Catholic Relief Services Deputy Chief of Party II, Market Systems Development for Livestock Activity Jobs in Rwanda
Job Summary:
Pending a successful bid for the award, as Deputy Chief of Party II, you will support overall management of a Market Systems Development for Livestock Activity, and act on behalf of the Chief of Party as needed, including global representation to the donor to serve the poor and vulnerable. Your management and technical knowledge will ensure the delivery of high-quality programming and advance the position of CRS as a leading agency in market systems development and food security programming. As a senior leader you will proactively manage security and mitigate security risks.
Roles and Key Responsibilities:
Manage key aspects of the implementation and consolidation of multi-year agricultural market systems development activity. Serve as a point of contact to the donor as well as public, private and non-government stakeholders, when needed.
Manage key functions of the project to meet donor expectations in terms of timely and quality results and budget. Contribute to ensuring coordination between program and operations leads.Contribute to ensuring the CRS program quality standards are adhered to per MEAL policy and procedures.
Effectively manage talent and supervise. Manage team dynamics and staff well-being. Provide coaching and mentoring. Strategically tailor individual development plans and complete performance assessments for direct reports. Contribute to the development of staffing plans and the recruitment process of senior staff.
Manage and mitigate risk through monitoring national and regional issues that may impact staff and programming. Ensure all staff understand and adhere to CRS staff safety and security policies and plans and ensure the updating of such plans.
Promote, uphold and model a commitment to the efficient use of agency and donor resources. Help ensure compliance with contract, including financial tracking and oversight of partner budgets, finance, administration and reporting to donor.
Maintain relationships with key staff of consortium partner organizations. Contribute to coordination of the roles and activities of staff from other consortium member organizations in implementation in line with CRS partnership principles.
Create and maintain proper conditions for learning. Establish a safe environment for sharing of ideas, solutions, and difficulties and the capacity to detect, analyze and respond quickly to deficiencies. Identify performance gaps and training opportunities for CRS and partner staff and recommend trainings and technical assistance.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Strong strategic, analytical, systems thinking, and problem-solving skills, with capacity to see the big picture and ability to make sound judgment and decisions.
Strong relations management abilities. Ability to relate to people at all levels internally and externally. Strategic in how you approach each relationship.
Team leadership abilities with diverse/multi-disciplinary teams. Coaching skills.
Proactive, resourceful, solutions-oriented and results-oriented.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience engaging partners and strengthening partnerships. Knowledge of CRS partnership strategy a plus.
Experience in MS Office package (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio), Web Conferencing Applications, and information and budget management systems.
Required Languages – English. Kinyarwanda, Swahili and/or French an asset.
Travel– Position based in Kigali. Must be willing and able to travel up to 40% inside Rwanda.
Basic Qualifications
Master’s degree in International Development, International Relations, or a relevant technical area.
7 or more years’ relevant management and technical experience.
5 years experience managing donor funds, including USAID contracts. Strong knowledge and experience in budget management.
Recognized technical experience and qualifications in sector as demonstrated by peer reviewed publications, conference presentations etc.
Demonstrated experience of successful management, including management of functions of complex, high-value, multi-activity projects, with complicated logistics.
Staff management experience and abilities that are conducive to a learning environment. Experience coaching.
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; Catholic Relief Services Deputy Chief of Party II, Market Systems Development for Livestock Activity Jobs in Rwanda
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