Deputy Chief of Party II – Operations

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🦀 Maryland – Remote

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Catholic Relief Services

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5001 - 10000 employees

Founded 1943

🏥 Healthcare

🍽️ Food & Beverage

📦 Logistics

Healthcare • Food & Beverage • Logistics

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

• Manage key aspects of project development, implementation, and consolidation under the Chief of Party • Serve as a secondary point of contact to the donor and public, private, and nongovernmental stakeholders • Manage project functions to meet donor expectations for timely, quality results, milestones, and budget • Coordinate program and operations leads and uphold CRS program quality standards • Lead and oversee multi-country operational implementation across participating countries, consortium partners, and project teams • Oversee finance, contracts, procurement, administration, human resources, information technology, logistics, and security functions • Establish operational systems, processes, and controls for milestone-based deliverables • Supervise, coach, mentor, and develop project staff; manage team dynamics and staff well-being • Contribute to staffing plans and senior staff recruitment • Monitor and mitigate operational risks and maintain safety and security policies and plans • Strengthen internal controls and ensure efficient, compliant, and accountable operations • Track finances and oversee partner budgets, administration, and donor reporting • Strengthen partner operational capacity and systems • Maintain relationships with consortium partners and coordinate member organizations • Create safe conditions for learning and rapid response to deficiencies • Identify performance gaps and recommend training and technical assistance • Oversee subaward and vendor management, including due diligence, award administration, procurement, monitoring, compliance, and grants staff supervision

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in international development, International Relations, or a relevant technical area • Minimum of 5 years’ relevant management and technical experience • Minimum of 2 years’ experience managing donor funds, including multi-country grants • Recognized technical experience and qualifications in the sector, demonstrated by peer-reviewed publications, conference presentations, or similar evidence • Experience coaching and mentoring project staff • Successful management experience with complex, high-value, multi-activity projects and logistics • Staff management experience conducive to a learning environment • Strong knowledge and experience in budget management • Strong knowledge of MS Office, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Visio • Knowledge of web conferencing applications and information and budget management systems • Strong strategic, analytical, systems-thinking, and problem-solving skills • Strong relationship management abilities • Team leadership abilities with diverse and multidisciplinary teams • Fluency in English required • Must be willing and able to travel up to 35% • Must be legally able to work where the position is performed • Successful candidates requiring residence or frequent travel outside their home country must clear pre-employment medical clearance • Must sign and adhere to the CRS Code of Conduct

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical insurance • Dental insurance • Life insurance • Vision insurance • Generous retirement savings plan • Collaborative, mission-driven work culture