Position responsibilities:

• Manage and work closely with technical leads to achieve defined project results, produce deliverables on schedule, and build successful partnerships with stakeholders, counterparts and donors.
• Manage the preparation of the project’s progress report, work-plans and other contractual deliverables.
• Supervise the project’s crosscutting personnel who are responsible for training and capacity building, monitoring and evaluation, communications, gender integration and environmental compliance.
• Manage work-planning, activity design, scheduling and implementation, drafting technical justifications for USAID approvals, and reporting and budgeting.
• Coordinate with the home office and the Operations Director on the sourcing, recruiting, hiring and deployment and onboarding of staff, consultants and subcontractors.
• Maintain and update the project budget to mitigate cost overruns.
• Act as a liaison to the home office in Arlington, VA for day-to-day problem-solving.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Essential KSA’s required (experience, skills, education, certification, etc.):

• 8-10 years of progressively responsible work experience in fields related to energy security and management.
• Master’s degree in international development, energy planning, natural resource management or related field, or Bachelor’s degree with 10 years of relevant work experience.
• Experience providing management and leadership on high profile complex donor-funded projects with multiple activities.
• Supervisory experience in the international development industry, specifically with long-term field staff and short-term U.S., third country, and local experts.
• Ability to establish solid working relationships with high-level/senior national and local government officials, the private sector and civil society.
• A proven record of excellent management, strong administrative and organizational skills, strategic thinking and decision-making, leadership, communication and interpersonal skills, including being a strong writer and articulate speaker.
• Proven ability to handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment.
• Excellent leadership skills including strategic thinking, decision-making, oral and written communications, ability to motivate and collaborate with others to achieve team goals.
• Fluency in English (reading, writing and presentation skills) is required.

Valued but not required KSA’s:

• Fluency in Nepali is a plus.

Line management responsibility:

• Supervises key personnel and technical leads in cross-cutting areas.
• Manages entire project implementation.

Physical demands & work environment:

• Office setting.
• Regional travel will be required.