Activity Overview

The Liberia Foundational Skills Activity (LFSA) is a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded program implemented by Chemonics International in Liberia. The project will work to increase the percentage of Liberian children accessing primary school and meeting government of Liberia learning standards.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

The County Program Assistant willassist with activity implementation in Grand Bassa county and support the Grand Bassa County Program Manager. They will support in identifying priorities within communities, generating stakeholder engagement with local government, contributing to the LFSA learning agenda and supporting grantees in fulfilling activities within their respective work plans.

• Support programmatic and administrative needs for the county across all activity implementation.
• Provide office and human resources management support to operations and staff based in the LFSA county office.
• Assist with grant activity administrative support, sub-award activity compliance, and monitoring of activities within the county, in collaboration with Monrovia based grants and subawards team and monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning (MERL) team.
• Support the implementation of community engagement activities for grade 1 on-time enrollment.
• Monitor the distribution of teaching and learnings materials from warehouses to schools within the counties.
• Support with the coordination of teacher professional development activities for schools and school administrators within the county.
• Ensure compliance with Chemonics policies and procedures and USAID rules and regulations related to human resources, procurement, grants, finance and administration, and subcontracting.
• Contribute to the reporting on program progress and success stories resulting from activities within the county.
• Ensure effective liaison between project staff and grant recipients; provide project grant recipients with technical advice and assistance as needed in areas such asfinancial management, procurement requirements, and implementation planning.

Location of Assignment

The location of assignment is in Grand Bassa County, Liberia with potential travel throughout the program’s target six counties.

Supervision and Reporting

The Grand Bassa County Program Assistant will report to and be supervised by the Grand Bassa County Program Manager or his/her designee.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field required.
• Experience with operations and administrative management required.
• Experience in education activity implementation and management preferred.
• Experience working with donor-funded programs preferred.
• Experience working with government officials and/or community-led organizations in Liberia preferred.
• Experience working with county education officials (CEOs), district education officials (DEOs), parent-teacher associations (PTAs), and other stakeholders in the respective counties preferred.
• Strong ability to collaborate, build partnerships, and coordinate with host country governments, U.S. government agencies, the private sector, program beneficiaries, grantees, and sub-awardees.
• Experience with grant management on international donor-funded development activities.
• Proficiency with software such as Microsoft Office Suite.
• Proficiency in English required.

Application Instructions:

Please complete this form (https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/67955cefe60846e99854c43fa5f26fb9)no later thanJuly 15, 2024.No telephone inquiries, please. Chemonics will contact finalists.

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