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BOUT CRS
Catholic Relief Services carries out the commitment of the Bishops of the United States to assist the poor and vulnerable overseas. Our Catholic identity is at the heart of our mission and operations. We welcome as a part of our staff and as partners people of all faiths and secular traditions who share our values and our commitment to serving those in need.

BACKGROUND
CRS began working in Mali in 1999, as an outreach program from Burkina Faso. Since then, CRS Mali has expanded its work and portfolio to reach more than 2 million Malians directly in 2017 with programs in Health, Agriculture, Education, and Humanitarian Response. CRS Mali implements programs funded by the Global Fund, USAID, USDA, CDC, the European Union, the UN, Foundations, among others. With offices in Bamako, Mopti, Timbuktu and Gao, the Mali team employs more than 200 staff and works with a expansive network of national, international, and Malian government partners.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Program Quality:
* Ensures project implementation plans are developed with staff and partners in a detailed and realistic manner.
* Oversees high quality and timely reporting by Project Managers.
* Ensures that all programming staff use the three ProPack volumes and agency MEAL standards for high quality program design and management, as well as accountability, learning and innovation in key areas of both management and program quality.
* Integrates and promotes information communication technology for development (ICT4D) initiatives into programming as appropriate.
* Regularly travels to the field to visit projects and support further progress and regularly reviews progress against indicators.
* Supports program and partner staff in ensuring effective monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning (MEAL) systems are in place for each project.
* Ensures all programs and approaches are sensitive to the unique needs and situation of men, women, boys, and girls and promote gender equity.
* Coaches staff in the use of integral human development (IHD), the justice lens, Do No Harm, and partnership principles to strengthen participatory, innovative and holistic development approaches.

  1. Supervision and Staff Development:
    * Supervise Heads of Departments and a Deputy Head of Programs as listed under supervisory responsibilities, ensuring the use of performance and development plans, annual performance appraisals, regular coaching sessions, and the practicing of values based behaviors.
    * Promote and create a culture to ensure capacity building and further professional development opportunities for all program staff in appropriate fields.
    * Ensure all Program Managers are well versed in ProPack I, II and III/SMILER, Project Management Standards, and financial and budget management.
    * Conduct regular meetings with direct reports and other program staff for supervision, monitoring and coordination purposes.
    * Coach and assist staff in project design and proposal writing, in particular for publicly funded projects.
    * Mitigate risks by collaborating with the Finance Department to ensure that program staff fully understand financial and administrative processes involved in project budget cycles, including review of partner liquidations, applicable donor regulations and contract management.
  2. Financial and Administrative Responsibilities:
    * Lead the development of the budgetary and programming aspects of Annual Program Plans under direct supervision and within the DHOP’s portfolio
    * Provide oversight and support to the DHOP and Heads of Departments to ensure strong budget management and ensure good stewardship of programming resources; oversee/ensure use of Project/Grant Tracking tool to monitor budgets, reporting and deadlines.
    * Ensure that partners reports follow applicable formats and are completed on time.
    * Collaborate with operations department to ensure that partner capacities are assessed before project implementation and updated regularly, and appropriate training is provided to fill identified gaps.
    * Approve release of resources (cash and/ or commodities) to partners/projects as per approved plans and agreements and reimbursement and/or liquidations of project expenditures.
    * In collaboration with the Finance Department, ensure timely closure of all grants.
    * Ensure programming compliance with all cooperative agreements and contracts.
    * Ensure proper follow-up of audit findings and recommendations at both program staff and partner level.
  3. Build and Lead Effective Teams:
    * Ensure efficient departmental division of labor with the Deputy Head of Programs, transparent coordination mechanisms and regular and relevant information-sharing with staff.
    * Together with the Deputy Head of Programs, organize the programming team’s work around a shared vision and goals.
    * Ensure effective coordination and project implementation in a matrixed country program
    * Oversee regular program team meetings (including with key operations staff where appropriate) to address issues, ensure follow up, and promote cross-learning and collaboration.
    * Promote constructive integration between programming and operations staff.
    * Communicate regularly with staff and promote positive conflict resolution.
    * Support staff and local partners to build effective relationships founded on respect and trust.
    * Maintain good level of communication with regional staff and Headquarters as appropriate.
  4. Lead Programmatic Growth:
    * Identify program development opportunities and support strategic growth activities and opportunity capture planning led by in-Country Business Development Coordinator and in collaboration with partners, CP staff, regional/HQ technical advisors and the Business Development Team.
    * Assess funding environment as well as CRS’ strengths/opportunities and guides staff and partners in identifying and analyzing new opportunities.
    * Proactively identify and cultivate new partner and donor relationships, including potential private sector partners and consortia for new projects
    * Pilot and incorporate innovative practices into new or existing programs as appropriate.
    * Support the Business Development Coordinator in the mobilization of programming team resources for the preparation of evidence based, holistic, quality project proposals.
  5. Representation:
    * Represent CRS in various fora including conferences, donor visit, meetings with church officials, other NGOs, government ministries, US government representatives and diplomatic missions in coordination with the Country Representative (CR).
    * Serve as Acting Country Representative as appropriate.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Deputy Head of Programs, Head of Health Department, Head of Emergencies Department, Head of MEAL Department, Ag Livelihoods Advisor, Program Quality Manager

