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Date Posted: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Counterpart International
Job Description
Title: Technical Specialist Location: Lusaka, Zambia
Counterpart International helps people build better lives and more durable futures, community by community. We equip individuals, organizations and communities-our counterparts- to become solution creators in their own families, communities, regions and countries. We work with them in some of the world’s most challenging places to tackle social, economic, environmental, health and governance issues that threaten their lives and undermine their futures.
For more information on Counterpart International, please visit our website at www.counterpart.org
Job Profile:
Counterpart International is seeking technical specialists to support an anticipated USAID/Zambia District Governance Strengthening initiative, which seeks to support local government capacity to improve service delivery through advocacy, and enhanced engagement and coordination among cross-sectoral public and private actors and citizens, while building capacity and improving transparency.. .

Job Responsibilities:
• To those ends, we are seeking qualified candidates that demonstrate expertise in the following areas: advocacy, capacity building, community engagement and coordination, decentralization, policy, local governance, civil society, social inclusion, youth, gender, health, nutrition, natural resource management, education, private sector engagement, and monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) and/or collaborating, learning and adapting (CLA)..

Job Skills: Not Specified

Job Qualifications:
• Minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible experience in international development; preferably in Zambia;
• Previous experience working on USAID-funded programs highly preferred;
• Demonstrated experience working with and building the capacity of marginalized groups, to include women and youth;
• Demonstrated experience in working effectively with senior government representatives at the local, municipal, and national level, local and national civil society actors, donors, USAID representatives, other implementing agencies, and other stakeholders;
• Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and deliver quality outputs;
• Experience with adaptive management approaches preferred.

Job Education Requirements:
• Advanced degree in International Development, Social Sciences, Political Science, Governance and Civil Society, Business Administration, Public Health, Education and/or other related fields..

Job Experience Requirements:
• Minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible experience in international development; preferably in Zambia;;

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