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Chief of Party

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USDA McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program – Guinea

Position Summary:

Creative Associates International seeks a Chief of Party (COP) for an anticipated USDA-funded McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program in Guinea. The program will support school feeding, literacy improvement, nutrition, and food security outcomes for school-aged children while strengthening local systems, government capacity, and community participation.

The COP will provide overall strategic, technical, operational, financial, and managerial leadership for the program and serve as the primary liaison with USDA, Government of Guinea counterparts, consortium partners, and key stakeholders.

This position reports to the Home Office Project Director in Washington, D.C.

Primary Responsibilities

  • Provide overall strategic leadership and direction for the McGovern-Dole program in Guinea.
  • Lead project implementation and oversee achievement of program objectives, targets, and deliverables.
  • Ensure compliance with USDA regulations, commodity management requirements, financial controls, and reporting obligations.
  • Oversee systems related to commodity accountability, warehousing, transportation, inventory management, and risk mitigation.
  • Coordinate closely with consortium partners responsible for commodities and school feeding operations.
  • Provide oversight for literacy, teacher training, nutrition, school feeding, community engagement, and sustainability activities.
  • Serve as the primary liaison with USDA, Government of Guinea ministries, development partners, and key stakeholders.
  • Oversee monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning systems and promote data-driven decision-making.
  • Recruit, supervise, mentor, and support a multidisciplinary project team.
  • Monitor operational and security risks and support mitigation planning.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

  • Master’s degree in Education, International Development, Agriculture, Nutrition, Public Administration, or related field.
  • Minimum 10 years of progressively responsible experience managing large donor-funded international development programs.
  • Minimum 5 years of senior leadership experience as Chief of Party, Deputy Chief of Party, Program Director, or equivalent.
  • Demonstrated experience managing USDA-funded programs strongly preferred, including McGovern-Dole, Food for Progress, Food for Peace, or related food security/school feeding programs.
  • Demonstrated experience overseeing complex operational or commodities management systems preferred.
  • Experience managing multi-sectoral programs involving education, nutrition, food security, school feeding, or community development.
  • Demonstrated experience working with government counterparts, donors, local organizations, and consortium partners.
  • Strong financial, operational, compliance, and risk management experience.
  • Demonstrated experience in fragile or complex operating environments preferred.
  • Professional fluency in French strongly preferred.
  • Professional working proficiency in English required.
  • Previous experience working in Guinea or West Africa strongly preferred.

Only finalists will be contacted. No phone calls, please. This position is contingent upon project award.

Creative Associates International is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Consultant: Law Enforcement & Security Sector Reform

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Creative is seeking global law enforcement consultants and subject matter experts (SMEs) (based in the United States, Latin America, Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East) to support various projects currently at the proposal phase. Creative is looking to expand its pool of available SMEs to support the development of effective, professional, and transparent law enforcement capacity that protects human rights, combats corruption, and reduces the threat of transnational crime and terrorism, in support of U.S. foreign policy and national security objectives. This support may include expert assistance to foreign counterparts to help develop criminal justice systems that will effectively combat transnational crime, corruption, and terrorism consistent with international standards and in furtherance of the rule of law and U.S. national security. 

To this end, we are seeking mid-level and senior individuals with expertise in law enforcement and security sector reform specializations listed below to submit their CVs for short- or long-term opportunities, all of which are contingent upon contract award.

Areas of Expertise Sought

Institutional Development 

  1. Organizational Development  
  1. Individual Unit Development 
  1. Academy and Instructor Development  
  1. Information Systems  

Law Enforcement Capacity Building  

  1. Basic and Advanced Police Service  
  1. Specialized Law Enforcement and Tactical Operations 
  1. Basic and Advanced Criminal Investigations 
  1. Basic and Advanced Interview Skills 
  1. Maritime and Border Security  
  1. Policing in a Democratic Society 
  1. Terrorism and Transnational Crime  
  1. International Post Conflict Law Enforcement Responders  
  1. Public Integrity and Anticorruption  
  1. Forensics Development 
  1. Criminal Justice Coordination 
  1. Crime Scene Investigations 
  1. Corrections 
  1. Money Laundering and Economic Crimes  
  1. Organized Crime 
  1. Anti-Corruption  
  1. Cybercrime  
  1. Intellectual Property Crimes  
  1. Counter- Trafficking in Persons  
  1. Counter-Trafficking in Narcotics 
  1. Combatting Transnational Criminal Activities 

Counterterrorism Capacity Building 

  1. Counterterrorism Tactical Training  
  1. Lawful Detainment & Repatriation of Foreign Terrorist Fighters  
  1. Counterterrorism Financing  
  1. Complex Investigations and Countertrafficking of Narcotics,  
  1. Intelligence-Led Policing 
  1. Complex investigations of other Transnational Criminal Activities 

Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) Operations 

Responsibilities (Illustrative)

  • The tasks listed below are meant to cover the various types of work that may be negotiated with Creative for either programs or proposals with the desired security sector, law enforcement, or justice-related components: 
  • Designing, delivering, and evaluating specialized training initiatives, including all training materials, i.e. curricula, case studies, simulation activities, pre- and post-training evaluations and assessments, facilitator manuals, and participant materials 
  • Serving as embedded advisors with host-country law enforcement entities to support institutional reform, establishment of training academies, anti-corruption, and other vetted investigative and police units 
  • Conduct in-country assessment in collaboration with the host law enforcement and security sector 
  • Serving as mentors to host-country counterparts to facilitate knowledge transfer of new techniques and technologies, as well as international standards for policing, evidence management and analysis, prosecution, management of prisons and inmates, and other specialized topics 
  • Serve as SMEs on a rotating basis, dependent on the services required 
  • Developing and/or conducting trainings for task order staff and/or partner nation organizations and units  
  • Liaise closely with Washington, DC-based Creative staff to develop indicators, data collection tools, and reporting mechanisms to track implementation progress 

Qualifications

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree (Master’s or higher preferred) in criminal justice, psychology, political science, public administration, public policy, government, law, forensics, national security or a relevant field. 
  • At least 5 years of experience working in U.S. law enforcement, criminal justice, corrections management, national security, counter narcotics, or law. 
  • Specialized professional development training and certifications may be considered in combination with professional law enforcement experience in lieu of university degree. 
  • Ability to assess and evaluate law enforcement practices and develop recommendations, action plans, and training tools to build capacity. 
  • Experience facilitating workshops, trainings, and simulation exercises. 
  • Ability to work on a team across time zones. 
  • Must be eligible to obtain a Secret Clearance; holders of existing Clearances preferred but not required. 
  • Experience working with U.S. local or federal law enforcement entities required. 

Preferred

  • Additional professional written and oral language capabilities in Spanish, French, and Arabic preferred, but not required.