Deputy Chief of Party, Operations, Oti Colombia

**Project Summary**:
The USAID/OTI Colombia Transforma 3 Program seeks to demonstrate the transformative power of the Peace Accord implementation in Colombia. To achieve this goal, the program works to strengthen leadership and collaboration between the Government of Colombia (GOC) and key territorial actors to accelerate implementation of the Peace Accord. The program works directly with the GOC at national, departmental, and local levels, with local organizations, and directly with communities to pursue robust and collaborative Peace Accord implementation. This collaborative approach helps to demonstrate that an integrated, comprehensive approach to the conflict also provides solutions to some of the country's biggest problems, including rural insecurity, land formalization, and illicit economies. Implicit in this approach is support to the GOC in understanding the unique post-accord drivers of instability and support for piloting innovative solutions. The program operates primarily through an extensive portfolio of small, primarily in-kind grants, seizing on local windows of opportunity in pursuit of both individual regional objectives and broader program goals. The program operates from a main office in Bogotá, with significant field office presence across multiple Colombian departments.

**Please note: All citizenships are eligible for this position.**

**Position Summary**:
The Deputy Chief of Party - Operations (DCOP-Operations) will lead operational and administrative functions of the program, including ensuring timely, compliant delivery of Transition Activities Pool (TAP) programming procurement and financial management, human resources (HR) and personnel functions subcontractor management and task order start-up/close-out. The position will coordinate closely with the Chief of Party (COP), Deputy Chief of Party - Programs (DCOP-Programs), and USAID/OTI to ensure operational functions are fully aligned with programmatic priorities and objectives, while ensuring compliance with U.S. and host country government regulations and MSI policies and procedures. Along with the COP and DCOP-Programs, the DCOP-Operations will effectively represent MSI to USAID/OTI’s Country Representative (CR) and Deputy Country Representative (DCR), GOC counterparts, and other stakeholders. The DCOP-Operations will report to the COP.

**Responsibilities**:

- Make key decisions and solve problems in short time frames in coordination with the COP, while ensuring operational and programmatic integrity and overall program direction is provided by USAID/OTI through the Task Order Contracting Officer’s Representative (TOCOR) and CR.
- Coordinate closely with DCOP-Programs to ensure compliance and facilitate successful program implementation.
- Oversee all operations including but not limited to administration, logistics, procurement, budgeting, financial, and property.
- Ensure that program implementation is in accordance with USAID regulations and procedures and the specifications determined in the Task Order SOW including monitoring grantee worthiness, ensuring that all procurement processes are perceived as transparent by beneficiary communities, assuring fair and transparent procurement processes, review of financial management, and monitoring grant implementation.
- Ensure that the most reasonable, fair, expeditious, and appropriate procurement choices are made pursuant to the MSI’s Procurement Field Guide and applicable rules and regulations.
- Supervise the daily financial operations of the program, which includes cash flow management, timesheet recording, reporting to USAID/OTI on the financial aspects of the project, and daily monitoring of obligations, budgets, and expenditures.
- Ensure continuous liquidity for the project, handle all HR issues, supervise the day-to-day implementation of all grants made under the program, and investigate and identify new ways of achieving program efficiencies.
- Coordinate with MSI Headquarters on all compliance issues, seeking legal and policy guidance on sanctions and other applicable restrictions.
- Coordinate with the DCOP-Programs to ensure that T3 operational staff (e.g., grants, procurement, HR, finance) stay closely informed and aligned with program staff.
- Travel regularly to T3 offices in Bajo Cauca, Nariño, and Norte de Santander to provide ongoing support, training, and mentorship to field-based staff.
- Supervise the Finance and Administration Manager, Grants Manager, Procurement Manager, and Environmental Compliance Specialist.
- Act as the COP, as assigned when the COP is absent from the program.
- Take on other duties as assigned by the COP.

**Perfil de la Compañía**:
**Resumen del Programa**:
El Programa Colombia Transforma 3 de USAID/OTI busca demostrar el poder transformador de la implementación del Acuerdo de Paz en Colombia. Para lograr este meta, el programa trabaja para fortalecer el liderazgo y la colaboración entre el Gobierno de Colombia (GDC) y