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Catholic Relief Services · 1 day ago

Technical Advisor II for Emergency Program Quality and Management

Baltimore, MD

Full-time

Remote

Mid, Senior Level

5+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Contribute to the development and implementation of agency-wide strategies, standards, tools, and best practices in Emergency Response and Recovery that effectively engage partners, donors and governments. Help ensure a cross-sectoral approach integrating gender, protection mainstreaming, and disaster risk reduction.

Provide technical solutions to regional and CP teams, remotely and on-site, for strategic planning and how to best apply program design and implementation standards, best practices, partnership principles, tools, and M&E, ensuring high-quality implementation.

Take on acting emergency leadership roles (e.g., Emergency Coordinator, Head of Office) and support the set up and/or management of emergency field offices, teams, and relief operations as requested during field deployments. Support may also be provided in other response functions such as security, staffing, supply chain/logistics, finance, IT/communications and administration, as needed.

Contribute to efforts to pre-position CRS for growth opportunities in Emergency Response and Recovery. Lead or contribute to the development of the technical design for large and/or complex proposals, including defining appropriate monitoring systems and indicators. Advise project teams on integrating donor strategies, priorities and technical requirements into CRS’ approach.

Contribute to capacity strengthening initiatives in Emergency Response and Recovery programming for staff and partners by helping to develop learning and training strategies and agendas/curricula, conducting trainings and workshops, and mentoring and coaching to CP staff. Capacity strengthening approaches may include formal and on-the-job training; development/streamlining of operational policies/systems; accompaniment of partners, etc. as appropriate.

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 Emergency Response and Recovery to collect and share best practices and promote CRS’ work.

Represent the agency and partners at cluster, donor and coordination meetings in the field and at international cluster meetings, as requested.

Promote health and wellbeing of CRS and partner emergency staff.

Qualification

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Emergency ResponseProgram DesignProposal DevelopmentMonitoringMS OfficeFrench LanguageInformation ManagementTechnical WritingRelationship ManagementCoaching SkillsSpanish LanguageArabic LanguageSecurity ProtocolsAdult Learning Principles

Required

Master's Degree in international development or other field(s) related to humanitarian programming required.

Minimum of five years relevant international working experience in an advisory or management role with progressive responsibilities, ideally with an international NGO, with minimum of three years working for programming interventions in emergency response and recovery.

Previous experience providing technical assistance and developing successful proposals for external donor funding is required.

Demonstrated application of technical principles and concepts in . General knowledge of other related disciplines to ensure proper cross-sectoral approach.

Experience in business development, project design and proposal development in , 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.

Proficiency (verbal and written) in English and French.

Must be willing and able to travel up to 60%; duration of a deployment will generally be from 3 to 8 weeks, depending on the needs of the country program. Candidates should have the capacity to live and work in difficult/stressful environments and serve wherever agency needs dictate.

Preferred

Additional relevant experience may substitute for some education.

Knowledge of humanitarian principles, standards and system, with specific knowledge of CRS and Caritas Internationalis emergency programming and standards a plus.

Knowledge of design requirements and regulations of major emergency donors, including the US Government, EU/ECHO and UN agencies.

Highly proficient in security protocols and management of emergency programs in insecure environments.

Ability to work with local partner organizations.

Experience with and enthusiasm for coaching, mentoring and on the job training.

Ability to maintain performance expectations and strong working relationships in diverse cultural contexts, psychologically and physically stressful environments.

Practical knowledge/skills in Information and Community Technology (ICT) and Information Management.