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SG&R’s Global Agriculture, Water, and Environment division is working to mitigate and address the impacts of climate change and build resilience in impacted communities through policy and governance support, capacity building for local actors, and support for responding to natural and human-caused disasters.
Project Description
The five-year USAID Resilient Cities Limpopo Activity will increase access to safely managed and reliable critical services for urban residents in the Limpopo River Basin. The activity will achieve this through facilitating improved access to safely managed drinking water and sanitation services, increased solid waste recovery and recycling to promote circularity, improved municipal financial management for climate-resilient service delivery, and increased urban resilience capacity against climate change.
Responsibilities
Position Description:
RTI is seeking CVs from relevant and qualified technical experts and specialists for the anticipated USAID Resilient Cities Limpopo Activity. These positions will be based in Pretoria, South Africa or elsewhere in Southern Africa on a case-by-case basis.
Position is contingent upon award and funding.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree and 12 years of experience, Master's degree and 10 years of experience, PhD and 6 year of experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Excellent oral and written English language communication skills required, additional fluency in local languages strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated experience in the one or more of the following areas:
- Water and sanitation
- Water resource management
- Urban planning
- Solid waste management
- Recycling
- Circular economy
- Municipal finance
- Climate finance
- Climate resilient planning
- Disaster and climate resilience
- Communications and knowledge management
- Monitoring and evaluation
- Citizens of South Africa and other countries in Southern Africa strongly encouraged to apply.
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Project Description
The purpose of the USAID Power Africa Enhancing Development through Energy in Southern Africa (EDESA) is expected to be to increase the availability of and access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and clean energy in Southern Africa in order to reach measurable economic growth, development outcomes, such as reducing poverty, improving livelihoods and increasing inclusive access to electricity enabled services in such areas as health, education, sanitation, and food security. The anticipated program will be based in Pretoria, South Africa and potentially cover Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Position Description
RTI seeks a Chief of Party (COP) for the anticipated USAID Power Africa program. The COP will be responsible for overall project performance, management, and execution ensuring all project deliverables are exceptionally exceeded within budget and compliance for small to mid-size projects. This position will provide project planning, oversight, leadership, and coordination. The COP will build and maintain strong and favorable client, partner, community, home office and team relations. They may provide technical assistance and support activities where necessary. This position will be based in Pretoria, South Africa and will report to RTI’s Home Office.
This position is contingent upon award and funding. Local nationals are encouraged to apply.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for overall vision, management, and strategic leadership for the project.
- Identify adjustments in scope and operations to ensure that the project adapts to changes in need and context.
- Supervise and empower all personnel.
- Establish effective partnerships with other US government agencies, African partners, development partners, non-governmental organizations, and a wide variety of other stakeholders.
- Communicate effectively in large public settings, as well as with senior government officials.
- Ensure that managerial, administrative, and financial procedures comply with USAID and RTI policies and procedures.
- Oversee preparation and delivery of high-quality reports to USAID, including quarterly and annual reports, and other reports required by the contract.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree and 18 years of experience, Master's degree and 14 years of experience, PhD and 10 years of experience
- Minimum ten (10) years of management experience implementing energy programs on- and beyond-the-grid; work experience in South Africa is highly desirable.
- Minimum eight (8) years of progressive senior management experience on donor-funded programs of similar size and scale with strong skills in strategic planning, management, supervision, procurement and budgeting similar size and scope.
- Excellent interpersonal, diplomacy, and leadership skills, including the ability to manage high-level relationships.
- Proven ability to form collaborative relationships with intergovernmental, government representatives, and other stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to motivate and lead a dynamic team of professionals across large geographies.
- Prior experience effectively managing large, complex activities, and achieving performance objectives.
- Proficiency in English is required.
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RTI's Sustainable Growth & Resilience (SG&R) technical unit within the International Development Group brings together RTI experts and capabilities across food security, agriculture, energy, environment, water, governance, and economic opportunity. SG&R will leverage RTI's experience designing and delivering multisectoral programming and technical solutions to respond to climate change, build resilience, and promote economic growth around the world.
