As a Senior Project Officer for the OFDA PSEA project team, you will facilitate the achievement of project objectives through coordinating and reporting on all project activities and providing technical guidance and advice to staff and implementing partner(s) advancing Catholic Relief Services’ (CRS) work serving the poor and vulnerable. Your institutional and relationship management skills will ensure that the project consistently applies best practices operationalize policies, systems and structures needed to effectively prevent and address issues of sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) within their organizations and the communities they serve.
Fonctions
Job Responsibilities:
• Coordinate and oversee working relationships with local/national organizations and serve as the liaison between them and the project team to mobilize the organization staff and leadership towards PSEA and promote project activities and impact.
• Provide tailored support to each organization, capitalizing on their existing strengths and progress related to PSEA
• Supervise and perform ad-hoc inspections of various activities and resources at Local/national organizations to ensure timely project activities implementation and adherence to established process standards and procedures. Ensure proper tracking of resource use for project activities through periodic budget reviews and follow-up with and assistance to implementing partner.
• Provide guidance on use of SEACAT assessment tool to identify strengths and opportunities and ensure this is tied to an action plan for each Local/national organization which is maintained and updated throughout the life of the project
• Organize and lead the implementation of all assigned project activities as outlined in the detailed implementation plan in line with CRS program quality principles and standards, donor and HRD requirements, and good practices.
• Ensure learning properly accompanies project activities throughout the project cycle. Support accountability through coordinating project evaluation activities and guiding partners in their efforts to reflect on project experiences. Analyze implementation challenges and report any inconsistencies and/or gaps to inform adjustments to plans and implementation schedules.
• Support and coordinate capacity building and technical support activities to ensure assigned project activities are implemented per project guidelines and standards.
• Coordinate provision of any logistical and administrative support to the organizations staff and leadership.
• Ensure project documentation for assigned activities is complete with all required documents and is filed per organization and donor/HRD requirements. Assist with preparation of trends analysis reports and documentation of case studies and promising practices
• Underpinning these activities, adopt a social behavior change model to begin changing the attitudes of organization staff and leadership towards PSEA by addressing cultural barriers and stigmas and ensuring strong leadership buy-in as well as utilizing participatory and reflection-based approaches throughout workshops, training and accompaniment visits.
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.
• Trusting Relationships
• Professional Growth
• Partnership
• Accountability
Disclaimer: This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position.
Qualifications Requises
Typical Background, Experience & Requirements:
Education and Experience
• Bachelor's Degree required. Degree in project management, community development, sociology and social sciences, or related field
• Minimum of 5 years of work experience in project support, ideally in the field community organization development and for an NGO.
• Additional education may substitute for some experience; additional experience may substitute for some education.
• Experience developing curriculum for CBO development
• Experience working with partners, participatory action planning and community engagement.
• Staff supervision experience a plus.
• Experience monitoring projects and collecting relevant data.
• Experience using MS Windows and MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
Conditions particulières
Personal Skills
• Analysis and problem-solving skills with ability to make sound judgment
• Good relationship management skills and the ability to work closely with local partners
• Proactive, results-oriented and service-oriented
• Attention to details, accuracy and timeliness in executing assigned responsibilities
Required/Desired Foreign Language French / Kreyol required / English a plus
Conditions de travail
Travel Required - Extensive field work with Local/national organizations, up to 75% of time
Dossier de candidature doit avoir ...
The interested candidates are asked to send their complete application (cover letter, CV, copy diplomas) confirming the subject " Senior Project Officer – Protection Mainstreaming" at the following address : haiti.recruitment@crs.org.
Autres remarques
CRS' talent acquisition procedures reflect our commitment to protecting children and vulnerable adults from abuse and exploitation.
Equal Opportunity Employer
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.