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.
* Serves with Integrity
* Models Stewardship
* Cultivates Constructive Relationships
* Promotes Learning

Head of Programming Competencies:
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 and leads effective teams
* Supervises and develops program staff
* Focuses on quality
* Leads Growth in programming

MEAL Competencies:
* Design in MEAL
* Monitoring
* Evaluation
* Accountability
* Learning

KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS:
Internal: CRS Country Representative, Business Development Specialist, Head of Operations, Heads of Offices Mopti and Timbuktu, Internal Auditor, Finance Manager, Human Resources Manager, Administration Manager, Deputy Regional Director for Program Quality, Regional Technical Advisors, as well as program quality support department staff in HQ.

External: Partner organization technical & management staff, universities, Caritas staff, USG mission, Government ministries, donors, and all relevant local and international technical institutions.

Qualifications:
* Master’s degree in International Development, Agriculture, Health, Social Sciences, or related discipline, or an equivalent university degree with extensive fieldwork experience
* At least 5 years’ experience in development and emergency program management, preferably with CRS
* At least 2 years’ experience working in a insecure, protracted complex humanitarian emergency environment
* Proven in-depth knowledge of donor cash and in-kind policies and regulations from donors such as the Global Fund, European Union, USAID, and USDA commodity management and compliance regulations
* Excellent organizational, planning and analytical skills; detail-oriented, adaptable, and flexible.
* Experience in participatory program design/development and implementation (design, monitoring, evaluation & reporting), including activity and budget management
* Knowledge of CRS policies, procedures and standards preferred
* Demonstrated capacity in establishing and maintaining strong working and representational relationships with partners, donors, government officials, international NGOs, local organizations, communities and other stakeholders
* Familiarity with gender concepts and its application in program design and implementation;
* Demonstrated ability to provide leadership in strategic planning initiatives.
* Native fluency in oral and written English
* Professional proficiency in French.
* Willingness to travel up to 20% of the time
* Experience in budget and financial management
* Experience working in a multicultural team, possessing cultural sensitivity
* Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines
* Proficiency in computer applications (MS Word Excel)

Disclaimer: This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position.

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

EOE/M/F/D/V

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Catholic Relief Services was founded in 1943 by the Catholic Bishops of the United States to serve World War II survivors in Europe. Since then, we have expanded in size to reach more than 100 million people in 101 countries on five continents.

Our mission is to assist impoverished and disadvantaged people overseas, working in the spirit of Catholic social teaching to promote the sacredness of human life and the dignity of the human person. Although our mission is rooted in the Catholic faith, our operations serve people based solely on need, regardless of their race, religion or ethnicity. Within the United States, CRS engages Catholics to live their faith in solidarity with the poor and suffering people of the world.

CRS is motivated by the example of Jesus Christ to ease suffering, provide development assistance, and foster charity and justice. We are committed to a set of Guiding Principles and hold ourselves accountable to each other for them.

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As the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States, CRS is governed by a board of directors comprising clergy, most of them bishops elected by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, as well as religious and Catholic lay men and women.

CRS maintains strict standards of efficiency, accountability and transparency: 93% of our expenditures go directly to programs.

