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, HIV, health, agriculture, education, microfinance and peacebuilding. CRS has been working in Ethiopia for nearly 60 years, 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.Job Title: Technical Advisor II - Collaborating Learning and Adapting (CLA)
Job grade: 10
Required number: One
Department: Programming – Resilience Food Security Activity (RFSA)
Employment Term: Definite Term (i.e. till September 2026
Reports To: Deputy Chief of Party - MEAL
Country/Location: CRS Ethiopia/Addis Ababa
Deadline: April 25, 2024
Job Summary:
Your role will entail providing technical advice, guidance, and support to a wide range of program design and implementation issues focusing on collaboration, learning and adapting within the Ifaa/RFSA and in alignment with Catholic Relief Services (CRS) program quality principles and standards, USAID-BHA guidelines, and industry best practices to regional and Country Program (CP) teams to advance the delivery of high-quality programming to the poor and vulnerable. Your expertise will be instrumental in assessing the effectiveness, adaptiveness, and innovation of CRS Ethiopia’s programming globally. You will be pivotal in sharing project experiences, lessons learned and successes with internal and external stakeholders, fostering collaboration and learning among Ifaa/RFSA staff and other activities in the implementation area. You will ensure the activity includes active, intentional, and adaptive learning within and across interventions, and will play a critical role in incorporating refinement activities and learning into implementation. This includes but is not limited to U.S. Government, Government of Ethiopia, donors, multilateral organizations, and private sector investments. Additionally, peer-to-peer learning, knowledge sharing, capacity strengthening, and evidence and data utilization, you will support adaptive management within and beyond the project’s sustainability phase. . You will also foster coordination and joint planning with other USAID and other donor funded activities (specifically the USAID food security and resilience portfolio), GoE initiatives, and private sector engagement.
Job Responsibilities:
Scope: Supervises senior communications officer, senior knowledge management and learning officer and field-based learning and context monitoring senior officer.
Education and Experience
Personal Skills
Travel – 30% field travel required.
Key Working Relationships:
Supervisory: Supervises senior communications officer, knowledge management and learning senior officer and field-based learning and context monitoring senior officer.
Internal: CoP, DCoP Programs, DCoP Gender, Youth and Social Dynamics, DCoP MEAL, MEAL Managers, Senior MEAL Officers, Accountability Senior Officer; CRS Ethiopia MEAL Manager and ICT4D unit.
External: Implementing partner organizations, USAID learning partners, Government staff managing respective MIS, other organizations working in ICT4D
Agency REDI Competencies (for all CRS Staff):
Agency competencies clarify expected behaviors and attitudes for all staff. When demonstrated, they create an engaging workplace, help staff achieve their best, and help CRS achieve agency goals. 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.
Agency Leadership Competencies:
Disclaimer: This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position.
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