SG&R’s Environment portfolio has delivered innovative, locally driven, evidence-based solutions in local and institutional capacity building in natural resource governance and environmental policy, countering wildlife and environmental crime, forest and protected area management, sustainable landscapes, climate change and resilience, livelihood development, and economic growth.
Project Description
The purpose of the anticipated USAID/Southern Africa’s Countering Wildlife Crime Activity is to reduce threats to and protect biodiversity from wildlife crimes in Southern Africa. The Activity will build on the long history of the USAID Southern Africa Regional Mission in countering wildlife crimes (CWC) through partnerships with regional organizations, governments, the private sector, and civil society. The anticipated program will be based in Pretoria, South Africa and provide programming within USAID-supported countries within Southern Africa, which includes Angola, Botswana, eSwatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Responsibilities
Position Description
RTI International is seeking CVs from qualified technical applicants for the anticipated USAID Southern Africa’s Countering Wildlife Crime Activity. These positions will be based in Pretoria, South Africa or elsewhere in Southern Africa on a case-by-case basis.
Position is contingent upon award and funding.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree and 12 years of experience, Master's degree and 10 years of experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Experience in one or more of the following technical areas:
- Wildlife crime enforcement
- Law enforcement strengthening
- Corruption reduction and resiliency against corruption
- Natural resources policy
- Project management and regional coordination
- Knowledge management and adult learning
- Systems thinking and collaborating, learning, and adapting (CLA)
- Monitoring and evaluation, especially in accordance with the USG Statement of Managers
- Protected/conservation area management
- Outreach and engagement with local and indigenous communities
- Gender and youth inclusion
- Capacity Building / Institutional Strengthening
- Private Sector Engagement and partnerships building
- Climate Risk Management
- Prior experience working on a USAID-funded or other international donor-funded project.
- Strong management skills and the ability to manage projects and teams with remote offices or team members.
- Excellent oral and written English language communication skills required; fluency in local language(s) strongly preferred.
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Overview
Research Triangle Institute (RTI) has over 30 years’ experience assisting governments, communities, and the private sector. As a not-for-profit, independent research institute based in North Carolina, USA, RTI has roughly 6,000 employees with global experience implementing international development projects. RTI's Sustainable Growth & Resilience (SG&R) technical unit within the International Development Group brings together RTI experts and capabilities across food security, agriculture, energy, environment, water, governance, and economic opportunity. SG&R will leverage RTI's experience designing and delivering multisectoral programming and technical solutions to respond to climate change, build resilience, and promote economic growth around the world.
SG&R’s Global Agriculture, Water, and Environment division is working to mitigate and address the impacts of climate change and build resilience in impacted communities through policy and governance support, capacity building for local actors, and support for responding to natural and human-caused disasters.
Project Description
The five-year USAID Resilient Cities Limpopo Activity will increase access to safely managed and reliable critical services for urban residents in the Limpopo River Basin. The activity will achieve this through facilitating improved access to safely managed drinking water and sanitation services, increased solid waste recovery and recycling to promote circularity, improved municipal financial management for climate-resilient service delivery, and increased urban resilience capacity against climate change.
Position Description
RTI is seeking a Chief of Party (COP) for the Resilient Cities Limpopo Activity. The COP will be responsible for overall management, strategic direction, and leadership of the activity. The COP is anticipated to be based in Pretoria, South Africa.
Position is contingent upon award and funding.
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage the activity, providing strategic direction and technical guidance to all project staff.
- Oversee technical design and implementation of activities to achieve results and impact.
- Ensures all project deliverables exceed expectations and managed within budget.
- Strengthen the capacity of national and subnational institutions to deliver critical services.
- Serve as the primary liaison with USAID/South Africa and the Governments of South Africa, Botswana, and Mozambique to ensure exceptional quality and timeliness of activity deliverables within budget.
- Ensure coordination and collaboration with other USAID-funded activities as well as other relevant actors and stakeholders to ensure complementarity and avoid duplication of efforts.
- Ensure that cross-cutting issues such as gender, youth, social inclusion, resilience, and climate-sensitive approaches are effectively integrated into the Activity.
- Responsible for ensuring all staff receive adequate security and operational support and that Standard Operating Procedures are implemented.