CRS' commitment to Catholic teaching

Catholic Relief Services is a manifestation of love for our brothers and sisters around the globe by the Catholic community of the United States. We protect, defend and advance human life around the world by directly meeting basic needs and advocating solutions to injustice. CRS is a pro-life organization dedicated to preserving the sacredness and dignity of human life from conception to natural death. Every aspect of our work is to help life flourish. We are resolute in our commitment to the Church and its teaching.

As a part of the Universal Church, we work with local Catholic institutions around the world. As a Catholic agency that provides assistance to people in need in 101 countries without regard to race, religion or nationality, we also participate in humanitarian initiatives undertaken by a range of groups, including governments, other faith communities and secular institutions. Although some positions and practices of these institutions are not always consistent with the full range of Catholic teaching, CRS' work with these institutions always focuses only on activities that are fully consistent with Catholic teachings.

CRS employs Catholics as well as non-Catholics. Membership in professional associations enables our staff to obtain information and technological advances that best prepare us to serve those in our care—and we do so in full accordance with Catholic teachings. Our staff members also belong to coalitions that extend the reach of services to poor people who often live in remote areas where CRS does not operate. These coalitions give CRS a platform to present effective methods and procedures that demonstrate the efficacy of Catholic approaches to health and family planning. These are our opportunities to make space in the public sphere for the Catholic viewpoint and to witness to our faith.

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BOUT CRS Catholic Relief Services carries out the commitment of the Bishops of the United States to assist the poor and vulnerable overseas. Our Catholic identity is at the heart of our mission and operations. We welcome as a part of our staff and as partners people of all faiths and secular traditions who share our values and our commitment to serving those in need.

BACKGROUND CRS began working in Mali in 1999, as an outreach program from Burkina Faso. Since then, CRS Mali has expanded its work and portfolio to reach more than 2 million Malians directly in 2017 with programs in Health, Agriculture, Education, and Humanitarian Response. CRS Mali implements programs funded by the Global Fund, USAID, USDA, CDC, the European Union, the UN, Foundations, among others. With offices in Bamako, Mopti, Timbuktu and Gao, the Mali team employs more than 200 staff and works with a expansive network of national, international, and Malian government partners.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES 1. Program Quality: * Ensures project implementation plans are developed with staff and partners in a detailed and realistic manner. * Oversees high quality and timely reporting by Project Managers. * Ensures that all programming staff use the three ProPack volumes and agency MEAL standards for high quality program design and management, as well as accountability, learning and innovation in key areas of both management and program quality. * Integrates and promotes information communication technology for development (ICT4D) initiatives into programming as appropriate. * Regularly travels to the field to visit projects and support further progress and regularly reviews progress against indicators. * Supports program and partner staff in ensuring effective monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning (MEAL) systems are in place for each project. * Ensures all programs and approaches are sensitive to the unique needs and situation of men, women, boys, and girls and promote gender equity. * Coaches staff in the use of integral human development (IHD), the justice lens, Do No Harm, and partnership principles to strengthen participatory, innovative and holistic development approaches.

