Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions, Inc. (Wood) is seeking information from qualified individuals interested in applying for the position of Chief of Party (COP) for an anticipated project under USAID\u2019s Power Africa Expansion Program. The project\u2019s Scope of Work has not yet been finalized, but is expected to target advancing the energy sector, specifically as related to facilitating the financial closure of power transactions and strengthening the enabling environment for private sector investment in West Africa\u2019s power sector, while addressing key constraints to such investment and strengthening the human and institutional capacity of key national power sector entities, including utilities, on-grid connections, and regional power trade. Service geographies will target Anglo and Franco-phone West Africa, including but not limited to countries such as Ghana, Liberia, Senegal and Cote d\u2019Ivoire, and other select countries in the region including Cameroon, Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Togo. Projects will be performed in close coordination with US funding agencies and local stakeholder counterparts.<\/p>\n
Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n Job Title:\u00a0Chief of Party (Senior Level)<\/strong><\/p>\n This will be a full-time position based in West Africa and will report to Wood\u2019s Project Manager. The COP will be expected to provide direction, guidance and monitoring of the entire team and be responsible for ensuring client satisfaction with Wood\u2019s work. Experience living and working in developing countries, especially in West Africa, is highly preferred. He\/she will manage the performance of the work and provide adequate and timely reporting to company management.<\/p>\n Contract length: Duration of the project is TBD but assumed to be four years with possible option years.<\/p>\n Position Responsibilities<\/strong><\/p>\n Serving as Wood\u2019s senior resident staff member and local point of contact for the USAID COR and CO Diversity Statement<\/p>\n We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions, Inc. (Wood) is seeking information from qualified individuals interested in applying for the position of Chief of Party (COP) for an anticipated project under USAID\u2019s…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6721,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[85],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-8JE","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33582"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6721"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33582\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nManaging Wood\u2019s West Africa-based staff and consultants
\nReporting to Wood\u2019s home office management on project progress, needs and issues
\nEnsuring adherence to schedule for deliverables and milestones
\nSupporting Wood\u2019s home office staff in developing monthly project invoices
\nManaging Wood\u2019s client relationship with USAID
\nSkills \/ Qualifications
\nA minimum of 25 years\u2019 work experience in implementing energy projects, especially in electricity distribution, capacity building, technical support, etc.
\nPreferably a Bachelor\u2019s degree in engineering, with a Master\u2019s degree in engineering management, economics or other similar fields
\nPast experience with USAID, ideally in a D\/COP role, is highly preferred
\nExtensive knowledge of international best practices in power system planning, economics, business models, institutional assessment, contract procedures, project follow-up and risk management
\nExperience in managing a diverse staff of expatriate and local national subject matter experts, trainers and administrative personnel.
\nExperience working and living in developing and\/or post-conflict countries, with a preference for experience in the aforementioned countries
\nAbility to work in a team environment with multiple reporting priorities
\nCompany Overview
\nWood is a global leader in the delivery of project, engineering and technical services to energy and industrial markets. We operate in more than 60 countries, employing around 55,000 people, with revenues of around $10 billion. We provide performance driven solutions throughout the asset life cycle, from concept to decommissioning across a broad range of industrial markets including the upstream, midstream and downstream oil & gas, power & process, environment and infrastructure, clean energy, mining, nuclear and general industrial sectors. We strive to be the best technical services company to work with, work for and invest in.<\/p>\n