3 Job Positions at Catholic Relief Services (CRS): (Deadline 28 May 2024)

3 Job Positions at Catholic Relief Services (CRS): (Deadline 28 May 2024)

Deputy Chief of Party II, Market Systems Development for Livestock Activity at Catholic Relief Services (CRS): (Deadline 28 May 2024)

Job Title: Deputy Chief of Party II, Market Systems Development for Livestock Activity

Department: Programming

Grade: 11

Reports To: Chief of Party II, Market Systems Development Activity

Country/Location: Rwanda (Kigali) with Field Trips 40%

This post is contingent on donor funding and donor approval of the candidate.

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.

About CRS Rwanda

CRS has operated in Rwanda since 1960, successfully implementing programs in nutrition, agriculture, livelihoods, emergency, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), health, microfinance, and peacebuilding throughout the country.

Job Summary:

Pending a successful bid for the award, as Deputy Chief of Party II, you will support overall management of a Market Systems Development for Livestock Activity, and act on behalf of the Chief of Party as needed, including global representation to the donor to serve the poor and vulnerable. Your management and technical knowledge will ensure the delivery of high-quality programming and advance the position of CRS as a leading agency in market systems development and food security programming. As a senior leader you will proactively manage security and mitigate security risks.

Roles and Key Responsibilities:

• Manage key aspects of the implementation and consolidation of multi-year agricultural market systems development activity. Serve as a point of contact to the donor as well as public, private and non-government stakeholders, when needed.
• Manage key functions of the project to meet donor expectations in terms of timely and quality results and budget. Contribute to ensuring coordination between program and operations leads. Contribute to ensuring the CRS program quality standards are adhered to per MEAL policy and procedures.
• Effectively manage talent and supervise. Manage team dynamics and staff well-being. Provide coaching and mentoring. Strategically tailor individual development plans and complete performance assessments for direct reports. Contribute to the development of staffing plans and the recruitment process of senior staff.
• Manage and mitigate risk through monitoring national and regional issues that may impact staff and programming. Ensure all staff understand and adhere to CRS staff safety and security policies and plans and ensure the updating of such plans.
• Promote, uphold and model a commitment to the efficient use of agency and donor resources. Help ensure compliance with contract, including financial tracking and oversight of partner budgets, finance, administration and reporting to donor.
• Maintain relationships with key staff of consortium partner organizations. Contribute to coordination of the roles and activities of staff from other consortium member organizations in implementation in line with CRS partnership principles.
• Create and maintain proper conditions for learning. Establish a safe environment for sharing of ideas, solutions, and difficulties and the capacity to detect, analyze and respond quickly to deficiencies. Identify performance gaps and training opportunities for CRS and partner staff and recommend trainings and technical assistance.

Basic Qualifications

• Master’s degree in International Development, International Relations, or a relevant technical area.
• 7 or more years’ relevant management and technical experience.
• 5 years experience managing donor funds, including USAID contracts. Strong knowledge and experience in budget management.
• Recognized technical experience and qualifications in sector as demonstrated by peer reviewed publications, conference presentations etc.
• Demonstrated experience of successful management, including management of functions of complex, high-value, multi-activity projects, with complicated logistics.
• Staff management experience and abilities that are conducive to a learning environment. Experience coaching.

Required Languages – English. Kinyarwanda, Swahili and/or French an asset.

Travel – Position based in Kigali. Must be willing and able to travel up to 40% inside Rwanda.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strong strategic, analytical, systems thinking, and problem-solving skills, with capacity to see the big picture and ability to make sound judgment and decisions.
• Strong relations management abilities. Ability to relate to people at all levels internally and externally. Strategic in how you approach each relationship.
• Team leadership abilities with diverse/multi-disciplinary teams. Coaching skills.
• Proactive, resourceful, solutions-oriented and results-oriented.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience engaging partners and strengthening partnerships. Knowledge of CRS partnership strategy a plus.
• Experience in MS Office package (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio), Web Conferencing Applications, and information and budget management systems.