  1. Supervision and Staff Development: * Supervise Heads of Departments and a Deputy Head of Programs as listed under supervisory responsibilities, ensuring the use of performance and development plans, annual performance appraisals, regular coaching sessions, and the practicing of values based behaviors. * Promote and create a culture to ensure capacity building and further professional development opportunities for all program staff in appropriate fields. * Ensure all Program Managers are well versed in ProPack I, II and III/SMILER, Project Management Standards, and financial and budget management. * Conduct regular meetings with direct reports and other program staff for supervision, monitoring and coordination purposes. * Coach and assist staff in project design and proposal writing, in particular for publicly funded projects. * Mitigate risks by collaborating with the Finance Department to ensure that program staff fully understand financial and administrative processes involved in project budget cycles, including review of partner liquidations, applicable donor regulations and contract management.
  2. Financial and Administrative Responsibilities: * Lead the development of the budgetary and programming aspects of Annual Program Plans under direct supervision and within the DHOP's portfolio * Provide oversight and support to the DHOP and Heads of Departments to ensure strong budget management and ensure good stewardship of programming resources; oversee/ensure use of Project/Grant Tracking tool to monitor budgets, reporting and deadlines. * Ensure that partners reports follow applicable formats and are completed on time. * Collaborate with operations department to ensure that partner capacities are assessed before project implementation and updated regularly, and appropriate training is provided to fill identified gaps. * Approve release of resources (cash and/ or commodities) to partners/projects as per approved plans and agreements and reimbursement and/or liquidations of project expenditures. * In collaboration with the Finance Department, ensure timely closure of all grants. * Ensure programming compliance with all cooperative agreements and contracts. * Ensure proper follow-up of audit findings and recommendations at both program staff and partner level.
  3. Build and Lead Effective Teams: * Ensure efficient departmental division of labor with the Deputy Head of Programs, transparent coordination mechanisms and regular and relevant information-sharing with staff. * Together with the Deputy Head of Programs, organize the programming team's work around a shared vision and goals. * Ensure effective coordination and project implementation in a matrixed country program * Oversee regular program team meetings (including with key operations staff where appropriate) to address issues, ensure follow up, and promote cross-learning and collaboration. * Promote constructive integration between programming and operations staff. * Communicate regularly with staff and promote positive conflict resolution. * Support staff and local partners to build effective relationships founded on respect and trust. * Maintain good level of communication with regional staff and Headquarters as appropriate.
  4. Lead Programmatic Growth: * Identify program development opportunities and support strategic growth activities and opportunity capture planning led by in-Country Business Development Coordinator and in collaboration with partners, CP staff, regional/HQ technical advisors and the Business Development Team. * Assess funding environment as well as CRS' strengths/opportunities and guides staff and partners in identifying and analyzing new opportunities. * Proactively identify and cultivate new partner and donor relationships, including potential private sector partners and consortia for new projects * Pilot and incorporate innovative practices into new or existing programs as appropriate. * Support the Business Development Coordinator in the mobilization of programming team resources for the preparation of evidence based, holistic, quality project proposals.
  5. Representation: * Represent CRS in various fora including conferences, donor visit, meetings with church officials, other NGOs, government ministries, US government representatives and diplomatic missions in coordination with the Country Representative (CR). * Serve as Acting Country Representative as appropriate.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: Deputy Head of Programs, Head of Health Department, Head of Emergencies Department, Head of MEAL Department, Ag Livelihoods Advisor, Program Quality Manager

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. * Serves with Integrity * Models Stewardship * Cultivates Constructive Relationships * Promotes Learning

Head of Programming Competencies: 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 and leads effective teams * Supervises and develops program staff * Focuses on quality * Leads Growth in programming

MEAL Competencies: * Design in MEAL * Monitoring * Evaluation * Accountability * Learning

KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS: Internal: CRS Country Representative, Business Development Specialist, Head of Operations, Heads of Offices Mopti and Timbuktu, Internal Auditor, Finance Manager, Human Resources Manager, Administration Manager, Deputy Regional Director for Program Quality, Regional Technical Advisors, as well as program quality support department staff in HQ.

External: Partner organization technical & management staff, universities, Caritas staff, USG mission, Government ministries, donors, and all relevant local and international technical institutions.

Qualifications: * Master's degree in International Development, Agriculture, Health, Social Sciences, or related discipline, or an equivalent university degree with extensive fieldwork experience * At least 5 years' experience in development and emergency program management, preferably with CRS * At least 2 years' experience working in a insecure, protracted complex humanitarian emergency environment * Proven in-depth knowledge of donor cash and in-kind policies and regulations from donors such as the Global Fund, European Union, USAID, and USDA commodity management and compliance regulations * Excellent organizational, planning and analytical skills; detail-oriented, adaptable, and flexible. * Experience in participatory program design/development and implementation (design, monitoring, evaluation & reporting), including activity and budget management * Knowledge of CRS policies, procedures and standards preferred * Demonstrated capacity in establishing and maintaining strong working and representational relationships with partners, donors, government officials, international NGOs, local organizations, communities and other stakeholders * Familiarity with gender concepts and its application in program design and implementation; * Demonstrated ability to provide leadership in strategic planning initiatives. * Native fluency in oral and written English * Professional proficiency in French. * Willingness to travel up to 20% of the time * Experience in budget and financial management * Experience working in a multicultural team, possessing cultural sensitivity * Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines * Proficiency in computer applications (MS Word Excel)

Disclaimer: This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position.

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

EOE/M/F/D/V

2017-12-30

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