USAID Program Manager II- OVC Specialist Career Opportunity – Catholic Relief Services (CRS)

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Organization: Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
Project Name: USAID Sustainable Outcomes for Children and Youth
Project
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Chief of Party
About CRS:
Catholic
Relief Services (CRS) is an international non-profit organization that carries
out the commitment of the Bishops of the United States to assist the poor and
vulnerable overseas. 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.
About USAID OVC Project:
CRS
Uganda is the prime agency implementing the Sustainable Outcomes for Children
and Youth Project in 17 districts in central and southwestern Uganda.  The Project is designed to improve the
health, nutrition, education and psychosocial wellbeing of 625,000 orphans and
vulnerable children and their caregivers, as well as reduce abuse, exploitation
and neglect among this population. The Project will improve outcomes for
vulnerable children and youth by strengthening the systems that surrounds them;
caregivers will have greater economic opportunities, which will increase their
resilience and make them less susceptible to shocks, local government
structures and CSOs will be strengthened to provide services targeting the
diverse needs of vulnerable children, and health and social service agencies
will strengthen their coordination and referral systems to provide integrated
care along the continuum of response.
Job Summary: The Program Manager II- OVC Specialist will offer technical
leadership for the Sustainable Outcomes Project around strengthening HIV
sensitive programming parenting with a focus on creating opportunities to more
effectively and holistically address the needs of adolescent girls’ age 10-18
years. The incumbent will work collaboratively with the Deputy Chief of Party,
the Household Economic Strengthening, and the Health Linkages Technical Leads,
the OVC Specialist will ensure continuous refinement and effective roll out of
HIV sensitive programming and ensure that the program is well aligned to PEPFAR
strategic priorities. These priorities include increased testing of OVC and
their caregivers and ensuring reduced incidence of HIV amongst adolescents
(particularly girls). The incumbent will be tasked with increasing awareness
within the Sustainable Outcomes team and CSOs about principles of adolescent
girl programming and support partners to adapt the principles to their context.
S/he will liaise closely with the Household Economic Strengthening Technical
Lead to identify ways to address structural/household economic issues (e.g.,
pulling girls out of school) that put adolescent girls at risk and support
appropriate programmatic response. This position will also work closely with
the Health Linkages technical Lead to support CSOs to identify opportunities
for more robust case management and referral networks to address the needs of
these populations and create stronger linkages with health services.  The OVC Specialist also be responsible for
monitoring program quality through the use of Site Improvement through
Monitoring System community tool.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Offer conceptual and technical guidance for
    the development and refinement of standard operating procedures (SOPS) for
    key program interventions, ensuring that they are evidence-based,
    HIV-linked and in line with PEPFAR priorities.
  • Keenly monitor program quality and impact
    through the use of PEPFAR’s Site Improvement through Monitoring System
    (SIMS).
  • Manage the project’s learning and adaptation
    agenda by supporting evidence gathering, documentation, and dissemination.
  • Synthesize best practices and develop
    guidelines and training to support local CSOs to incorporate robust
    prevention interventions into their programs.
  • Stay abreast of new thinking and developments
    in quality and innovations related to HIV sensitive programming and share
    relevant information as appropriate.
  • Support documentation of project results
    including but not limited to drafting project briefs, project reports,
    developing conference and/or webinar presentations and articles for peer
    reviewed journals.
  • Ensure approaches meet and are aligned with
    CRS’ programming guidelines and policies.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 
  • The ideal candidate should hold a Master’s
    degree in social work, social sciences, education or a closely related
    field.
  • At least five to six years professional field
    experience in ECD, youth and/or parenting programming in an HIV/OVC
    context.
  • Broad knowledge and understanding of child
    development and its application in a programming context.
  • Broad knowledge and understanding of development
    and use of youth-serving programming approaches, tools and strategies.
  • Previous exposure and experience working with
    local partners and participatory methods for youth integration and
    promotion of positive parenting.
  • Previous experience working in consortiums
    with both international and local NGO partners.
  • The Program Manager should have the ability
    to set clear goals and manage subordinates to achieve them
  • Collaborates effectively with staff and
    stakeholders
  • Ability to manage financial resources with
    integrity
  • Applies program quality standards to project
    design and organizational learning
  • Excellent written and oral communications
    skills in English
  • Excellent interpersonal, cross -cultural and
    training/mentoring skills
  • Advanced computer literacy skills
Agency-Wide Competencies (for all CRS Staff): These are
rooted in the mission, values, and principles of CRS and used by each staff
member to fulfill his or her responsibilities and to achieve the desired
results.
  • Serves with Integrity
  • Models Stewardship
  • Cultivates Constructive Relationships
  • Promotes Learning
How to Apply: 
All
suitably qualified and interested candidates should apply online at the web
link below.
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