I. BACKGROUND:

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is an international non-governmental agency working across multiple development sectors in over 100 countries worldwide since 1943. CRS has been in Haiti for over 62 years with its first office opening in Les Cayes, and now with two additional offices in Port-au-Prince and Jeremie. The CRS Haiti Health department’s current efforts are divided into 2 pillars – Hurricane Matthew Emergency Response and Regular Programming with a health systems strengthening lens. This includes projects in MNCH/nutrition, WASH, child wellbeing and institutional strengthening.

The child wellbeing programs include activities focusing on child protection, domesticity, labor, orphans and vulnerable children and more. The Family Care for Haitian Children project launches in May 2017 and works closely with government and church partners to support family tracing and reintegration of children in residential care facilities. Residential care services for children will be transitioned to provision of family- and community-based services.

II. JOB SUMMARY:

CRS/Haiti is seeking a Family Care Project Manager (PM) to ensure timely and quality project design, launch, implementation, monitoring/evaluation, management and operations of the Family Care for Haitian Children project activities, in close collaboration with the Head of Health, Health Program/Project Managers, and other CRS staff and partners. The PM will also lead coordination with key stakeholders, building/maintaining strong relationships with IBESR, MAST and MSPP, financial oversight and budgeting support to partners, and strengthening technical capacities of project team members and partners. The PM will ensure a high level of accountability for CRS resources, as well as identify new program/business development opportunities for the Country Program that are in line with CRS and partner objectives in Haiti.

The PM primary responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Program Management:
Manage Family Care for Haitian Children project, including but not limited to:
1. Develop, monitor and regularly revise work plans, detailed implementation plans, results frameworks, MEAL plans, etc.
2. Coordinate and monitor project implementation and ensure timely and quality accomplishment of project activities, providing timely feedback to Head of Health on key challenges
3. Review and tracking of Memorandum of Understandings (MOUs), Project Agreements and/or Contracts between CRS and partners and/or donors and ensure compliance regulations, guidelines and deadlines are met
4. Lead quality preparation of project/donor and financial reports for timely submission to Head of Health per donor reporting schedules
5. Provide financial oversight and budget management, including but not limited to monthly budget review and quarterly budget forecasting
6. Provide budgeting support to partners, including assurance of timely PH advance and liquidations in alignment with CRS financial and accountability procedures
7. Ensure that systems for the management of procurement activities are followed for any CRS and partner activities
8. Recruit, supervise and manage performance of project staff with regular coaching and evaluation sessions
9. Develop close relationship with continuing and new partners and organize capacity strengthening activities as needed
10. Work closely with government (MSPP, MAST and IBESR) and ensure project activities are in alignment with government priorities
11. Conduct regular site visits to project sites and develop trip reports
12. Provide and facilitate technical direction, including training and capacity building

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) and Innovation:
1. Ensure the establishment, implementation and strengthening of the project MEAL activities
2. Manage effective reporting on key project indicators
3. Conduct national mapping of residential care centers to disseminate widely
4. Regularly maintain Gateway project management database with project documents and updates
5. Identify, promote and undertake systematic documentation/knowledge management of best practices and lessons learned for sharing and learning across other child wellbeing projects in Haiti and globally
6. Identify learning from other countries and organizations that can be adopted, adapted or replicated in the CP
7. Host, coordinate and/or facilitate roundtables and seminars on technical issues to promote learning, advocate for policy changes, influence stakeholders, etc.
8. Actively encourage innovation in the technical spheres of our work, and explore possibilities of these being scaled up and replicated
9. Support data collection for key health and child wellbeing indicators for MSPP, OCHA, UNICEF, CRS, etc. in response to reporting requirement or CRS proposal/project development, as needed

Business Development:
1. Support strategic growth efforts, including intelligence gathering, capture planning and/or proposal development for health and child wellbeing programs, as needed
2. Facilitate identification of opportunities and proposal/new project development (i.e., draft concept notes, proposal and/or budgets) to adapt, replicate or expand child wellbeing portfolio, as needed

Capacity Strengthening, Coordination, Partnerships & Representation:
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2. Assess training and capacity development needs of project staff and partners, and develop relevant training programs to meet needs
3. Coordinate with other health program staff in Port-au-Prince, Les Cayes, etc., as well as support regular communications with partner staff, including MSPP, MAST, IBESR, Church, Caritas, etc.
4. Represent CRS at health- and/or child wellbeing-related cluster/coordination meetings in Port-au-Prince as needed, and document and distribute meeting minutes to relevant staff
5. Assist in coordination of meetings, trainings, workshops or VIP visits of CRS, donors or partners, as needed

• University degree in social science, social development, child wellbeing/protection or a relevant technical field;
• Minimum 5 years of experience in project and financial management, including project design, monitoring and evaluation, budget preparation, expenditure tracking, donor reporting, etc.;
• Minimum 3 years of experience in a supervisory role;
• Clear professional expertise and current knowledge on child projection, child rights and organizational development;
• Demonstrated ability in planning and facilitating trainings;
• Strong knowledge of local health and child wellbeing context including key stakeholders such as government, strong relationship with IBESR/MAST is a plus;
• Excellent interpersonal, coordination and partnership skills and ability to represent CRS to donors, partners, government, church and other actors;
• Ability to work with faith-based partners;
• Excellent analytical, decision making and organizational skills and strong initiative without direct supervision;
• Excellent computer literacy (Web, MS Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.); and
• Oral and written fluency or professional proficiency in English, French and Haitian Creole.

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.
• Serves with Integrity
• Models Stewardship
• Cultivates Constructive Relationships
• Promotes Learning

The PM will work out of the CRS Head Office in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Moderate travel to project sites within Port-au-Prince and other areas of Haiti will be required

Cover letter, resume and diplomas.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

CRS' talent acquisition procedures reflect our engagement to protecting children and vulnerable adults from exploitation and abuse.