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Job Title:  Project Officer I – Partner Capacity Strengthening Project (Re-Advertised)

Organisation: Catholic Relief Services (CRS)

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

Supervisor: Program Manager I – Partner Capacity Strengthening

About US:

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is an International non-profit organization whose commitment is to assist the poor and vulnerable overseas set out by the Bishops of the United States. Our Catholic identity is at the heart of our mission and operations. We welcome as a part of our staff and as partners people of all faiths and secular traditions who share our values and our commitment to serving those in need.

Job Summary: You will provide technical support to CRS’s partners for capacity strengthening in line with Catholic Relief Services CRS’ program quality principles and standards, donor guidelines, and industry best practice to technical staff, and Country Program (CP) staff to advance the delivery of high-quality programming to the poor and vulnerable

Key to this will be support in a robust grants management solution that integrates sub-grants management, monitoring of program delivery, data systems management and timely reporting to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of compliant program delivery. Your knowledge and skills will ensure that the CP delivers high-quality local partner capacity strengthening technical support and continuously works towards improving impact

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work closely with relevant CRS and partner staff to ensure that partnership and capacity strengthening activities are adequately planned and managed.
• Provide technical support to partner organizations to conduct/review capacity assessments, develop capacity strengthening plans
• Organize and conduct training of partner staff to close identified capacity gaps in sub-grant, data and program management processes.
• Ensure to have a follow up mechanism in place to monitor and measure the progress of capacity strengthening plans and achievements.
• Proactively seek out advice, support and any other technical assistance required by partners to ensure timely compliance and effective implementation of capacity strengthening plans.
• Provide continuous accompaniment to partners to support internal adoption and application of strengthened systems and structures
• Contribute to learning with CRS staff and partner teams.
• Help identify, assess and strengthen other partnerships relevant to applying appropriate application of partnership concepts, tools and approaches.
• Utilize and monitor financial and material resources relevant to project needs. Through planning and oversight ensure efficient use of project resources
• Ensure effective and appropriate communication with partners in relation to partnership and capacity strengthening.
• Provide periodic updates to CRS and the partner at all levels on assessments, action plans, and achievements, as well training and technical support provided.
• Ensure CRS and partners maintain strong and healthy relationship.
• Identify any gaps in communication and partner relationships and share with relevant staff and ensure corrective measures are taken in a timely manner

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The ideal applicant must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Development Studies, International Relations or in the field of Institutional/Organizational Capacity Strengthening required. Additional experience may substitute for some education
• At least 2 to 3 years of relevant field-based implementing projects with organizational capacity strengthening component, preferably with an international NGO.
• Experience engaging with partner organizations.
• Experience contributing to the development of technical learning briefs
• MEAL skills and experience preferred.
• Experience using MS Windows and MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Web Conferencing Applications, information management systems.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Conversant in Global Fund approaches, rules and regulations
• Good experience in project grants management, including project design, preferably for grants from multiple public donors
• Experience engaging with partner organizations
• MEAL skills and experience required.
• Staff management experience and abilities that are conducive to a learning environment.
• Experience using MS Windows and MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Web Conferencing Applications, information management systems.
• Good knowledge and experience in budget management; excellent report writing skills.
• Staff management experience and abilities that are conducive to a learning environment.
• Experience using MS Windows and MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Web Conferencing Applications, information management systems.

Personal Skills:

• Strong critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills with ability to make sound judgment.
• Strong relationship management skills and the ability to work effectively with culturally diverse groups.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with ability to write reports
• Proactive, results-oriented, and service-oriented

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with ability to make sound judgment and decisions and offer innovative solutions
• Strong relations management abilities. Ability to relate to people at all levels internally and externally. Strategic in how you approach each relationship.
• Good presentation and facilitation skills
• Proactive, resourceful, solutions-oriented and results-oriented

Required Languages – English and any of the major local languages spoken in Uganda

Travel Required: Must be willing and able to travel up to 20 %.

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and interested candidates please follow these instructions exactly otherwise your application will NOT be considered:

• Email a cover letter and CV only to ug_recruitment@crs.org
• Large files and/or scans of documents will lead to rejection of your application, in the subject line of the email, copy, paste – PROJECTOFFICERIPARTNERCAPACITYSTRENTHENING only
• All applications that do not contain this exact subject line will be rejected and not read

Deadline:  1^st July 2022 at 5:00pm

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