Agency REDI Competencies (for all CRS Staff)

Agency competencies clarify expected behaviors and attitudes for all staff. When demonstrated, they create an engaging workplace, help staff achieve their best, and help CRS achieve agency goals. 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.

• Personal Accountability – Consistently takes responsibility for one’s own actions.
• Acts with Integrity – Consistently models values aligned with CRS Guiding Principles and mission. Is considered honest.
• Builds and Maintains Trust – Shows consistency between words and actions.
• Collaborates with Others – Works effectively in intercultural and diverse teams.
• Open to Learn – Seeks out experiences that may change perspective or provide an opportunity to learn new things.

Agency Leadership Competencies:

• Lead Change – Continually looks for ways to improve the agency through a culture of agility, openness, and innovation.
• Develops and Recognizes Others – Builds the capacity of staff to reach their full potential and enhance team and agency performance.
• Strategic Mindset – Understands role in translating, communicating, and implementing agency strategy and team priorities.

Supervisory Responsibilities: Activity programming staff

Key Working Relationships:

Internal: Chief of Party, Head of Programing, Country Representative, Operations Manager, MEAL Manager, Finance Manager, Deputy Regional Director for Program Quality, Regional Technical Advisors, HQ based Public Donor Liaison.

External: Donors, partner INGOs and local NGOs, and peer agencies.

***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. CRS’ processes and policies reflect our commitment to protecting children and vulnerable adults from abuse and exploitation.

Disclaimer: This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position. This position is contingent upon award of the funding opportunity to CRS and the donor’s approval of the proposed candidate.

CRS’ talent acquisition procedures reflect our commitment to protecting children and vulnerable adults from abuse and exploitation.

CRS is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to an inclusive and diverse workforce.

How to apply

Interested and qualified candidates should complete the attached application form, Self -DeclarationClause and submit them together with one page Cover letter plus updated CV (maximum three pages) all in/as one document – via email only to: [email protected] not later than Tuesday May 28^th, 2024, at 5:00pm.

Please, include below statement in your cover letter:

“By applying to this job, I understand and acknowledge that CRS requires its staff to treat all people with dignity and respect and to actively prevent harassment, abuse, exploitation, and human trafficking. Further, I understand that if I am a successful candidate, I will be subject to a comprehensive background check, and my personal/professional references will be asked to evaluate my behaviors related to the above safeguarding-related topics.”

Also include your full names and title “DCoP-Market Systems Development for Livestock Activity @ Grade 11” in the subject line. Due to anticipated high interest in this post and the expected number of applicants, only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Kigali May 15^th, 2024.

Hans Fly

Country Representative

 

 

 

Program Manager II MEAL, Market Systems Development for Livestock Activity at Catholic Relief Services (CRS): (Deadline 28 May 2024)

Job Title: Program Manager II MEAL, Market Systems Development for Livestock Activity

Department: Programming

Grade: 10

Reports To: Chief of Party II, Market Systems Development Activity

Country/Location: Rwanda (Kigali) with Field Trips 40%

This post is contingent on donor funding and donor approval of the candidate.

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.

CRS has operated in Rwanda since 1960, successfully implementing programs in nutrition, agriculture, livelihoods, emergency, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), health, microfinance, and peacebuilding throughout the country.

Job Summary:

Pending a successful bid for the award, as Program Manager II – MEAL, you will manage and provide technical oversight of the development and implementation of the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) system of a . Your technical skills and knowledge will ensure the delivery of high-quality programming and continuously work towards improving the impact of its multi-year development programming.

The Program Manager II – MEAL will ensure that the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) plan adheres to CRS’ MEAL Policies and Procedures and donor requirements. The Program Manager II – MEAL will be responsible for designing and implementing the MEL Plan of a high-quality program.

