Catholic Relief Services
About CRS
Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. CRS works to save, protect, and transform lives in need in more than 100 countries, without regard to race, religion or nationality. CRS’ relief and development work is accomplished through programs of emergency response, HIV, health, agriculture, education, microfinance and peacebuilding.
NOTE: This is a global telecommuter position; CRS will give preference to candidates who are based in countries where we have existing offices. CRS does not sponsor visas for telecommuting employees.)
Job Summary:
You will provide technical advice, guidance, and support to the BHA-funded Preparing to Enhance Protection in Disasters (PrEPD) project, with a focus on Safe and Dignified programming within Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in line with Catholic Relief Services (CRS) program quality principles and standards, donor guidelines, and industry best practices to Country Program (CP) teams to advance the delivery of high-quality programming to the poor and vulnerable. Your technical knowledge, advice and guidance will contribute to determining how effective, adaptive and innovative CRS’ Safe and Dignified Programming (SDP), including Protection Mainstreaming (PM) & PSEA, is across the globe.
Roles and Key Responsibilities:
- Provide management, guidance, and technical oversight of the PrEPD project throughout the project cycle to ensure project design, start-up, implementation and close-out are in line with CRS quality principles and standards, donor guidelines, and industry best practices.
- Provide technical guidance and solutions to PrEPD CP teams, remotely and on-site, for strategic and implementation planning and how to best apply program design and implementation standards, best practices, partnership principles, tools, and M&E, ensuring high-quality implementation.
- Lead on developing project resources, materials and outputs; coordinate activities and input from other SDP Team members, as relevant.
- Contribute to regional and CP efforts to pre-position CRS for growth opportunities in SDP in DRR/Disaster Preparedness.
- Contribute to capacity strengthening initiatives in SDP for PrEPD staff and partners through helping develop learning and training strategies and agendas/curriculums, conducting trainings and workshops, and mentoring and coaching to CP staff.
- Contribute to knowledge management and learning through collecting and analyzing program data, evaluating strategic projects, assisting with measuring program impact, capturing and sharing lessons learned and best practices, and research and internal reports.
- Establish and maintain relationships with donors, peer organizations, research and other institutions. Participate in forums in the area of SDP in DRR/Disaster Preparedness to collect and share best practices and promote CRS’ work.
- Ensure timely and appropriate project expenditures in line with financial plans and efficient use and stewardship of project material sources.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Demonstrated understanding of international protection standards.
- Experienced trainer/teacher of adults and multi-cultural groups
- Excellent relationship management skills with ability to influence and get buy-in from people not under direct supervision and to work with individuals in diverse geographical and cultural settings.
- Strong strategic, analytical, problem-solving and systems thinking skills with capacity to see the big picture and ability to make sound judgment
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Strong presentation, facilitation, training, mentoring, and coaching skills
- Proactive, resourceful and results-oriented
- MEAL skills and experience
Required Languages – Fluency in spoken and written English
Travel
- Ability to live and work in disaster-affected areas.
- Ability to deploy on short notice (within 48-72 hours) when needed
- Willingness and ability to travel internationally as required (approximately 25%)
Supervisory Responsibilities None
Key Working Relationships:
Internal HRD SDP Team, Philippines, Sierra Leone & Uganda Country Teams, relevant Regional Teams, Program Quality Team, Technical Advisors, and US-based staff as relevant.
External Partner staff, Safe and Dignified Working Group (SDWG) members, international and local non-governmental, members of Protection Mainstreaming technical forums, organizations, and relevant government representatives.
Basic Qualifications
- Master’s Degree in Social Sciences, Gender, International Development, International Law or another related field is required.
- Minimum of five years relevant experience in an advisory or management role with progressive responsibilities, with minimum of three years working on PM and/or PSEA.
- Demonstrated application of technical principles and concepts in SDP. General knowledge of DRR to ensure proper cross-sectoral approach.
- Experience in business development, project design and proposal development in SDP including technical writing.
- Experience in mentoring, coaching, facilitation and training applying adult learning principles and practices.
- Experience with program monitoring and evaluation, including applying data collection tools and methodologies, data analysis, and data presentation.
- Experience and skills in networking and relations with donors, peer organizations, and faith-based and civil society partners. Understanding of partnership principles.
- Proficient in MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Web Conferencing Applications, information and budget management systems, knowledge-sharing networks.
Preferred Qualifications
- Good experience in project grants management, including project design, preferably for grants from multiple public donors, including USAID.
- Demonstrated ability to write high quality technical proposals.
- Experience engaging with partner organizations
Agency-wide Competencies (for all CRS Staff)
These are rooted in the mission, values, and guiding principles of CRS and used by each staff member to fulfill his or her responsibilities and achieve the desired results.
· Integrity
· Continuous Improvement & Innovation
· Builds Relationships
· Develops Talent
· Strategic Mindset
· Accountability & Stewardship
***Our Catholic identity is at the heart of our mission and operations. Catholic Relief Services carries out the commitment of the Bishops of the United States to assist the poor and vulnerable overseas. We welcome as a part of our staff people of all faiths and secular traditions who share our values and our commitment to serving those in need.
Disclaimer: This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position.
Note: All positions requiring residence or frequent travel outside their home country must undergo and clear a pre-employment medical examination.
To ensure the safety of our staff, our partners, and the people we serve, CRS requires that staff be vaccinated against Covid-19. CRS complies with all federal and state laws to allow for accommodations, as needed with supporting documentation. However, accommodations may limit the roles that candidates are eligible for based on role requirements (e.g., travel, meetings with staff, partner, donors).
CRS’ talent acquisition procedures reflect our commitment to safeguarding the rights and dignity of all people – especially children and vulnerable adults – to live free from abuse and harm.
CRS welcomes candidates from the countries and regions in which we work. In the event the successful candidate is an expatriate or global telecommuter, the anticipated duration of the assignment is informed by a term limit, based on the type and level of the job and the needs of the agency.
CRS is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Same Posting Description for Internal and External Candidates