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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

• Support development and implementation of agency-wide Shelter and Settlements strategies, standards, tools, and best practices • Help ensure cross-sectoral integration of gender, protection mainstreaming, and disaster risk reduction • Provide technical solutions to Country Program teams remotely and on-site for strategic planning, standards, best practices, partnerships, tools, and monitoring and evaluation • Contribute to technical design, preparation, submission, and approval of project concepts and proposals • Act as a technical writer on proposal development teams as needed • Advise project teams on integrating donor strategies, priorities, and technical requirements • Support capacity strengthening for staff and partners through learning strategies, training curricula, workshops, coaching, and mentoring • Collect and analyze program data and share lessons learned and best practices • Contribute to the Shelter and Settlements learning agenda • Maintain relationships with donors, peer organizations, research institutions, and other organizations • Participate in Shelter and Settlements forums to collect and share best practices and promote CRS’ work

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in architecture, engineering, urban planning, construction management, or a field related to Shelter & Settlements • Minimum five to eight years of relevant work experience with progressive responsibilities • Minimum two years of relevant field-based experience in Shelter and Settlements • Proficiency in MS Office packages, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint • Proficiency with web conferencing applications, information and budget management systems, and knowledge-sharing networks • Knowledge of technical principles and concepts in Shelter & Settlements • General knowledge of related disciplines for a cross-sectoral approach • Experience in project design and proposal development • Experience writing proposal content • Knowledge of capacity-strengthening best practices • Experience with program monitoring, evaluation, and analysis • Experience networking and managing relationships with donors, peer organizations, and faith-based civil society partners • Understanding of partnership principles • Strong relationship management, strategic, analytical, problem-solving, and systems-thinking skills • Good technical writing skills • Presentation, facilitation, training, mentoring, and coaching skills • English fluency required • Must be willing and able to travel up to 50% • Ability to legally work where the position is performed • Pre-employment medical clearance for positions requiring residence or frequent travel outside a home country

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical insurance • Dental insurance • Life insurance • Vision insurance • Generous retirement savings plan • Collaborative, mission-driven work culture • CRS Code of Conduct and safeguarding-focused work environment