Technical Advisor II – Emergency Response and Recovery

🕒 August 5

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

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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

• Provide technical advice, guidance, and support on program design and implementation, focusing on Emergency Response and Recovery • Support regional and Country Program teams in delivering high-quality programming for poor and vulnerable populations • Provide rapid surge support for program quality, management, and leadership capacity during humanitarian responses • Guide Country Programs and partners on humanitarian funding opportunities and support humanitarian proposal design and development • Support emergency program quality, management, knowledge management, capacity strengthening, and learning • Apply a humanitarian lens to broader regional program quality initiatives • Contribute to region-wide and agency-wide Emergency Response and Recovery strategies, standards, tools, and best practices • Provide technical solutions remotely and on-site for strategic planning, program design, implementation standards, partnerships, and M&E approaches • Serve in acting emergency leadership roles, including Emergency Coordinator or Head of Office, during field deployments • Support the setup and management of emergency field offices, teams, and relief operations • Contribute to technical design for large and complex proposals, monitoring systems, and indicators • Advise project teams on donor strategies, priorities, and technical requirements • Develop and deliver capacity-strengthening initiatives, training, workshops, mentoring, and coaching • Strengthen partnerships with local organizations • Collect and analyze program data, evaluate strategic projects, measure impact, and share lessons learned • Maintain relationships with donors, peer organizations, research institutions, and other institutions • Represent CRS and partners at humanitarian cluster, donor, coordination, and international cluster meetings • Promote the health and wellbeing of CRS and partner emergency staff

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in International Development, International Relations, or related field required • Minimum of eight years relevant international working experience in an advisory or management role with progressive responsibilities • Minimum of three years working on programming interventions in emergency response • Previous experience providing technical assistance and developing successful proposals for external donor funding required • Fluency, written and spoken, in English, Spanish, and French required • Knowledge of humanitarian principles, standards, and systems • Knowledge of design requirements and regulations of major emergency donors, including the U.S. Government, EU/ECHO, and UN agencies • Proficiency in security protocols and management of emergency programs in insecure environments • Ability to work with local partner organizations • Practical knowledge of ICT, information management, data visualization, analysis, Power BI, SharePoint, and other ICT4D applications • Experience in high-risk field contexts, including emergency programming in disaster and conflict zones • Experience with large-scale asset transfer programs using cash, voucher, and in-kind modalities • Familiarity with operations management, including supply chain, HR, and finance • Proficiency in MS Office packages, web conferencing applications, information and budget management systems, and knowledge-sharing networks • Experience in business development, project design, proposal development, and technical writing • Experience with mentoring, coaching, facilitation, and training using adult learning principles • Experience with program monitoring and evaluation, data collection, data analysis, and data presentation • Experience networking with donors, peer organizations, and faith-based civil society partners • Strong strategic, analytical, problem-solving, and systems-thinking skills • Strong written and oral communication skills • Strong presentation, facilitation, training, mentoring, and coaching skills • Must be willing and able to travel up to 50% of the time, equivalent to up to six months per year • Capacity to live and work in difficult and stressful environments and serve wherever agency needs dictate • Ability to legally work where the position is performed • Successful candidates requiring residence or frequent travel outside a home country must clear pre-employment medical clearance

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package for U.S.-based staff, including medical, dental, life insurance, and vision • Generous retirement savings plan • Benefits packages for candidates employed outside the U.S. based on the country of employment/in-country office • Collaborative, mission-driven work culture • Equal opportunity employer