Chief of Party - Counterpart Alliance in Ukraine

Dennis McConnell - Maine Business School (mailto:mac@MAINE.MAINE.EDU)
Sat, 25 Jan 1997 07:51:03 EST

Message-ID:  <MAC.970125075103@maine.maine.EDU>
Date:         Sat, 25 Jan 1997 07:51:03 EST
From: Dennis McConnell - Maine Business School <mailto:mac@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>
Subject:      Chief of Party - Counterpart Alliance in Ukraine
To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>

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Counterpart International, one of the major organizations  manag-
ing technical assistance projects in the NIS, is seeking a  Chief
of Party for a project in Ukraine. Perhaps some list members know
of colleagues who might be interested/qualified. I have  attached
the  position  announcement to this note.  For  more  information
about  the project, or about Counterpart Foundation, please  con-
tact the address provided in the announcement.
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                         Chief of Party
                 Counterpart Alliance in Ukraine
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Counterpart  will  lead  a consortium of three  PVOs  working  in
Ukraine, and now seeks a Chief of Party for that mission.

The Chief of Party will have primary responsibility for the start-up and overall management of the multi-million dollar consortium project designed to "develop and strengthen indigenous NGOs to provide social services to vulnerable groups" in Ukraine. (This includes the supervision of all partner PVOs and sub-gran- tees.)

The person selected to serve as Chief of Party will set-up a primary office in Kiev and satellite activity offices in two other major cities, hire local field representatives, and explore the feasibility of using Peace Corps volunteers.

Within the first quarter, a workplan must be drawn up after consultation with the U.S. PVO partners for the first and second years of the project and submitted to USAID/Kiev for review and approval. The workplan will include an assessment of the current NGO legal and regulatory environment, a plan of action for re- form, and a plan for U.S. based training for designated candi- dates (after consultation with USAID and the USAID/NET Project).

The Chief of Party will work closely with indigenous NGOs nation- wide, including:

* identifying and tracking social service and public policy NGOs; * developing a comprehensive training and technical assistance program that could lead to their sustained growth; * organizing conferences, networking meetings, and roundtables; and introducing mechanisms to broaden NGO management and sus- tainability.

The Chief of Party will also develop eligibility criteria from small seed-grants and corporate matching grants to indigenous NGOs, oversee the grant program, and work to ensure progress towards achieving activity objectives and to improve public attitudes towards NGOs.

Interested/qualified individuals are asked to respond, as soon as possible, to: Karen Sherman Counterpart International 910 17th Street, N.W. Suite 328 Washington DC 20006 Tel: (202) 296-9676, Extension 33 Fax: (202) 296-9679 E-mail: mailto:Karen@counterpart.org *****************************************************************