- Responsible for developing and implementing practices to ensure a high level of staff morale and retention.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree and 15 years of experience, Master's degree and 12 years of experience, PhD and 8 years of experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Minimum 10 years of progressive management experience working in one or more technical disciplines: drinking water and sanitation services, solid waste management, and/or municipal financial management or other relevant technical area.
- Previous experience managing USAID or other donor funded projects of similar size preferred.
- Demonstrated experience managing technically, operationally and geographically diverse teams.
- Substantive experience working with counterparts at various levels of government, private sector leaders, and other stakeholders in providing multi-faceted support for civil society engagement, capacity, and participation.
- Proven ability to work under pressure, and with multiple concurrent demands.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Fluency in English required.
- Citizens of South Africa, Botswana, and Mozambique are encouraged to apply.
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Research Triangle Institute (RTI) has over 30 years’ experience assisting governments, communities, and the private sector. As a not-for-profit, independent research institute based in North Carolina, USA, RTI has roughly 6,000 employees with global experience implementing international development projects.
RTI's Sustainable Growth & Resilience (SG&R) technical unit within the International Development Group brings together RTI experts and capabilities across food security, agriculture, energy, environment, water, governance, and economic opportunity. SG&R will leverage RTI's experience designing and delivering multisectoral programming and technical solutions to respond to climate change, build resilience, and promote economic growth around the world.
SG&R’s Environment portfolio has delivered innovative, locally driven, evidence-based solutions in local and institutional capacity building in natural resource governance and environmental policy, countering wildlife and environmental crime, forest and protected area management, sustainable landscapes, climate change and resilience, livelihood development, and economic growth.
Project Description
The purpose of the anticipated USAID/Southern Africa’s Countering Wildlife Crime Activity is to reduce threats to and protect biodiversity from wildlife crimes in Southern Africa. The Activity will build on the long history of the USAID Southern Africa Regional Mission in countering wildlife crimes (CWC) through partnerships with regional organizations, governments, the private sector, and civil society. The anticipated program will be based in Pretoria, South Africa and provide programming within USAID-supported countries within Southern Africa, which includes Angola, Botswana, eSwatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Position Description
RTI International is seeking a Chief of Party (COP) for USAID/Southern Africa’s Countering Wildlife Crime Activity. The COP will be responsible for providing overall leadership, management, and general technical direction of the entire activity, ensuring an integrated vision among different components and actors, and a focus on achieving the results defined in the Contract. The COP also has the leadership role in coordination among sub-contractors, grantees, and other partners in Southern Africa.
Position is contingent upon award and funding.
This position will be based in Pretoria, South Africa.
Responsibilities
- Hold primary responsibility for project performance and budget management.
- Lead preparation and/or supervision of work plans and financial, logistical, and other documents. Review all financial and logistical information on a periodic basis.
- Serve as the principal liaison with USAID staff, institutions, and client partners to exchange information and develop professional relationships, and make verbal or written presentations, as requested, to various audiences.
- Lead planning, oversight and coordination of all project activities and personnel, operational and technical.
- Ensure all project deliverables exceed expectations and are managed within budget.
- Ensure internal integration of project activities through effective engagement of partners and staff through 1) the annual work planning, Pause & Reflect, and budgeting processes; 2) creating/maintaining effective project management between teams in Southern Africa and the U.S.; and 3) overseeing an effective monitoring and evaluation system.
- Responsible for ensuring all staff receives adequate security and operational support and that Standard Operating Procedures are implemented.
- Manage all aspects of staffing and creating/maintaining a clear organizational structure with specific roles, responsibilities and reporting lines.
- Ensure management systems are operational to track expenditures (including labor) and monitor same against the project work plan and budget, according to both company policy and client standards/regulations.
- Responsible for developing and implementing practices to ensure a high level of staff morale and retention.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree and 15 years of experience, Master's degree and 12 years of experience, PhD and 8 years of experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Demonstrated technical leadership and supervision of staff, partners, and consultants as evidenced by at least ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience and expertise in the implementation of large, complex, multidisciplinary, and regional projects relating to coordination, collaboration, learning, and sharing across diverse stakeholder groups; strengthened criminal justice sector capacity, collaboration, and commitment; increased resilience against corruption and support to anticorruption bodies; and increased support for and participation of local communities in the delivery of CWC/natural resources management programming in Southern Africa.
