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Technical Coordinator - Consultant-March 2024
Djibouti
Mar 18, 2025
About Technical Coordinator - Consultant

  Job Title:   Technical Coordinator Consultant

  Job Type:   Consultant

  Location:   Djibouti

  Background

  Kaizen, A Tetra Tech Company, is an international development consulting firm and an incubator for innovative, scalable solutions that address emerging market challenges and opportunities. Our proven solutions catalyze locally driven organizational and institutional performance improvements and establish communities of practice that facilitate peer-to-peer learning and the achievement of shared goals. We aspire to transform the nature and impact of development assistance and work to strengthen organizations and institutions through innovative approaches to organizational development, reform, and change.

  Kaizen was awarded in November 2021 the USAID Supporting Civil Society Engagement in the Local Development Process (“the Activity”). The Activity builds on previous USAID/Djibouti investments and aligns with the U.S. Mission’s Integrated Country Strategy (ICS) Goal #3 – under Mission Objective 3.3: The Djiboutian public understands values such as good governance and freedom of expression as a result of partnerships with the U.S. mission.

  The Activity also aligns with the Djiboutian government's strategy through the Djibouti 2035 vision. The main objective of the four-year project is to provide technical assistance to strengthen the organizational and operational capacities of key local development actors, including local authorities in the interior regions and civil society organizations.

  The project aims to:

  IR1: Strengthen the Enabling Environment for Civil Society Organizations (CSOs).

  IR2: Increase the Capacity and Effectiveness of CSOs to collaborate and coordinate with each other and government agencies.

  IR3: Prevent and Mitigate Gender-Based Violence (GBV) with Special Emphasis on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).

  Position Description

  The Technical Coordinator will support the technical component of the project team and will report to the Technical DCOP.  The Technical Coordinator will contribute to the implementation of the CSO grants portfolio and activities and will be responsible to assist in monitoring grants activities and supporting technical staff in designing and implementing technical activities, including verification of grant activities, updating the technical team on grants’ progress, challenges and achievements, supporting the technical team in implementing their various technical activities and providing overall support (both technical and logistic), in compliance with Kaizen and applicable USAID regulations across the entire grants cycle.

  Responsibilities and Tasks   

  Significantly contributes to supporting implementation of technical activities, including grant activity implementation oversight and verification, supporting the technical team in designing and implementing, implementation management, monitoring, and communication with recipients (as delegated by the technical team).

  Coordinates with the technical team to enhance grantees and other partner CSOs’ technical management capacity. 

  On an ongoing basis, coordinates with technical team focal points on progress of grants.

  Works closely with the technical team on reporting needs to reflect implementation of activities by grantees.

  Along with the technical team, review, and submit grants deliverables acceptance forms to the Grants and Procurement Technical Manager,

  Operate with integrity and assurance of confidentiality, commitment to excellence, compliance with all USAID rules and regulations, contractual requirements, and Kaizen policies, systems, and values.

  Perform other duties assigned by the DCOP Technical to support the execution of project activities. Be able and willing to travel extensively to the five regions.

  Period of Performance: February 04 th- July 30th, 2023

  MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS    

  Bachelor’s   degree   required.    

  Minimum of five (3) years of experience with the design, administration, management, and monitoring of development activities in Djibouti is required. 

  Ability to work in a professional and cordial manner with fellow staff, implementing and cooperating partners, CSOs, and government agencies. 

  Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with culturally diverse staff.   

  Prior experience in managing programmatic activities.

  Prior experience with USAID grant management contracts and familiarity with USAID grant management, policies, and procedures will be an advantage. 

  Fluency in French and Proficient in English will be an advantage.

  Proven analytical and problem-solving skills.

  Experience writing reports activity reports required.

  The Deadline to Apply is Wednesday, January 24, 2024 (5:00 PM Djibouti-Time).

  For candidates applying for positions based in Kaizen's office in Washington, DC, we utilize career.place to mitigate bias in the recruitment process. Upon submitting an application, candidates will receive an email from career.place, prompting them to go through the anonymous screening. In order to be considered for a role, candidates must respond to career.place and proceed with the application. We do not currently use career.place for project positions outside of the United States.

  At Kaizen, A Tetra Tech Company, we find strength in our diversity. We are committed to creating and sustaining an inclusive working environment in which everyone has an equal opportunity to fulfill their potential. We know that we can only do development differently if we are open to and inclusive of new and unique perspectives. We encourage candidates of all abilities, ages, gender identities and expressions, national origins, races and ethnicities, religious beliefs, and sexual orientations to apply. Further, we urge parents and non-parents, married and unmarried, those from different or non-traditional educational backgrounds, and persons of all other diverse identities or experiences to apply. Kaizen is an equal opportunity employer.

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