Agency Development Officer (ADO)
Job Description:
Advise senior management on programmatic strategy, including where to focus program resources, how to develop operational relationships with the PA’s office, and how to address programmatic challenges as they arise. Manage relationships with relevant stakeholders, including but not limited to Government departments at the Agency and local levels, community and tribal elders, and local organizations and communities.Monitor and report on the rapidly changing environment and proactively contribute to the overall program strategy, design and implementation.Establish and oversee consultative processes between GOP structures and target communities to identify, recommend, design, and develop projects for funding. Support the political administration in identifying the potential communities keeping view the overall program objectives and Agency work plans and address their demandsEnsure the successful implementation of project activities, including planning and the transparent procurement of grant-related goods and services. Successful implementation should include on-going consultative processes and government and community involvement in all phases. Share with other program staff successful methodologies for consultative approaches to grant development and implementation.Manage the office in the Agency, including supervision of all staff.Manage the schedule of payments to the implementer in response to the physical progress achieved on site.Hold meetings with the community elders and GOP representatives in order to identify the potential opportunities and resolve issues impeding the smooth implementation of grants.Plan and supervise the field visits schedule of technical as well as field staff on regular basis and asses their performance against the designated TORs.Required Experience and Qualifcations:
Masters Degree in Social Sciences or equivalentADO must have a minimum of five years experience with project design, development, management, and implementation of development-type projects. He should have experience in community participation and consultative-type projects. The ADO must have the capacity to understand and analyze national, regional, and local politics, and the creativity and analytical capacity to design and implement grants with the interface between government and communities.View the original article here
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