- Demonstrated significant management and coordination skills as evidenced by at least ten (10) years of progressive senior management experience on programs of similar sized international donor programs with strong skills in strategic planning, management, supervision, procurement and budgeting similar size and scope.
- Demonstrated ability to motivate and lead multi-cultural, multidisciplinary, geographically dispersed teams across multiple countries in Southern Africa.
- Five years’ substantive experience working with high-level counterparts at various levels of government, private sector leaders, and other stakeholders.
- Prior USAID experience required.
- Demonstrated broad management and team building, and partnership building experience, especially those requiring large programmatic flexibility.
- Demonstrated experience managing similar programs in Africa, experience working in Southern Africa strongly preferred.
- Proven ability to work under pressure, with ability to ensure coherence and consistency under tight deadlines, including quality control and timeliness of all deliverables.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Fluency in English required.
- Ability to work throughout Southern Africa, primarily based in South Africa.
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Overview
Research Triangle Institute (RTI) has over 30 years’ experience assisting governments, communities, and the private sector. As a not-for-profit, independent research institute based in North Carolina, USA, RTI has roughly 6,000 employees with global experience implementing international development projects.
RTI's Sustainable Growth & Resilience (SG&R) technical unit within the International Development Group brings together RTI experts and capabilities across food security, agriculture, energy, environment, water, governance, and economic opportunity. SG&R will leverage RTI's experience designing and delivering multisectoral programming and technical solutions to respond to climate change, build resilience, and promote economic growth around the world.
SG&R’s Environment portfolio has delivered innovative, locally driven, evidence-based solutions in local and institutional capacity building in natural resource governance and environmental policy, countering wildlife and environmental crime, forest and protected area management, sustainable landscapes, climate change and resilience, livelihood development, and economic growth.
Project Description
The purpose of the anticipated USAID/Southern Africa’s Countering Wildlife Crime Activity is to reduce threats to and protect biodiversity from wildlife crimes in Southern Africa. The Activity will build on the long history of the USAID Southern Africa Regional Mission in countering wildlife crimes (CWC) through partnerships with regional organizations, governments, the private sector, and civil society. The anticipated program will be based in Pretoria, South Africa and provide programming within USAID-supported countries within Southern Africa, which includes Angola, Botswana, eSwatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Position Description
RTI International is seeking a Law Enforcement and Judicial Capacity Building Lead (Objective 2 Lead) for USAID/Southern Africa’s Countering Wildlife Crime Activity. The Objective 2 Lead will be responsible for leading the technical activities under the Objective 2 workstream.
This position will be based in Pretoria, South Africa.
Position is contingent upon award and funding.
Responsibilities
- Lead overall project work dedicated to aligning and promoting law enforcement and judicial capacity under the Objective 2 technical scope with the senior leadership team for designing and implementing a regional approach to countering wildlife crime.
- Conduct trainings for law enforcement (LE) agency personnel, wildlife rangers, etc. on wildlife crime, prevention tactics, policies, etc.
- Provide guidance and feedback on areas to streamline in national LE agencies and on national government protocols on wildlife crime in Southern Africa.
- Train and mentor judges and prosecutors to understand wildlife crime forensics, how to build a strong court case, and recommendations on offender sentencing.
- Support the streaming on country policies on wildlife crime definitions and prosecution recommendations across Southern Africa.
- Work with financial institutions, including banks on tracking funds used in the wildlife crime trade.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree and 8 years of experience, Master's degree and 6 years of experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Minimum of 5 years of demonstrated experience working in one or more of the following technical areas:
- Training law enforcement (LE) agency personnel, wildlife rangers, judicial leaders, prosecutors, etc.
- Working with national LE agencies' protocols on wildlife crime.
- Training and mentoring judges and prosecutors to understand wildlife crime forensics, building a strong court case, and recommending sentencing for offenders.
- Streamlining wildlife crime definitions and reasonable sentences/fines with other countries’ policies in Southern Africa.