Roles and Key Responsibilities:

• Provide management, guidance, and technical oversight for MEAL activities throughout the project cycle to ensure project design, start-up, implementation and close-out of the Market Systems Development Activity are in line with CRS quality principles and standards and MEAL policies, procedures, and practices, donor guidelines, and industry best practices. Oversee and manage MEAL implementation of a complex multi-sectoral program.
• Effectively manage talent for MEAL and supervise. Manage team dynamics and staff wellbeing. Provide coaching, strategically tailor individual development plans, and complete performance management for direct reports.
• Champion the development of program learning – identify opportunities for learning, research and publications and implementation of MEAL policy. Facilitate the dissemination of promising practices and lessons learned to contribute to the agency knowledge management agenda. Promote the application of learning to improve program quality and to strengthen agency influence among external stakeholders. Ensure integration of MEAL-related innovations and best practices.
• Provide management, guidance, and technical oversight for the development and implementation of high-quality MEAL systems and processes, including ICT4MEAL and the application of responsible data principles as per agency and donor requirements. Promoting MEAL policies and industry good practices, champion the analysis and use of project performance data to inform decision-making and identify lessons learned. Facilitate connections between colleagues and peers to generate and share evidence-based learning.
• Provide management, guidance and technical oversight for project or program evaluation events and research, including the development of terms of reference or study protocols that include evaluation/learning questions, a balance of qualitative and quantitative methods, appropriate consideration of ethical and data protection standards, and the necessary technical rigor. Oversee the quality of evaluation data through good data management. Support the identification, recruitment, and management of external evaluators or research partners to ensure high quality evaluation, research, and learning.
• Oversee MEAL-related technical assistance and capacity strengthening activities for staff and partner organizations to enhance program quality and impact.
• Oversee the identification, assessment and strengthening of partnerships relevant to MEAL and the appropriate application of partnership concepts, tools and approaches.
• Oversee timely and appropriate project MEAL expenditures in line with financial plans and efficient use and stewardship of project material sources.
• Provide technical lead for analysis of MEAL data, qualitative and quantitative.

Basic Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in International Development, International Relations or in the field of Monitoring and Evaluation, or Statistics required. Additional experience may substitute for some education.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in relevant field-based project management experience required, with preferably at least 2-3 years working in the area of MEAL.
• Experience in managing MEAL for moderately complex projects preferably with an international NGO and on projects implementing market-based approaches.

Required Languages – English. Kinyarwanda, Swahili and/or French an asset.

Travel – Position based in Kigali. Must be willing and able to travel up to 30% within Rwanda.

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

• Significant experience in MEAL management, including MEL Plan design, preferably for contracts.
• 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.

Agency REDI Competencies (for all CRS Staff)

• Agency competencies clarify expected behaviors and attitudes for all staff. When demonstrated, they create an engaging workplace, help staff achieve their best, and help CRS achieve agency goals. 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.
• Personal Accountability – Consistently takes responsibility for one’s own actions.
• Acts with Integrity – Consistently models values aligned with CRS Guiding Principles and mission. Is considered honest.
• Builds and Maintains Trust – Shows consistency between words and actions.
• Collaborates with Others – Works effectively in intercultural and diverse teams.
• Open to Learn – Seeks out experiences that may change perspective or provide an opportunity to learn new things.

Agency Leadership Competencies:

• Lead Change – Continually looks for ways to improve the agency through a culture of agility, openness, and innovation.
• Develops and Recognizes Others – Builds the capacity of staff to reach their full potential and enhance team and agency performance.
• Strategic Mindset – Understands role in translating, communicating, and implementing agency strategy and team priorities.

Supervisory Responsibilities: Project MEAL staff

Key Working Relationships:

Internal: Chief of Party, Deputy Chief of Party, Head of Programming, CP MEAL Advisor, Gender and Protection Technical Advisor, Deputy Regional Director for Program Quality, Regional Technical Advisors.

