CRS Technical Advisor I- Emergencies, Uganda (Telecommuter) Jobs in Uganda

CRS Technical Advisor I- Emergencies, Uganda (Telecommuter) Jobs in Uganda

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.

Background

CRS has worked in Uganda since 1965, initially providing emergency assistance to Sudanese refugees living in the north. Over the years, CRS has expanded its programming to also address development needs in western, central and eastern Uganda.

CRS’ projects in Uganda currently include emergency response and recovery, agriculture, health, microfinance, peacebuilding and youth. CRS Uganda implements its programs through partnerships with local organizations, including the Catholic Church, other faith-based organizations and community entities for maximum impact and sustainability.

Uganda is currently hosting a population of around 1.3 million refugees, hailing from South Sudan, the DRC, and Burundi.

Uganda has one of the world’s most accepting and progressive policies with regards to refugees, providing a welcome and safe environment, allowing access to social services, land, and right to work. Uganda currently hosts around 1 million South Sudanese refugees, as a result of fighting between government and opposition forces since independence in 2011.

Uganda also hosts over 200,000 refugees from the DRC, with the number currently increasing as a result of persistent insecurity over the border. Refugees are hosted in areas called “settlements”, where they live in relative peace and harmony with nearby host communities, sharing schools, clinics, and other services.

CRS is the co-chair to the national Shelter and Settlements technical working group together with UNHCR and the Office of the Prime Minister, providing a unique opportunity to harness Ugandan experiences in providing refugees with safe, durable and appropriate shelter and settlement solutions. In addition, together with FAO and WFP, CRS co-chairs the national Food Security, Livelihoods and Nutrition Thematic Working Group.

Job Summary:

The Technical Advisor I – Emergencies will provide technical advice and support to a range of program design and implementation issues in the area of Uganda’s emergency response activities in line with Catholic Relief Services (CRS) program quality principles and standards, donor guidelines, and industry best practice.

His/Her advice, knowledge, and support will contribute to determining how effective, adaptive and innovative CRS’ Uganda’s emergency programming is across the country.

She/he will help with the mobilization of resources for the ERRR program, supporting and at times leading business development proposals for emergency projects, as a proposal coordinator or writer.

Job Responsibilities:

Support the development and contribute to the implementation of agency-wide strategies, standards, tools and best practices in emergency response 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 CP emergency teams, remotely and on-site, for strategic planning and how to best apply standards, best practices, partnership principles, tools and M&E, helping to ensure high-quality implementation.

Contribute to, and in

some cases lead, the development of the technical design for proposals.

Support the process of preparation, design, submission and approval of project concepts and full-fledged proposals. As needed, act as a technical writer on proposal development teams.

Advise project teams on integrating donor strategies, priorities and technical requirements into CRS’ approach.

Support with the creation of high-quality reports, success stories and other documentation of CRS Uganda’s emergency response work.

Support capacity strengthening initiatives in emergency response programming for staff and partners through helping develop learning and training strategies and agendas/curriculums, conducting trainings and workshops, and coaching.

Collect and analyze program data, capture and share lessons learned and best practices for specific projects to facilitate improvements in decision-making and contribute to the emergency response learning agenda.

Contribute to maintaining relationships with donors, peer organizations, research and other institutions, participate in forums in the area of emergency response to collect and share best practices and promote CRS’ work.

Where appropriate, represent CRS in working group meetings and national events.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Strong critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills with ability to make sound judgments.

Strong relationship management skills and the ability to work effectively with culturally diverse groups. Ability to influence and relate to people at all levels internally and externally.

Strategic in how you approach each relationship.

Proactive, results-oriented, and service-oriented

Strong written and verbal communication skills with ability to write reports and proposals.

Ability to work independently and drive agendas and manage activities with little support

Required/Desired Foreign Language: Written and spoken fluency in English is required.

QUALIFICATIONS

Basic Qualifications

A Master's Degree in International Development, International Relations or another related field is required. Additional experience may substitute for some education.

Minimum of three years relevant work experience with progressive responsibilities, ideally with an international NGO, with minimum of two years relevant field-based experience in emergency response.

Knowledge of technical principles and concepts in emergency response, especially market-based programming. General knowledge of other related disciplines to ensure proper cross-sectoral approach.

Project management experience in emergency response, shelter, livelihoods, youth, social cohesion, protection and/or gender related programming is highly desirable.

Experience engaging with partner organizations.

Experience contributing to project design and the development of technical proposals and high-quality reports.

Experience with program monitoring and evaluation and analysis.

Preferred Qualifications

Comfortable working and engaging with a variety of staff in a remote work context.

Experience using MS Windows and MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Web Conferencing Applications, information management systems.

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; CRS Technical Advisor I- Emergencies, Uganda (Telecommuter) Jobs in Uganda


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