- Working with LE and judicial entities understand how to work with banks and other financial institutions to track the flow of money used to fund the wildlife crime trade.
- Designing or contributing on projects with a regional approach to countering wildlife crime.
- Demonstrated experience working with key stakeholders, including government officials and law environment agencies.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Fluency in English required.
- Ability to work throughout South Africa, with travel throughout Southern Africa as needed.
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Overview
Research Triangle Institute (RTI) has over 30 years’ experience assisting governments, communities, and the private sector. As a not-for-profit, independent research institute based in North Carolina, USA, RTI has roughly 6,000 employees with global experience implementing international development projects.
RTI's Sustainable Growth & Resilience (SG&R) technical unit within the International Development Group brings together RTI experts and capabilities across food security, agriculture, energy, environment, water, governance, and economic opportunity. SG&R will leverage RTI's experience designing and delivering multisectoral programming and technical solutions to respond to climate change, build resilience, and promote economic growth around the world.
SG&R’s Environment portfolio has delivered innovative, locally driven, evidence-based solutions in local and institutional capacity building in natural resource governance and environmental policy, countering wildlife and environmental crime, forest and protected area management, sustainable landscapes, climate change and resilience, livelihood development, and economic growth.
Project Description
The purpose of the anticipated USAID/Southern Africa’s Countering Wildlife Crime Activity is to reduce threats to and protect biodiversity from wildlife crimes in Southern Africa. The Activity will build on the long history of the USAID Southern Africa Regional Mission in countering wildlife crimes (CWC) through partnerships with regional organizations, governments, the private sector, and civil society. The anticipated program will be based in Pretoria, South Africa and provide programming within USAID-supported countries within Southern Africa, which includes Angola, Botswana, eSwatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Position Description
RTI International is seeking a Coordination, Collaboration, Learning, and Sharing Lead (Objective 1 Lead) for USAID/Southern Africa’s Countering Wildlife Crime Activity. The Objective 1 Lead will be responsible for leading the technical activities under the Objective 1 workstream.
This position will be based in Pretoria, South Africa.
Position is contingent upon award and funding.
Responsibilities
- Create and/or maintain knowledge management platforms for sharing data and other types of information and resources.
- Design, implement, and measure effectiveness of social and behavior change (SBC) initiatives.
- Design and facilitate learning and knowledge-sharing workshops and events, including the annual Regional Counter Wildlife Trafficking Partnership fora, technical exchange visits, study tours, and other relevant events.
- Provide logistical, facilitation, and other support to the USG interagency regional wildlife crime working groups.
- Support the capacity building of regional bodies to effectively carry out learning and knowledge management activities and to host and maintain associated online platforms beyond the Activity's scope.
- Working closely with Activity leadership, propose methods for packaging, disseminating, and using information gathered to promote positive actions that deter wildlife crime.
- Work closely with Activity leadership to adapt work plans, theories of change, interventions, timelines, etc. to ensure more effective wildlife conservation outcomes.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree and 8 years of experience, Master's degree and 6 years of experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Minimum of 5 years of demonstrated experience working in one or more of the following technical areas:
- Designing and facilitating learning and knowledge-sharing workshops and events.
- Creating and/or maintaining knowledge management platforms for sharing of data and other types of information and resources
- Designing, implementing, and measuring effectiveness of social and behavior change (SBC) initiatives.
- Providing logistical, facilitation, and other support to the USG interagency regional wildlife crime working groups.
- Supporting the capacity building of regional bodies to effectively carry out learning and knowledge management activities, and to host and maintain associated online platforms.
- Proposing methods for packaging, disseminating, and using information gathered to promote positive actions that deter wildlife crime.
- Adapting work plans, theories of change, interventions, timelines, etc. to ensure more effective wildlife conservation outcomes.
- Demonstrated experience effectively working with groups of multi-sectoral stakeholders, including national and regional government institutions, law enforcement agencies, judicial and anticorruption bodies, local communities, and private sector entities across southern Africa.
- Prior experience with systems thinking, collective action, SBC, and/or adult learning techniques.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Fluency in English required.
- Ability to work throughout South Africa, with travel throughout Southern Africa as needed.
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