Apply: Catholic Relief Services Deputy Chief of Party

By Isaac Ajala
September 16, 2024

Deadline: 06 October, 2024

Location: Dafur, Sudan

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Sudan is seeking applications to fill the role of the Deputy Chief of Party for Commodity Operations and Compliance (DCoP/COC).

CRS works to save, protect, and transform lives in need in more than 100 countries, without regard to race, religion or nationality.

Responsibilities

Coordinate with the country programme as well as project partners to achieve high levels of commodity compliance through technical oversight and guidance, consortium-wide learning and effective management of human, material and financial resources as per United States Agency for International Development (USAID) regulations
Ensure that visions and plans for programme implementation are innovative and are in line with project policies and strategies
Address bottlenecks and scale up best practices to achieve high quality programme implementation
Work with the chief of party and the deputy chief of party – programme quality in drafting narrative input into USAID reporting
Coordinate with partners to plan monthly FMU activities
Ensure CRS and partners maintain full compliance with USAID regulations
Ensure that the CRS and partner(s) meet on a regular basis, identify lessons learned, solve problems and harmonise approaches where possible
Provide technical oversight and supervision to food monitoring team leaders
Oversee commodity monitoring activities, supervising, planning and coordinating five field-based monitoring teams
In collaboration with partner(s), design and facilitate regular programme learning events with consortium partners, ensuring that lessons of sound practice are documented and disseminated learned through programme implementation and review
Develop and implement a regular feedback mechanism to respond to food monitoring findings on commodity management and ensure corrective actions
Support Chief of Party to liaise between project teams and other stakeholders from government, USAID, international agencies and non-government organisations (NGOs), project consortium partners, EARO and CRS HQ
Support partner organisations in orienting regional government officials to the project and its activities and linking partners more closely with regional administrations
Serve as chief of party in his/her absence as requested
Perform other duties related to the implementation of the project or assigned by supervisor

Requirements

Master’s degree in International Development, International Relations or relevant field
Seven years, minimum, of relevant field-based programme management, three years, minimum, of middle/senior management experience
Five years, minimum, of experience managing donor funds, including strong knowledge of USAID and USG grant regulations and procedures
Prior management of USAID funding required, knowledge of Title II or IDA policies and procedures preferred
Demonstrated experience in consortium management
Three years, minimum, of experience in Africa in a senior position that demonstrates mentoring national staff to achieve programme results
Demonstrated ability to lead a technical team in two or more of the following areas – early warning analysis, nutrition, gender, protection/safeguarding, inclusion (disability, youth), environmental impact, and/or MEAL
Experience in the development of successful proposals, reports, strategic alliances, project design, project management, and monitoring and evaluation
Experience in partner capacity strengthening, staff development, training, and mentoring, as well as in team building and strategic planning initiatives. (Experience working with Church partners a plus)
Fluency in written and spoken English, fluency in written and spoken French preferred
Must be able and willing to travel in Sudan up to 50 percent, including remote field locations
Proven skills, knowledge and experience in USAID programme areas of emergency food distribution, programme monitoring and evaluation, commodity management, consortium management, logistics
Exceptional English writing skills and the ability to capture, synthesise and report out consortium learning to CRS and the broader food security community
Demonstrated ability to work both strategically and at an appropriate level of detail to lead a complex programme and consortium, excellent analytical skills
Excellent partnership skills and the ability to interact effectively with donors, collaborating agencies, and local partners demonstrated through close work experience with international PVOs
Demonstrated capacity to understand the current best practices and challenges while coordinating to implement programme strategies through a participatory approach
Computer literate, with strong knowledge of MS Office applications, spread sheets, database programmes, and statistical software package
Flexibility, persistence, and ability to work well with people and cross-cultural skills
Staff management experience and abilities that are conducive to a learning environment
Experience and abilities in capacity strengthening, developing curricula and facilitating trainings