Job Title: Chief of Party I

Reports to: Liberia Head of Programs

Department: Liberia

Salary Grade: 11

CRS is recruiting in anticipation of an award

CRS is seeking candidates for an anticipated five-year multi-country project which will be funded by the Department of State. The overall objective of the project is to deliver cost-effective, high-quality integrated HIV, tuberculosis, maternal and child health, malaria and nutrition health services through government and a strengthened community and facility-based health worker networks using faith and community-based platforms, with a clear and time-bound plan to sustainably transition program activities to national and sub-national government and stakeholders.

Job Summary

As Chief of Party, you will provide leadership and overall management of this project in Liberia. Ensuring effective systems and processes are in place to support all three project strategic objectives and advance CRS’ work in serving the poor and vulnerable. Your leadership, management and technical knowledge will ensure the delivery of high-quality programming and advance the position of CRS as a leading agency in health field. The role is accountable for day-to-day project leadership, donor compliance, subaward management, and effective coordination with consortium partners and government and faith-based stakeholders. As a senior leader you will proactively manage security and mitigate security risks.

Roles and Key Responsibilities

• Relationship Management: Serve as lead relationship manager and representative with all in-country stakeholders. Maintain strong coordination and engagement with partners and stakeholders, applying CRS partnership principles, tools, and approaches.
• Project Management: Lead all aspects of the development, implementation and consolidation of this project in Liberia. Provide management, guidance, and technical oversight of the project throughout the project cycle to ensure project design, start-up, implementation and close-out are in line with CRS quality principles and standards, donor guidelines, and industry best practices. Ensure coordination between Liberia activities and the broader consortium framework, working closely with relevant technical and operational teams. Establish a safe environment for sharing ideas, solutions, and difficulties and the capacity to detect, analyze and respond quickly to deficiencies.
• Supervision: Oversee the development of staffing plans and the recruitment process of senior staff. Effectively manage senior programming and operations talent, ensuring coordination between program and operations leads. Manage team dynamics and staff well-being. Provide coaching and mentoring. 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.
• Program Quality: Oversee technical assistance and capacity strengthening activities for staff and partner organizations to enhance program quality and impact. Ensure the project is co-created and implemented to meet donor expectations in terms of timely and quality results and budget, including strategies for phase out and sustainability. Ensure the CRS program quality standards are adhered to per MEAL policy and procedures.
• Program Learning: Support program learning and contribute to the documentation of lessons learned and project learning outputs to share how the project contributes to industry knowledge. Identify opportunities for learning, research, and publications in coordination with technical teams. Facilitate dissemination of promising practices and lessons learned to contribute to the agency's knowledge management agenda. Ensure incorporation of innovations and best practices where relevant.
• Stewardship: Promote, uphold and model a commitment to the efficient use of agency and donor resources. Ensure compliance with award, including financial tracking and oversight of partner budgets, finance, administration and reporting to donor. Approve program expenditures, budget adjustments, and cost modification requests to donors.
• Communications: Lead and oversee the development of communication strategies and materials, ensuring compliance with donor and CRS branding and marketing requirements and procedures.

Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. Catholic Relief Services works to save, protect, and transform lives in need in more than 100 countries, without regard to race, religion or nationality. Catholic Relief Services’ relief and development work is accomplished through programs of emergency response, HIV, health, agriculture, education, microfinance, and peacebuilding. We welcome as a part of our staff people of all faiths and secular traditions who share our values and our commitment to serving those in need. CRS’ processes and policies reflect our commitment to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults from abuse and exploitation.

CRS welcomes candidates from the countries and regions in which we work. In the event the successful candidate is an expatriate, the anticipated duration of the assignment is informed by a term limit, based on the type and level of the job and the needs of the agency.

CRS is committed to safeguarding program participants, community members, staff and volunteers from all forms of exploitation and abuse. The successful candidate is expected to sign and adhere to CRS´ Code of Conduct.

CRS talent acquisition procedures reflect our commitment to safeguarding the rights and dignity of all people - especially children and vulnerable adults - to live free from abuse and harm.

Disclaimer: This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position.

CRS is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

General Requirements

CRS offers are contingent on the selected candidate’s ability to legally work where the position is to be performed. Every government has a unique set of work permit eligibility requirements. All positions requiring residence or frequent travel outside a home country must undergo and clear a pre-employment medical clearance; some work permit processes require clearing a separate government administered medical examination.

CRS prioritizes candidates who are citizens/ permanent residents of the countries where we have CRS offices.