Organization Description:
EDC’s International Development Division (IDD) focuses on three major areas: literacy and basic education, youth livelihoods and workforce development, and the application of technologies. Within these three areas, programs support national school reform efforts, HIV/AIDS prevention and other health promotion, and communities and local governing bodies. Another key strand of EDC’s international work focuses on helping countries expand economic opportunity and build civic society.
EDC works with governments, agencies, and other partners in 35 countries to develop programs that are respectful of cultural traditions and beliefs. The international division comprises six regional centers coordinating EDC’s work in West and Central Africa, East and Southern Africa, North Africa and the Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and South and Southeast Asia.
At the moment, EDC is preparing for a project to strengthen comprehensive care and support for orphans and other vulnerable children (OVC) who are infected and affected by HIV, increasing their chances to grow up to be healthy, educated, and socially well-adjusted adults in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Deputy Chief of Party (DCoP)/Household Economic Strengthening Director will support the
Chief of Party in the day-to-day management of activity implementation and coordination, taking
charge of specific programmatic or geographic areas of operation, and acting in place of the Chief of Party when needed. The DCOP will provide technical leadership to ensure high-quality OVC programming that meaningfully and measurably improves the well-being of vulnerable children and their families. S/He will be based in Kinshasa. Required qualifications include:
Chief of Party in the day-to-day management of activity implementation and coordination, taking
charge of specific programmatic or geographic areas of operation, and acting in place of the Chief of Party when needed. The DCOP will provide technical leadership to ensure high-quality OVC programming that meaningfully and measurably improves the well-being of vulnerable children and their families. S/He will be based in Kinshasa. Required qualifications include:
- Master’s degree in child development, social work, social sciences or related field;
- At least 10 years of experience in the design, management, monitoring, and evaluation of comprehensive, community-based OVC programming, social services system strengthening, and
- household economic strengthening;
- Demonstrated leadership, strategic planning, and technical skills in programming for orphans and
- vulnerable children with a focus on improving children’s health, nutrition, education, protection,
- psychosocial well-being, and care as well as addressing household economic and food security;
- At least 7 years of demonstrated experience in household economic strengthening interventions;
- Three years of mid-to-senior level experience in developing, implementing, managing and evaluating programs for children infected or affected by HIV, with particular experience in child and youth development programs (e.g. OVC, Early Childhood Development, adolescent reproductive health, etc.).
HOW TO APPLY:
Interested applicants may send resumes to drcjobs@edc.org. Please list the position and region to which you’re applying in the subject line of the email. No phone calls please.