External: Partner MEAL staff

MEAL Competencies (for CRS MEAL Program Staff)

Each staff member in this position is expected to have advanced knowledge and ability and can apply the following competencies in new or complex situations. Guides other professionals:

• MEAL in Design
• Monitoring
• Evaluation
• Accountability
• Learning
• Analysis and Critical Thinking
• Management in MEAL
• ICT4MEAL

***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. CRS’ processes and policies reflect our commitment to protecting children and vulnerable adults from abuse and exploitation.

Disclaimer: This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position. This position is contingent upon award of the funding opportunity to CRS and the donor’s approval of the proposed candidate.

CRS’ talent acquisition procedures reflect our commitment to protecting children and vulnerable adults from abuse and exploitation.

CRS is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to an inclusive and diverse workforce.

How to apply

Interested and qualified candidates should complete the attached application form, Self -DeclarationClause and submit them together with one page Cover letter plus updated CV (maximum three pages) all in/as one document – via email only to: [email protected] not later than Tuesday May 28^th, 2024, at 5:00pm.

Please, include below statement in your cover letter:

“By applying to this job, I understand and acknowledge that CRS requires its staff to treat all people with dignity and respect and to actively prevent harassment, abuse, exploitation, and human trafficking. Further, I understand that if I am a successful candidate, I will be subject to a comprehensive background check, and my personal/professional references will be asked to evaluate my behaviors related to the above safeguarding-related topics.”

Also include your full names and title “Program Manager II MEAL @ Grade 10” in the subject line. Due to anticipated high interest in this post and the expected number of applicants, only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Kigali May 15^th, 2024.

Hans Fly

Country Representative

 

 

Social Behavior Change-SBC Advisor at Catholic Relief Services (CRS): (Deadline 28 May 2024)

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Job Title: Social Behavior Change-SBC Advisor

Department: Programming/INECD

Band: 9

Reports To: Deputy Chief of Party-Programming

Country/Location: Rwanda (Kigali) with Field Trips 40%

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.

Job Summary:

The Inclusive Nutrition and Early Childhood Development (INECD) Activity promotes nurturing and responsive care practices, especially in the areas of health, functioning, nutrition, and early childhood development (ECD) for caregivers and children. Specifically, the activity aims to improve health and nutrition outcomes among women of reproductive age and adolescents and improve infant and young child feeding practices. It also aims to address child development gaps and significant unmet physical rehabilitation and assistive technology (rehab/AT), and social inclusion needs for infants and children. The activity will focus on community-level service delivery, community-health facility linkages and district level capacity development, as well as address issues of inclusion and participation, including access to programs and services for children and adults with disabilities, in line with Government of Rwanda priorities.

As SBC Advisor, you will provide technical advice, guidance, and support to a wide range of program design and implementation issues in line with Catholic Relief Services (CRS) program quality principles and standards, donor guidelines, and industry best practices to regional and 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’ SBC programming is across the globe.

You will work as part of a team on the INECD Program and ensure the integration of SBC in all technical areas of INECD. Your expertise in Social and Behavior Change or Behavioral Sciences will ensure the programming and implementation of high-quality SBC activities.

The SBC Advisor will technically advise/mentor a team of SBC officers and the SBC Advisor from the consortium (Three Stones International) and will ensure effective coordination of SBC component from the National level up to the community level. You will ensure the quality, timeliness, and efficiency of SBC outcomes. In collaboration with the MEAL team, you will document success stories, lessons learned from INECD approaches and best practices from program implementation areas and share with the technical team for informing evidence-based decision making and scale up of best practices and lessons.

