Humanitarian Operations Technical Advisor II

🕒 May 20

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Catholic Relief Services

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5001 - 10000 employees

Founded 1943

🤲 Charity

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

Charity • Non-profit • Social Impact

Catholic Relief Services is a global humanitarian organization that eases the suffering of and provides development assistance to people in need in over 100 countries. As the official international relief organization of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, CRS focuses on emergency response, health, agriculture, education, and justice and peacebuilding. Their work is guided by Catholic values and the organization aims to serve the poor and vulnerable, regardless of race, religion, or nationality.

📋 Description

• Provide rapid deployment, in‑country operational surge support during humanitarian emergencies as an expert with focus on supply chain management particularly in procurement and logistics, and emergency sub‑office setup. • Provide operational support across HR, finance, security, GKIM, administration, and fleet management, in coordination with relevant CRS technical leads. • Provide remote and onsite technical support for emergency operations planning, implementation, and close‑out, ensuring alignment with CRS operational standards, donor regulations, and good humanitarian practice. • Establish and manage relief delivery systems in active emergency contexts. • Provide on‑the‑job mentoring, coaching, and training to CRS staff and local partners, and support the design and rollout of operations‑focused emergency training activities. • Support collaboration and partnerships with local organizations and national and international CRS teams to strengthen operational capacity for emergency response and recovery. • Contribute to technical standards, guidance, and learning for humanitarian field operations and emergency supply chains, including supporting updates to the Emergency Field Operations Manual (EFOM). • Design and adapt humanitarian operations training modules in collaboration with HQ departments and HRD technical teams. • Assist with emergency budgeting, basic cost tracking, and supply chain monitoring, and support compliance with public donor regulations and operational requirements. • Establishment and management of supply chain and accounting systems in new or rapidly evolving emergency responses. • Represent CRS and HRD in relevant humanitarian coordination, cluster, and operations forums, promote staff care and security, and contribute to CRS‑wide operations policy adaptation for emergency contexts.

🎯 Requirements

• Graduate degree in international development or related field (or equivalent experience). • Minimum of 8 years of experience supporting or managing humanitarian operations in the field. • Demonstrated field management experience with an INGO. • Experience integrating cross‑cutting themes (protection, gender, capacity strengthening, governance).

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, life insurance • Vision insurance • Generous retirement savings plan