Catholic Relief Services NGO Jobs in Ethiopia

Catholic Relief Services NGO JEOP Deputy Chief of Party Jobs in Ethiopia

Job Title: Deputy Chief of Party II
Reports To: JEOP Chief of Party
Country/Location: EARO - Ethiopia

Job Description

The DCoP/Program Quality will be responsible for overseeing the program technical team, assuring program quality, as well as standing-in for the Chief of Party (CoP) when necessary. The DCoP will be in daily contact with each partner through their representatives, ensuring rapid communication on concerns about performance, harmonizing approaches, standardization and progress on targets.

Job Responsibilities:

Manage key aspects of the development, implementation and consolidation of the project. Serve as a point of contact to donor as well as public, private and non-government stakeholders, when needed.

Manager 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 DONOR grants, 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.

Experience & Requirements:

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 multi country grants. 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.

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.

How to apply
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