Senior Capacity Strengthening Advisor

International Health and Development

Senior Capacity Strengthening Advisor

Job Description:

ICF is seeking a Senior Capacity Strengthening Advisor for an upcoming project for USAID’s Bureau for Resilience and Food Security. This 5-year project will support population-based surveys for monitoring in resilience and food security.  The Senior Capacity Strengthening Advisor will lead the design, management and assessment of the capacity component of the project with the objective to increase understanding and use of population-based data and data sets. 

ICF’s wider portfolio of food security and resilience activities include population-based household surveys and evaluations in Global Food Security Strategy target countries, resilience focus countries and BHA Development Food Security Activity countries. This is a full-time position based in Rockville, Maryland.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design, implementation and monitoring of a project wide capacity development strategy, targeted to a diverse group of stakeholders at the country and global levels.
• Improve the capacity of USAID/W, Mission, implementing partner and country government staff to better understand and use data from population-based survey datasets.
• Coordinate closely with senior leadership across the project to ensure that the strategy is aligned with the overall objectives of the program.

Qualifications:

• 15+ years’ experience leading the design and implementation of adult learning activities, training curricula, and organizational training.
• Relevant experience in capacity strengthening in a developing country context, particularly related to building the capacity of government institutions and key country stakeholders.
• Strong interpersonal, writing, and oral presentation skills in English required; fluency and/or familiarity in a project-relevant language (including French/Spanish) greatly valued.
• Experience in senior management positions on large, complex, multi-country projects
• Ability to travel domestically or internationally as necessary (approximately 25% time)

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Rockville, MD (MD18)