Education Team Leader/

Serving under the general direction of the Deputy Mission Director, USAID/Sudan (Juba), the incumbent serves as a senior member of Mission staff with full responsibility for the management of the Education Office and its program portfolio.  As such, s/he is expected to participate directly in Mission policy discussions, and take a leadership role (with respect to education interventions), or a supporting role (with respect to other development sectors), in program planning, implementation and evaluation. 

Specifically, the incumbent will manage a staff of five (one Washington based technical officer, one Juba based technical officer and three Foreign Service National (FSN) staff).  In this role, s/he is expected to plan and organize workloads; set priorities; keep lines of communications open; mentor staff; evaluate personnel performance as well as their conformance with policy, regulations, and procedures; initiate or review proposals for all types of personnel actions affecting subordinates; and, to manage TDY assistance effectively.