Chief of Party, USAID/Haiti Citizen Security Program, Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Required Qualifications: 

• A Master's degree or higher in international development, peacebuilding, conflict mitigation or management, public administration, or a closely related field. Twenty years of experience in lieu of a Master’s Degree. 
• Must have strong leadership, program and organizational management and communication skills, as well as sound analytical abilities. 
• Must have a minimum of ten years of experience with complex, fast paced, and politically sensitive field operations in developing countries, preferably in a fragile or transitional state environment or security-challenged environments. 
• Must have relevant work experience as a COP, or senior field management experience such as Project Director, Regional Director or Country Director roles that required working closely with a donor, contractor or international NGO managing an office or program, at rule of law, or stabilization programs is highly desirable; five years of experience in conflict mitigation, governance, security sector reform, citizen security, or police work is required. 
• Experience working on rapid transition programs in insecure environments highly desired. 
• Proven ability to successfully lead an intercultural team in a development context, including supervising long-term field staff and short term international and local experts is required. 
• Fluency in French and or Haitian Creole preferred. 
• Experience working in Haiti or in a country with a similar level of socio-economic development is desirable.

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