Program Quality:

• With key CRS and Consortium member program staff and other stakeholders, ensure program’s strategic objectives and results are fully accomplished and meet expected technical quality standards.
  
• Ensure that vision and plans for the program are innovative and are in line with CRS agency and country program strategies. 
  
• Oversee periodic technical reviews and manage changes in program direction and focus.
  
• In collaboration with program staff, provide guidance and technical oversight to consortium members and other collaborating agencies to ensure that lessons of sound practice are documented and disseminated.
  
• Oversee program’s monitoring and evaluation system, using data analysis as the basis for measuring performance. Ensure that M&E learning is incorporated into evolving program plans. 
  
• Ensure integration of program interventions with other CRS programs or through linkages with other service providers. 
  
• Ensure integration of MYAP activities with related regional and local activities, including other stakeholder’s programming
  
• With program staff, ensure the delivery of quality training, technical assistance and administrative and financial support to all partner agencies, including the selection and coordination of consultants.  

Management and Administration:

• Manage program budgets, including tracking of financial and material resources.
  
• Ensure accurate and timely reporting of program finances and progress status, review actual financial performance against the budget, and explain variances on a regular basis. 
  
• Ensure staff compliance with all CRS administrative and operational procedures and policies, as well as applicable donor regulations.
  
• Approve program expenditures, budget adjustments, and cost modification requests to donors.

Representation and Advocacy: 

• Provide leadership and oversight to MYAP consortium, ensuring that sub-recipients adhere to their assigned scopes of work and sub-award terms, and ensuring all members of the consortium work cooperatively and productively to achieve project objectives.
  
• In collaboration with CRS country representative and DCR/Juba, act as primary program contact to donor and other local and international stakeholders, responsible for addressing all program matters. 
  
• In collaboration with CRS country representative and DCR/Juba, strengthen linkages with existing and potential partner agencies. 
  
• In collaboration with CRS country representative and DCR/Juba, oversee program communication strategies, including compliance with donor’s branding and marketing requirements as well as CRS marketing and communication procedures.  

Human Resource Management: 

• Lead, manage and supervise a team of CRS and consortium staff to meet program objectives. 
  
• Conduct periodic reviews of staff performance in keeping with CRS’ performance management system and mentor staff to ensure high levels of motivation, commitment, capacity, and teamwork. 
  
• Manage recruitment portfolio for the program, in collaboration with Human Resources and CRS country program management, to ensure optimum service delivery through recruitment of competent and qualified staff.
  
• Develop staffing plans for all activities with descriptions of the number and type of staff with roles and responsibilities.

Qualifications and Skills: 

• Minimum Masters Degree in Development Studies, International Relations related field required.
  
• Minimum 8 years of progressively increasing management responsibility in developing countries, including experience in nutrition, food security or similar programming.
  
• Prior management of significant USAID funding required, inclusive of Title II programming. 
  
• Must be a specialist with familiarity with and commitment to addressing gender equality in food security as demonstrated by at least two years of senior-level experience working on food security projects that addressed gender-related constraints or differences in availability, access, and utilization/consumption of food resources.
  
• Proven leadership and inter-personal skills and ability to build and motivate diverse and talented teams. 
  
• Proven experience in managing complex consortium or partnership relationships required. 
  
• Strategic vision and capacity to oversee a vast and complex program required.
  
• Experience with participatory methods and partnerships required. 
  
• Public relations skills required. 
  
• Proven ability to think strategically.
  
• Flexibility to work both in a team and independently.
  
• Cultural sensitivity, patience and flexibility. 
  
• Demonstrated personal accountability and driven to serve others. 
  
• Understanding of and experience with faith-based organizations, local church structures, and accompaniment and capacity-building principles in local partnerships desired.
  
• Ability to travel nationally and internationally as required. 
  
• Experience working in a variety of developing environments required. 
  
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, including Word, Excel and Outlook required.  
  
• Excellent English oral and written communication skills required.  Professional proficiency in French, Spanish or Portuguese.
  
• The position is contingent on the awarding of funding by the donor for three years

For more details please, visit www.crs.org/about/careers