Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is an
international non-governmental organization supporting relief and development
work in over 99 countries around the world.
CRS programs assist persons on the
basis of need, regardless of creed, ethnicity or nationality and works through
local church and non-church partners to implement its programs.
The EARO portfolio includes
programming in Agriculture, Food Security, Health, Emergency response and
recovery, Economic Strengthening and local partner capacity strengthening and
organizational development.
We are looking for a suitable person
to fill the following position;
Regional Technical Advisor for
Nutrition
Ref: 2015/11
Location: Nairobi with 50% travel
Job Summary: The
Regional Technical Advisor (RTA) for Nutrition will provide broad leadership
around nutrition for the East Africa Region.
As part of a team of technical
advisors, the RTA will provide technical assistance for the six country
programs in the East Africa Region: Ethiopia, Kenya / Somalia, Tanzania,
Uganda, South Sudan and Sudan.
The RTA will create linkages between
on-going health, water, agriculture, microfinance, Early Childhood Development
and Orphans and Vulnerable Children programs in the region.
CRS - EARO is seeking to improve integrated nutrition programing and continue to implement quality projects that promote behavior change (Infant and Young Child Feeding), provide therapeutic feeding (Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition), and seek to improve dietary diversity with a focus on the first 1000 days.
Scope of Responsibilities
The RTA for Nutrition will play a key
role in the roll-out of EARO’s 2013-2015 strategy, which is informed by the CRS
Agency Strategy, through active engagement in the four strategic objective
areas focused around:
i) growth;
ii) provision of outstanding
technical assistance;
iii) increased learning and sharing
and;
iv) provision of outstanding
management quality support services.
Key responsibilities are to:
- Provide technical assistance for quality
nutrition activities in the East Africa region.
- Take an active role in promoting
implementation of the agency’s strategy on nutrition, promoting gender-responsive,
integrated approaches.
- Ensure growth in the nutrition portfolio by
supporting all stages of the business development cycle
- Contribute to the learning agenda set forth in
the EARO strategy and by the Global Health and Social Services Technical
Team
- Contribute to EARO’s strategy to communicate
and market core areas in nutrition
Selection Criteria
Applicants must provide a statement
of claims addressing the selection criteria below, which should detail
suitability to perform the duties of the position including personal qualities,
experience, skills and knowledge relative to the selection criteria: Sound
knowledge of nutrition and human development, gender-responsive programming,
integrated approaches to achieve nutrition outcomes, public systems and service
improvement in low income Africa and the broad range of development partners
involved in this work
Qualifications
- Advanced degree in public health, nutrition or
related field
- Minimum of 8 years’ experience in
international nutrition development either as a technical advisor or
nutrition program manager, preferably in Africa
- Ability to assist country programs to respond
to nutrition emergencies related to conflict and / or drought
- Experience in program design/management,
program quality and performance assessment as part of ongoing efforts to
improve aid effectiveness
- Technical competency in nutrition-specific and
nutrition-sensitive programming
- Experience in community participation in
development projects and experience with adult learning methods and tools
- Strong analytical skills, sound judgment and
the capacity to think and plan strategically, including the ability to
produce high quality policy materials and advice for program
implementation, monitoring and evaluation
- High level English oral and written
communication skills, including representation and liaison skills; spoken
fluency of local languages a plus
- Experience collaborating with local NGOs
preferred
- High integrity, good stewardship and ability
to cultivate constructive relationships
- Willingness to travel up to 50% of the time
Regional Technical Advisor, Capacity
Strengthening & Organizational Development
Ref: 2015/10
Location: Nairobi with 40-50% Regional Travel
Job Summary: The Regional Technical Advisor (RTA) for Capacity
Strengthening and Organizational Development serves as a member of the EARO
regional team providing leadership and support for high quality CRS
programming.
S/he is also works closely with the
Partnership and Capacity Strengthening Unit in headquarters, to promote global
standards and approaches and to contribute EARO’s capacity strengthening
successes and lessons learned to the global knowledge base.
S/he works in collaboration with
staff in the region, headquarters, and country programs to develop and guide
CRS strategies for local capacity strengthening and organizational
development.
This position falls under a type of
functional matrix, where the RTA is a full member of the EARO team but works
closely with others to ensure coordination, standards, and policy.
The RTA will primarily work with CRS
staff in country programs to improve their capacity to accompany CRS
partners.
He/she will also develop new program
interventions and write proposals related to capacity strengthening of local
partners, and will aide CRS country programs to design partnership strategies,
including capacity building and transition of activities to local partners.
Main Responsibilities
- Provides leadership and guidance for an
enhanced Country Program (CP) and region-wide capacity for the design,
delivery and oversight of high quality capacity building interventions
- Provides strategic leadership in the
development of standardized approaches and best practices in local partner
capacity strengthening
- Provides ongoing technical assistance to CPs
ensuring the quality and effectiveness of ongoing capacity building
interventions
- Remains up-to-date with latest methodologies,
best practices, and donor requirements within the field of capacity
strengthening and organizational development
- Develops and disseminates knowledge assets in
support of capacity strengthening, including: guidelines, tools, case
studies, and e-learning. Coordinates with colleagues globally to share and
incorporate lessons learned from other CRS regions.
- Supports the development and adoption of key
organizational strength indicators by CP.
- Supports country program, regional, and
headquarters technical staff in the development of comprehensive plans and
materials for the incorporation of local capacity strengthening in each
development sector and theme.
- Works closely with the Partnership Unit in
PIQA for technical direction and guidance.
- Supports country programs to network with
institutions and experts in capacity strengthening.
Required Qualifications
- Master’s degree in organizational development,
public or business administration, community development, or equivalent
degree with proven capacity strengthening experience.
- Seven to ten years of progressive
responsibility building institutional capacity in overseas relief and
development programs in partnership with local organizations.
- Demonstrated ability to transfer knowledge to
diverse audiences through participatory adult training, mentoring,
distance education and other formal and non-formal methods.
- Strong design and facilitation skills
- Fluency in English (and French preferred)
- A professional with high integrity and good
stewardship of resources
- Ability to cultivate constructive
relationships
- Willingness to travel regional to 40-50%
How to Apply
Written applications indicating the reference number of position applied for and CV including day-time contact phone numbers, as well as names and contact information of three references should reach the below-mentioned by Close of Business Thursday May 21, 2015.
Written applications indicating the reference number of position applied for and CV including day-time contact phone numbers, as well as names and contact information of three references should reach the below-mentioned by Close of Business Thursday May 21, 2015.
Human Resources Manager
Catholic Relief Services – Kenya Program
E-mail: hr@ke.earo.crs.org
Please indicate the Reference Number on the email subject.
Only Shortlisted candidates will be
contacted.
Note: Catholic Relief Services (CRS) does not charge any fees from applicants for any recruitments.
Further, CRS has not retained any
agent in connection with this recruitment.
