Chief of Party - Egypt

• Strengthened public sector’s governance of the energy sector.
• Increased opportunities for institutions and the private sector to participate in a more liberalized power sector.
• Improved social equity by improving quality of and access to affordable energy services that enable greater economic opportunity.

Position Responsibilities

• Work closely with the client for the strategic vision and overall leadership of the project team and the team’s performance and achievement of all key objectives of the project.
• Ensure that USAID/Egypt is fully knowledgeable and engaged with Government of Egypt on all aspects of their energy, economic research, and reform agenda.
• Maintain strong relationships with relevant sector stakeholders including multilateral development donors and private sector companies.
• Responsible for ensuring the successful management, initiation, and completion of complex energy studies of significant importance to Egypt.
• Manage the preparation of the project’s progress report, workplans, and other contractual deliverables.
• Collaborate with the field-based operations team and home office staff on work-planning, activity design, scheduling and implementation, drafting technical justifications for client approvals, and reporting and budgeting.
• Coordinate with the home office and the field-based operations team on the sourcing, recruiting, hiring and deployment, and onboarding of staff, consultants and subcontractors.
• Maintain and update the project budget to mitigate cost overruns.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• 10+ years’ of progressively responsible experience in the energy sector, preferably with experience in renewable energy, power system planning and/or energy efficiency in Egypt.
• 5+ years’ experience managing large and complex donor-funded energy-related and/or local government projects.
• Strong executive presence with an ability to build trusted relationships with partners, customers, lenders, service providers, and investors.
• Proven track record of leadership, demonstrated by a strong followership from junior colleagues and peers with exhibited success hiring, leading, and motivating highly- effective teams, ideally with experience managing people with diverse backgrounds and skillsets.
• Demonstrated familiarity and prior experience addressing energy sector challenges in Egypt.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and Arabic.

Preferred but not Required Qualifications

• Advanced degrees in engineering, business, law, economics, policy or other relevant fields.
• Prior experience as a Chief of Party/Deputy Chief of Party for USAID-funded projects.