Chief of Party – The Gambia

Position Summary

Under USDA/FAS Food For Progress (FFPr), Shelter For Life International (SFL) is implementing a multi-year program in The Gambia focused on supporting the Gambian government's food security objectives through resilient agriculture practices and improving the trade enabling environment.

Project goals include strengthening the horticulture sector (fruit and vegetable production) by:

• Increasing productivity and output
• Expanding and improving quality of exports
• Enabling increased trade by linking Gambian horticultural products to regional and US markets
• Improving incomes and standards of living for smallholder farmers

The project will achieve these goals through three primary components:

• Increasing horticulture productivity and markets
• Building capacity of farmer associations and cooperatives
• Improving the trade enabling environment and sanitary and phytosanitary services

About the Role

Shelter For Life is seeking a Chief of Party (COP) to lead the FFPr program in The Gambia. The COP will be responsible for the overall implementation, oversight, and results of the project. The COP will provide quality assurance and control of all program deliverables as well as provide leadership, supervision, and direction to the project's field staff and operations.

Areas of Responsibility

Strategic Leadership

• Provide supervision, support, and direction to field staff in The Gambia
• Lead a multi-national, multi-lingual, and multi-skilled group of professionals
• Establish relationships with various partners and stakeholders including the donor organization, government ministries, research institutions, farmers' associations and cooperatives, national, regional and local authorities, and public-private investment participants
• Represent SFL at key meetings
• Bring focus and determination to project staff to ensure high quality results and prioritize achievement of program goals

Quality Program Management

Additional responsibilities to be detailed in full job description.