Deadline: Ongoing
Location: Bamako, Mali
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is seeking to hire a Country Representative.
CRS works to save, protect, and transform lives in need, in more than 100 countries, without regard to race, religion or nationality.
Responsibilities
- Champion and lead the vision, mission and strategy
- Lead the design of medium and long-term goals
- Ensure programme and operations
- Ensure that all projects meet and exceed donor expectations and are designed and implemented for maximum impact and reach
- Ensure the CRS programme quality standards are adhered to per MEAL policy and procedures
- Effectively manage senior programming and operations talent
- Manage team dynamics and staff well-being
- Provide coaching and mentoring for HOP and head of operations
- Strategically tailor individual development plans and complete performance assessments for direct reports
- Oversee the development of staffing plans for large and complex projects and the recruitment process of senior staff
- Lead the development of strategic partnerships with national and international organisations that leverage resources, reputation, and expertise in line with CRS partnership principles
- Ensure strong representation to key stakeholders, including Church partners, local and national government, US government and international donors
- Manage and mitigate risk through monitoring national and regional issues that may impact staff and programming
- Ensure all staff understand and adhere to CRS staff safety and security policies and plan and ensure the updating of such plans
- Promote, uphold and model a commitment to the efficient use of agency and donor resources
- Ensure compliance in operations functions
- Provide oversight and analysis regarding monthly expenditures
- Lead and direct the pursuit of strategic growth opportunities, prepositioning and capture planning
- Create and maintain proper conditions for learning
- Establish a safe environment for sharing ideas, solutions, and difficulties and the capacity to detect, analyse and respond quickly to deficiencies
- Promote accountability, learning and knowledge management by overseeing the application of the MEAL policy, as well as cross-sectoral and cross-department learning
Requirements
- Master’s degree in International Development, International Relations or a related field
- Ten years, minimum, of experience managing complex relief and development programmes
- Demonstrated experience working closely with host government agencies as local, implementing partners and with a view to strengthening their systems and structures
- Capacity to successfully execute complex, high-value projects from multiple international donors, including USAID, EU, foundations, and UN agencies
- Understanding of relevant donor priorities and regulations
- Experience engaging partners and strengthening partnerships
- Experience working with church partners
- Staff management experience and abilities that are conducive to a learning environment
- Experience coaching and mentoring senior programme staff, and succession planning
- Ability to represent the agency at high levels
- Experience in using MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio), web conferencing Applications, and information and budget management systems
To apply and for more information, click here.
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