Job Summary:

You will manage and provide technical oversight of the development and implementation of the Country Program (CP) programming, particularly for large and complex projects, ensuring effective systems and processes are in place that support high-quality programming advancing Catholic Relief Services’ (CRS) work in serving the poor and vulnerable. Your management skills and knowledge will ensure that the CP delivers high-quality programming and continuously works towards improving the impact of its programming.

Roles and Key Responsibilities:

Provide management, guidance, and technical oversight of all new and existing projects within the CP 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. Effectively manage talent for and supervise. Manage team dynamics and staff well-being. Provide coaching, strategically tailor individual development plans, and complete performance management for direct reports. Lead the development of program learning - identify opportunities for learning, research and publications in the area of and implementation of MEAL policy. Facilitate the dissemination of promising practices and lessons learned to contribute to the agency knowledge management agenda. Ensure integration of innovations and best practices. Contribute to the proactive pursuit of opportunities for new funding to ensure growth of the CP sector portfolio in line with agency, regional, and CP strategic priorities. Serve as the technical lead and technical writer to ensure quality proposals in per agency and donor standards. Contribute to budgeting and staffing plans and activities for proposals. Oversee technical assistance and capacity strengthening activities in for staff and partner organizations to enhance program quality and impact. Oversee the identification, assessment and strengthening of partnerships relevant to and the appropriate application of partnership concepts, tools and approaches. Ensure timely and appropriate project expenditures in line with financial plans and efficient use and stewardship of project material sources.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with ability to make sound judgment and decisions and offer innovative solutions Strong relations management abilities. Ability to relate to people at all levels internally and externally. Strategic in how you approach each relationship. Good presentation and facilitation skills Proactive, resourceful, solutions-oriented and results-oriented

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 MEAL skills and experience required. Staff management experience and abilities that are conducive to a learning environment. Experience using MS Windows and MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Web Conferencing Applications, information management systems.

Required Languages - List languages required to perform the job

Travel - include percentage of required travel, if applicable. Could be stated as Must be willing and able to travel up to X %.

Supervisory Responsibilities (if none, state none)

Key Working Relationships:

Internal

External