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About CRS
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, health, agriculture, education, microfinance and peacebuilding.
For nearly 60 years, CRS has taken the lead in responding to natural and man-made disasters affecting Ethiopia's most vulnerable communities. Moving beyond emergency response, CRS' disaster mitigation and recovery projects in drought and flood-prone areas have rebuilt individual and community assets through non-food aid in the form of agriculture, livestock, health, nutrition, and water and sanitation assistance. CRS's humanitarian work in Ethiopia also provides livelihoods support to farmers and entrepreneurs, promotes gender equality, mobilizes for immunization and mitigates the impact of COVID-19.
The Tigray Program Quality Program Manager I will provide support to CRS’ emergency response in Tigray, Ethiopia; represent the CRS Ethiopia SMT with leadership presence in Tigray, including liaising with local authorities, partners and UN agencies; and backstop CRS’ emergency programs. This position will support functions in Ethiopia linked to program quality, business development, human resources and partner engagement.
As part of CRS family, you will join the more than 5000 strong and vibrant individuals working globally to accomplish the mission of CRS. CRS/Ethiopia invites you, the qualified candidate, to apply for the following position.
Job Title: Program Manager I – Program Quality
Band: 9
Reports To: Head of Programs
Country/Location: Ethiopia/Mekelle
Employment term: Definite term - Two years
Job Summary:
As a member of Programs Team, you will facilitate achievement of high-quality project objectives by leading the Program Quality Unit for the Tigray non-JEOP emergency programming and advancing CRS work serving the poor and vulnerable. Your coordination and relationship management skills will ensure that CRS applies best practices related to programming and partnership, and constantly works towards improving the impact of its benefits to those we serve. The Tigray based program team covers monitoring evaluation accountability and learning (MEAL), WASH, Health & Nutrition, Shelter & Settlements, emergency response including NFIs, protection, inclusion, safeguarding and gender integration. You will work to strengthen CRS and partner capacity in the above areas, in liaison with the CRS program quality technical team in Addis. This will include managerial support for program quality staff in Tigray, facilitating workshops around and following up workplans across workstreams.
Job Responsibilities:
1. Strategic planning and coordination
2. Program Quality, Monitoring and Learning
3. Representation
Typical Background, Experience & Requirements:
Education and Experience
Personal Skills
Required/Desired Foreign Language: Tigrinya and English essential. Amharic a plus.
Travel Required: 35%
Key Working Relationships:
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.
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