Roles and Key Responsibilities

• Lead and support the implementation of SBC approaches and their integration into all program areas and regularly document progress and learnings for adoption, revision and scale up.
• Collaborate with partners and teams to employ a Social Behavior Change approach to overall INECD programming.
• Take the lead to update the existing national Social and Behavior Change Communication strategy for integrated early childhood development, Disability Inclusion, nutrition, and WASH (2025-2029) by analyzing existing evidence, formative research and baseline findings, experience from grassroot implementation and stakeholder consultation at different levels.
• Support and follow up on the SBC related studies including the formative research, barrier analysis and develop dissemination plans to translate the evidence and recommendations to inform program implementation and policy advocacy.
• Lead the documentation and dissemination of SBC best practices, lessons learned, success stories, updates, and photos/videos across the project stakeholders.
• Collaborate with MEAL team to establish a monitoring system to track SBC indicators, quality and targets, quality data reporting and ensure that lessons learned from project implementation inform programmatic decisions at all levels.
• Strengthen the capacity of program staff in designing and implementing high-quality SBC interventions based on SBC knowledge and skills such as Human Centered Design, Community Engagement and other Social and Behavior Change approaches.
• Provide oversight to the SBC component, including undertaking field visits to Implementing Partners to oversee implementation, provide on-site feedback and supportive supervision on required improvements, and generate field visit reports with timely and appropriate follow-up on action points.
• Liaise with a range of external stakeholders including MoH, RBC/RHCC and other development partners active in SBC programming, and members of HPSD&EH Technical Working Group to guide development and SBC agendas and areas of collaboration.
• Liaise with other CRS Country Program SBC interventions such as STRONG project to adopt positive health and nutrition behaviors among adolescent girls and young women through the conceptualization, co-design, development, and production of tailored and effective SBC content strategies. Provide leadership in developing, pretesting, monitoring SBC tools and resources.

Basic Qualifications

• Master’s degree in international development and program design, Health Behaviors, Public Health, Psychology, Sociology, Health Communication, or Marketing with an emphasis on ECD, Nutrition, or Disability Inclusion.
• Minimum of 7 years of relevant technical experience in SBC.
• Demonstrated experience in managing SBC portfolio in large scale SBC programs at a national level.
• Previous experience developing SBC strategy documents, social or commercial marketing and providing technical assistance and developing SBC approach of successful proposals for external donor funding.
• Experience and skills in networking and relations with national level government ministries and agencies, donors, peer organizations, and faith-based and civil society partners. Understanding of partnership principles.
• 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.
• Proficient in MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Web Conferencing Applications, information and budget management systems, knowledge-sharing networks
• Outstanding work ethic, self-motivated, and ability to set tasks and work independently to achieve goals and targets.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• 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

Required Languages:

• Oral and written fluency in English and Kinyarwanda. French is a plus.

In-Country Travel Required (up to 40%)

Key Working Relationships:

Supervisory: Dotted lines with the Sr SBC Officers and partner SBC advisor

Internal: 2DCOP, Technical Advisors, INECD and IP Coordinators, CP programming teams

External: Relevant RBC and NCDA staff, HPSD&EH TWG member organizations, Districts leadership, INECD consortium and Implementing 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.

• Builds & Maintains Trust
• Collaborates with Others
• Open to Learn
• Leads Change
• Develops & Recognizes Others
• Strategic Mindset
• Personnel Accountability
• Acts with Integrity

CRS is an equal opportunities employer and strongly encourages applications from women and people of disability. CRS provides inclusive conditions for work and during the recruitment process.

How to apply

Interested and qualified candidates should complete the attached application form, Self -Declaration Clause and submit them together with one page Cover letter plus updated CV (maximum three pages) all in/as one document – via email only to: [email protected] not later than Tuesday May 28^th, 2024, at 5:00pm.

Please, include below statement in your cover letter:

“By applying to this job, I understand and acknowledge that CRS requires its staff to treat all people with dignity and respect and to actively prevent harassment, abuse, exploitation, and human trafficking. Further, I understand that if I am a successful candidate, I will be subject to a comprehensive background check, and my personal/professional references will be asked to evaluate my behaviors related to the above safeguarding-related topics.”

Also include your full names and title “SBC Advisor @ Band 9” in the subject line. Due to anticipated high interest in this post and the expected number of applicants, only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Kigali May 15^th, 2024.

Hans Fly

Country Representative