Chief of Party, Monitoring and Evaluation Program for Lebanon (USAID-MEPL)
Job Description
<strong><u>Position Description<br><br></u></strong><strong>EnCompass LLC </strong>is seeking a <strong>Chief of Party (COP) </strong>for the <strong>MEPL</strong> Activity to provide strategic, managerial, and technical direction for the contract. The COP leads the monitoring and program management efforts of <strong>USAID/Lebanon</strong> staff and verifies, monitors and supports USAID program performance in <strong>Lebanon</strong>. The COP is experienced in program performance management, organizational development, strategic decision-making, quality control, and project learning in the USAID context and with Collaboration, Learning and Adapting (CLA) practices. The COP focuses on results and impact, with strong strategic vision and an understanding of systems approaches to programming.<br><br><strong>The position is based in Beirut with travel throughout the country. <br><br></strong><strong>MEPL ends on August 17, 2026<br><br></strong><strong><u>Position Duties And Responsibilities<br><br></u></strong>The COP leads the Activity, provides technical guidance to and supervises both international and national staff and consultants. The COP is the primary point of contact with USAID/Lebanon staff, including the Contracting Officer and Contracting Officer’s Representation (CO/COR).<br><br><strong><u>Essential Functions<br></u></strong><ul><li>Serves as the main point of contact for the activity, provides vision, direction, leadership, and management for the contract; develops and oversees workplans and budgets </li><li>Provides technical, operational, and managerial oversight to all aspects of the Activity to ensure all activities and deliverables are executed with quality and timeliness </li><li>Establishes and maintains highly collaborative working relationships with USAID/Lebanon and USAID/Washington as required, along with relevant in-country stakeholders; serves as the primary point of contact for USAID and as the principal liaison with USAID staff, institutions, and country partners to exchange information and develop professional relationships </li><li>Manages the team, ensures technical capacity of staff; provides technical assistance and backstopping when required </li><li>Ensures that all activities are undertaken in full compliance with EnCompass’ standard operating procedures, USAID policies and regulations, and national policies and laws </li><li>Promotes sustainability of project activities with effective networking, linkages to other programs, capacity building of project staff, and institutional strengthening in support of localization </li><li>Ensures documentation and dissemination of findings, impact, innovations, and lessons learned </li><li>Engages fully as a member of the EnCompass staff team, including collaborating with the MEPL Home Office team, participating in staff meetings and other EnCompass events </li><li>Ensures optimal use of human, financial, and physical resources to successfully meet project milestones, objectives, deliverables and targets </li><li>Other duties as assigned <br></li></ul><strong><u>Qualifications<br><br></u></strong><strong>Position Requirements <br><br></strong><strong><u>Academic Qualifications<br></u></strong><ul><li>An advanced university degree in the relevant subject area is preferred, including academic coursework or concentration in International Development, program evaluation, measurement or program analysis or another relevant field <br></li></ul><strong><u>Experience And Skills<br></u></strong><ul><li>A minimum of ten (10) years of demonstrated relevant project management experience in developing countries is highly desirable </li><li>Minimum of five (5) years of experience in monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) and/or capacity building preferred </li><li>Working knowledge of and experience with USAID-funded program management, policies, regulations, and procedures required </li><li>Demonstrated experience in implementing monitoring and evaluation programs required </li><li>Experience working with a diverse group of stakeholders, including donor/development organizations, government officials, civil society leaders, community leaders, and project beneficiaries is required </li><li>Demonstrated leadership, strategic thinking/planning, and management skills required </li><li>Demonstrated experience in evaluation methodology, statistical analysis, experimental and quasi-experimental design, and/or data collection and analysis required </li><li>Experience managing complex MEL tasks in a complex context is required </li><li>Experience mentoring staff and working with international and national consultants and staff required </li><li>Strong interpersonal and oral communications and presentation skills are required </li><li>Demonstrated experience in managing activity teams that have diverse backgrounds and skills is required </li><li>Demonstrated experience in non-permissive, conflict-prone or post-conflict reconstruction environments is required. </li><li>Experience in the Middle East is highly preferred </li><li>Familiarity with USAID/Lebanon is highly preferred </li><li>Experience working in performance management, strategic decision-making, and project learning highly preferred </li><li>Experience building monitoring, evaluation, and learning capacities of USAID staff, implementing partners, and government counterparts highly preferred </li><li>Strong familiarity with USAID CLA practices, M&E design and principles highly preferred </li><li>Experience with locally led development policy, approaches, or programs is highly preferred </li><li>Substantial experience managing a team of local specialists and international consultants preferred </li><li>Familiarity with Third-Party Monitoring preferred </li><li>Former supervisory experience is required </li><li>Excellent communication, both verbal and written English skills required, Arabic desirable </li><li>Ability to travel within Lebanon required <br></li></ul>How to Apply<br><br>Please submit CV and cover letter, and complete the application on the Careers & Consulting page<br><br>EnCompass LLC is a progressive Equal Opportunity Employer. We promote, celebrate, and support a diverse and inclusive organizational culture and workforce. We are committed to providing all of our employees with an environment free from discrimination and harassment, where all are treated with dignity and respect. We do not tolerate, and explicitly prohibit, discrimination or harassment of any kind, at any time, in all aspects of employment. This includes recruitment, hiring, promotions, disciplinary measures, terminations, compensation, benefits, social and recreational programs, and training. EnCompass also does not tolerate retaliation against individuals who report discrimination or harassment. 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