About Catholic Relief Services: Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is an international non-governmental organization (NGO) supporting relief and development work in over 100 countries around the world. CRS carries out the commitment of the Bishops of the United States to assist the poor and vulnerable overseas. CRS’ Catholic identity is at the heart of our mission and operations, serving people on the basis of need, regardless of creed, ethnicity or nationality. CRS works through local church and non-church partners to implement its programs. 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 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. CRS Uganda employs around 180 staff and has its main office in Kampala, with sub-offices in Moroto, Yumbe, and Kikuube. With our more than 30 partners, we served over 1.2m Ugandans in 2020.
Background CRS has over 75 years of experience managing complex, high-value and multi-year programs and has consistently met the terms and conditions of its bilateral and multilateral program agreements in an efficient and cost-effective manner. Working in Uganda since 1965 has allowed CRS to establish strong relationships with government health, agriculture and gender, labour and social services ministries as well as individual communities, volunteers, community-based organizations (CBOs) and faith-based organizations (FBOs) that support them. CRS implements health and social services programs in partnership with a wide range of actors including national and sub-national government agencies, civil society (including FBOs), networks, universities, research institutions, and the private sector. One of the priority action areas within the CRS Uganda Country Strategy is Health and Social Services Systems Strengthening. This builds on the long-standing experience CRS has had implementing a wide range of health and social services projects at national and sub-national level in over 47 districts and reaching 552,299 program participants. These programs have been valued at over $68M. CRS Uganda is building on these experiences and aligning with the Government of Uganda’s systems strengthening approach towards more accessible, equitable, high quality and sustainable health and social outcomes for all Ugandans, especially the most vulnerable.
Job Summary: The Gender Technical Advisor II will provide technical advice and support to Country Program (CP) teams on a range of program design and implementation issues related to gender, in line with CRS’ program quality standards, donor guidelines, and industry best practices to advance the delivery of high-quality programming to the poor and vulnerable. Your advice, knowledge, and support will contribute to determining how effective, adaptive, and innovative CRS’ Gender programming is across the CP. You will be responsible for supporting alignment and advancement of the gender cross-cutting priority of Uganda’s new CP Strategy and CRS’ Global Gender Strategy.
Job Roles and Responsibilities:
• Support the development and contribute to the implementation of agency-wide strategies, standards, tools, and best practices in Gender that effectively engage partners, donors, and governments.
• Lead the development of a Gender sub-strategy to support the Country Program Strategy.
• Implement the Gender Action Plan from the Gender Equity Review.
• Provide technical solutions to CP teams, remotely and on-site, on 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 capacity-strengthening initiatives in gender 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 gender learning agenda.
• Contribute to maintaining relationships with donors, peer organizations, research, and other institutions, and participate in forums related to gender to collect and share best practices and promote CRS’ work.
Typical Background, Experience & Requirements:
Education and Experience:
• Master’s Degree in Social Sciences, International Development, or related field. Experience in implementing gender activities/programming required. Experience working on gender equity in organizations is desirable.
• Minimum of three years relevant work experience with progressive responsibilities, ideally with an international NGO. Minimum of two years relevant field-based experience in gender in diverse settings.
• Knowledge of technical principles and concepts in gender, general knowledge of other related disciplines to ensure proper cross-sectoral approach.
• Experience in project design and proposal development. Experience in writing content for proposals.
• Knowledge of capacity-strengthening best practices.
• Experience with program monitoring, evaluation, and analysis.
• Experience and skills in networking and relations with donors, peer organizations, faith-based and civil society partners. Understanding of partnership principles.
• Proficient in MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), web conferencing applications, information and budget management systems, and knowledge-sharing networks.
Personal Skills:
• Strong critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills with ability to make sound judgment.
• 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.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with ability to write reports
• 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. Travel Required: 20% travel to the field offices Key Working Relationships: Supervisory: None Internal: Country Representative, Head of Programs, Head of Operations, Senior Accountability Officer, Program Quality Manager, Business Development Specialist, Program Managers and Technical Advisors, Project Directors, and Chiefs of Party External: Partner Staff, Peer Organization Staff 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.
• Integrity
• Continuous Improvement & Innovation
• Builds Relationships
• Develops Talent
• Strategic Mindset
• Accountability & Stewardship
DISCLAIMER CLAUSE: This job description is not an exhaustive list of skills, effort, duties and responsibilities associated with the position.
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
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.
CRS is an Equal Opportunity Employer
NOTE: To apply, please follow these instructions exactly otherwise your application will NOT be considered:
• Email a cover letter and CV only to [email protected] by May 31st, 2022 at 5:00 pm.
• Large files and/or scans of documents will lead to rejection of your application, in the subject line of the email, copy and paste – TECHNICALADVISORIIGENDER only
• All applications that do not contain this exact subject line will be rejected and not read
ONLY SELECTED CANDIDATES THAT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS WILL BE NOTIFIED. EOE/M/F/D/V
NOTE: To apply, please follow these instructions exactly otherwise your application will NOT be considered: • Email a cover letter and CV only to [email protected] by May 31st, 2022 at 5:00 pm.
• Large files and/or scans of documents will lead to rejection of your application, in the subject line of the email, copy and paste – TECHNICALADVISORIIGENDER only • All applications that do not contain this exact subject line will be rejected and not read ONLY SELECTED CANDIDATES THAT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS WILL BE NOTIFIED. EOE/M/F/D/V
