Senior Director, Labor

The Senior Director, Labor will directly manage home office and program staff and ensure technical, programmatic, and financial compliance with donor-funded programs, including timely and high-quality delivery of milestones. The Senior Director reports to the Senior Vice President, Programs.

The full job description covers all associated skills, previous experience, and any qualifications that applicants are expected to have.

Duties include providing leadership and support to labor-related projects, including child labor, forced labor, acceptable conditions of work, and international labor standards, funded by the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) and the United States Department of State (DOS), among other potential donors, particularly in Colombia, Ecuador, and Mexico. The Senior Director must have broad knowledge of labor issues, trade unions, worker’s organizations and / or labor rights organizations, socio-economic and political issues, with expertise in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), and knowledge of labor provisions in U.S. free trade agreements (FTAs).

The Senior Director will use sound judgment and political sense to facilitate decision-making, particularly when managing relationships with stakeholders. This includes engaging with the private sector, civil society organizations, government, and multilateral stakeholders to ensure holistic and sustainable program implementation.

The Senior Director will also lead and support the pursuit of new business opportunities, responding to solicitations and requests for proposals from the U.S. government (USG), corporate foundations, multilateral organizations, and other funding sources.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Serve as liaison between POA and donors.
• Monitor and manage program work plans and budgets.
• Hire and train qualified home office and field staff, as needed and appropriate.
• Directly supervise program staff.
• Lead start-up and closeout procedures for programs, ensuring compliance and donor requirements.
• Monitor project(s) to ensure contractual and financial compliance, as well as achievement of project deliverables and impact.
• Monitor program budget(s) and financial reporting of sub-awardees and conduct random spot checks and mini audits.
• In close coordination with field program staff, support management of sub-awardees contractual and technical deliverables.
• Deliver in-person trainings and webinars to home office and field staff.
• Maintain electronic filing system of all program documentation, stakeholder contacts and deliverables, in a timely and organized way, consistent throughout the implementation of the programs.
• Ensure delivery of high-quality M&E plans, annual reports, mid-year / end of project performance reports, annual work plans, technical reports, internal and external evaluations, sub-award technical reports, special studies, and other reports as per the award requirements.
• Support and represent the Senior Vice-President, Programs as the operational focal point person for key institutional donors such as DOS, USDOL and USAID, among other potential donors.
• Prepare reports and talking points for the Board of Directors pertaining to the Labor Unit.
• Lead communication efforts with field staff and responding to questions from home and field offices regarding Partners and donor policies and regulations and award requirements.
• Oversee the development of yearly operating budgets and monitor program budget to meet the projected yearly spending goals and monitor burn rate.
• Monitor project’s progress to ensure that activities occur according to proposed timeline and provide guidance, as needed.
• Approve monthly field reports from sub-awardees to ensure compliance with reporting requirements.
• Lead and oversee knowledge management efforts of the Unit, as well as the Unit’s strategic communication efforts and materials.
• Provide oversight of contracts and agreements to ensure that all required documentation is in order, they are carried out according to schedule, and that payments are made in a timely manner.
• Work with field staff to ensure compliance with terms of reference.
• Guide and support programs / field offices to develop and review memos, contracts, agreements with sub-awardees, and addendums as needed.
• Process all wires and payments from home office to the field and contractors.
• Review, edit, and approve technical reports and draft project revisions for submission to donor, as needed.
• Travel to visit programs and oversee programmatic implementation, conduct reviews, provide operations support and build capacity on donor requirements.
• Review project deliverables and reports for timeliness, high quality, completeness and provides comments and technical input.
• Drafting and completing project approval requests, sub-awardees and grantee obligation and administrative modifications, procurement action requests, and submitting for approval.
• Provide input in technical proposal design and strategizing for proposal development processes.
• Provide input to fundraising efforts and donor relations.
• Oversee pre-teaming and teaming agreements with local partners and negotiate technical capacities and budgets as part of the proposal development process.
• Lead writing and editing technical documents for new opportunities including proposals, capability statements, and other documents.
• Lead and oversee the preparation of budgets and accompanying budget narratives.
• Gather intelligence for up-coming funding opportunities.
• Travel to gather information to design and develop new business opportunities.
• Support the Senior Vice-President, Programs in the approval process of wire transfers, financial reports.
• Other tasks as needed and appropriate.

Qualifications and Minimum Requirements

Preferred

Supervisory responsibilities : Chief of Party, Program Directors, Program Officers, Senior Program Officers, Associate Directors, Directors, and other specified program staff.

Core & Professional Competencies

Universal Manager

Senior Management

Senior Director

Distribution of Time

The above job description is an overview of the functions and requirements for this position. This document is not intended to be an exhaustive list encompassing every duty and requirement of this position; your supervisor may assign other duties as deemed necessary.

Position is located in Washington, DC and the salary range for this position is $99,711.00 to $149,567.00 annually. This position is a hybrid position and will be required to report to the DC office once a week at a minimum.

To apply, please submit your resume and cover letter to Andres Obertello ataobertello@partners.net with the subject line “Senior Director, Labor – Candidate Last Name”. Please note that only finalists will be contacted.

Partners is Proud To Be An Equal Employment Opportunity And Affirmative Action Employer. Partners Does Not Discriminate In Employment On The Basis Of Race, Color, Religion, Sex (Including Pregnancy And Gender Identity), National Origin, Political Affiliation, Sexual Orientation, Marital Status, Disability, Genetic Information, Age, Membership In An Employee Organization, Retaliation, Parental Status, Military Service, Or Other Non-Merit Factor.

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Salary : $99,711 - $149,567