About Partners of the Americas

Partners of the Americas (Partners) is a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that has connected people and organizations across the Western Hemisphere since 1964. Partners implements U.S. government-funded development programs throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, including food security, agriculture, and school feeding programs that work with smallholder farmers and local communities.

 

Position Summary

Partners of the Americas seeks a Chief of Party to provide overall leadership and management of an anticipated multi-year USDA Food for Peace Non-Emergency project in El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, and/or Honduras. The project applies a Graduation through Agriculture-led Development Approach, combining the Graduation model with targeted market systems strengthening in agricultural value chains, to build resilience and improve food security among households facing recurrent food crises. The Chief of Party holds overall responsibility for project strategy, technical quality, financial and operational management, USDA compliance, and results, and serves as the primary point of contact with USDA, host governments, and partners. This position is contingent upon award and may be based in El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, or Honduras.

 

Qualifications

• Minimum of eight (8) years of senior management experience on USG-funded or other donor-funded development projects of similar complexity, including supervising staff and leading multidisciplinary teams.
• Demonstrated technical experience in food security, agriculture and value-chain development, resilience, or livelihoods programming, preferably in the Latin America and Caribbean region.
• Proven experience managing large, complex awards, including budgets, subawards, deliverables, and USG compliance.
• Experience with USDA or USAID food assistance programs (Food for Peace/Title II, Food for Progress, or McGovern-Dole), including commodity management, preferred.
• Experience with the Graduation model or similar sequenced, household-level livelihoods approaches preferred.
• Demonstrated experience using adaptive management, evidence, and innovation approaches to lead USG-funded projects or other donor-funded projects of similar complexity.
• Proven success building and maintaining working relationships with host-government leaders, private-sector partners, and civil society, and empowering stakeholders to take ownership of project outcomes for post-project sustainability.
• Experience managing multi-country teams and coordinating across country-level deputies preferred.
• Experience working in fragile or high-risk settings preferred.
• Master’s degree in international development, agriculture, food security, or a related field preferred.
• Strong facilitation, communication, collaboration, and leadership skills.
• Oral and written fluency in Spanish and/or French/Haitian Creole required.
• Oral and written proficiency in English required.
• Ability to travel up to 35% of the time.

 

To Apply

Please submit a CV and cover letter to rmaher@partners.net. This position is contingent upon award of the anticipated cooperative agreement and the availability of funds.