**Location**:Bogotá, Colombia **Position Status**:Full-time employee **About LINC** **Position Description** LINC is seeking a Chief of Party for the anticipated USAID-funded Compass - Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Activity in Colombia. Compass will provide USAID/Colombia with technical and advisory services related to the monitoring, evaluation, and learning of USAID/Colombia’s strategy and activities. This includes providing monitoring support services; designing and implementing rigorous baseline, performance and impact evaluations, as well as other studies and assessments, and supporting their use and dissemination; developing collaborating, learning and adapting initiatives, and providing data management services. These efforts will inform the Mission’s strategy, learning, programmatic designs, decision-making, and adaptation, and will enable USAID/Colombia to comply with USAID’s Evaluation Policy and USAID Automated Directives System (ADS) 201. The Chief of Party will provide overall leadership, day-to-day management, and technical direction for the activity. They will ensure high quality of program deliverables, serve as chief liaison for USAID/Colombia and key external stakeholders, and build the capacity of local staff and partners. This is a full-time position contingent upon USAID award. **Colombian nationals are strongly encouraged to apply** **Responsibilities** - Provide vision and overall leadership of the Activity, including program planning, technical execution, financial management, and operations. - Manage, train and mentor staff ensuring seamless coordination among Activity components. - Ensure timely provision of responsive, high-quality deliverables from staff, consultants, and subcontractors. - Oversee the design, development, and implementation of performance and impact evaluations, sector assessments, baseline assessments, evaluations, research and analysis, MEL capacity strengthening, collaborating, learning, and adapting, and data management. - Coordinate and provide MEL and CLA technical assistance to USAID implementing partners. - Establish and maintain relationships, coordinate, and consult with key stakeholders, including USAID, Government of Colombia, implementing partners, and civil society, and other key stakeholders and audiences as required. - Model integrity in all actions, and ensure an inclusive and ethical team environment. **Skills and Qualifications** - A Master’s degree in international development, social sciences or a related field. - Minimum 10 years of demonstrated experience supporting complex donor-funded programs, ideally USAID. Prior experience as a COP or Deputy Chief of Party strongly preferred - Proven USAID and external stakeholder relations, team leadership, and strategic management skills; - At least five years of experience related to research, evaluation, statistics and/or monitoring projects related to development. - Exceptional written and oral communication skills required. - Fluency in spoken and written English and Spanish. - Prior experience working in Colombia or Latin America required. - Understanding of USAID regulations and policies, including but not limited to the Automated Directives System 201, the Evaluation Policy, and the Local Capacity Strengthening Policy. **Application Instructions