this activity are: to increase the capacity of the public sector to develop, update and implement financial instruments for climate and disaster-related fiscal risk management and investment in key sectors for resilience, to improve the private sector investment in resilience and to establish and strengthen productive partnerships for resilience.
The position of COP requires outstanding leadership and coordination skills in order to ensure overall project management, meet anticipated outputs, in alignment with compliance and allocated budgets. In close collaboration with the DCOP, the COP will be the main focal point in all general, strategical and technical management of the program between program partners, stakeholders and local government. The COP will be responsible for leading all technical, financial, and administrative aspects of the project and will coordinate closely with USAID in developing, implementing, and revising the project’s overall strategy. The COP will provide comprehensive expert technical oversight and guidance in all aspects of the project, including monitoring and evaluation and reporting to USAID. The COP will be the primary liaison with USAID through USAID’s Contracting Officer’s Representative and serve as the program’s primary interface to key national, regional, and U.S. Government stakeholders in the Eastern and Southern Caribbean, and the broader donor community. This position is contingent upon award.
*Target countries include Bahamas, Barbados, St. Kitts and Nevis, Trinidad and Tobago, Dominica, Guyana, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Suriname.