Position: Project Manager

Organization: Catholic Relief Services (CRS)

Location: Bhubaneswar, Odisha

Apply: http://crsindia.org/employee_resume
 

Job Summary:
You will manage, coordinate and monitor the project including technical, budget management, monitoring, relationships with partners and other project stakeholders to assist in the achievement of Homes and Communities project objectives in line with CRS’ program quality principles and standards to advance CRS’ work serving the poor and vulnerable. Your techno-managerial skills and knowledge of the program area will support high-quality programming, catalyze humanitarian and development outcomes at scale.

Roles and Key Responsibilities:

• Provide techno-managerial support to all project activities throughout the project cycle - project design, start-up, implementation, and close-out - to ensure efficient and effective implementation through partners in line with CRS program quality principles and standards, donor requirements, and good practices. Ensure project team and partner staff use the appropriate systems and tools.
• Initiate dialogue with scaling entities and intermediaries to develop and implement catalytic scaling strategies, approaches, and activities to enable humanitarian and development outcomes at scale.
• Effectively manage talent and supervise. Manage team dynamics and staff well-being. Provide coaching, strategically tailor individual development plans, contribute to the recruitment process of project staff, ensure staff are recognized and appreciated for their contributions, and complete performance management for direct reports.
• Champion learning with project staff, partner teams and key project stakeholders. Analyse and evaluate project performance data following MEAL policy. Proactively identify issues and concerns and use participatory processes to overcome implementation obstacles.
• Engage with government, private sector actors, academe, technical institution and state level actors as well as local implementing partner, as appropriate, during key stages in the project cycle to ensure that their insights and experiences inform approaches and interventions and to support program quality. Share key changes in program direction and focus areas in close coordination and consultation with the District and State.
• Identify staff capacity needs and technical assistance needs of partner organizations to support quality project implementation applying appropriate application of partnership concepts, tools and approaches.
• Coordinate and monitor financial and material resources relevant to project needs. Through planning and oversight ensure efficient use of project resources.
• Identify, assess, prioritize, document, and manage risk and its impact. Assess the probability and impact of risk and recommend mitigating strategies and plans.
• Work with participants in the co-design, co-implementation, or collaborative resolution of problems that exemplify respect and appreciation of local knowledge and experience.
• Prepare and submit required project narrative reports, quarterly performance data, advocacy materials, articles as well as other reports needed/required by the local government, donors, the region or headquarters. Ensure reporting timelines and donor guidelines are respected.

Typical Background,

Basic Qualifications
• Master’s degree in social work / Social Sciences / related field required.
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant field-based experience in coordinating or managing moderately complex projects required, preferably with an international NGO.

Preferred Qualifications
Technical capacity and credibility to initiate dialogue with government, private sector actors, academe, and technical institutions.
Experience contributing to the development of technical proposals.
MEAL skills and experience essential specifically in applying data to contribute and to create unique value proposition.
Experience using MS Windows and MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Web Conferencing Applications, information management systems.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Strong critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills with ability to make sound judgment.
Strong relationship management skills, having political acumen and the ability to work effectively with culturally diverse groups.
Strong written and verbal communication skills with ability to write reports.
Proactive, service-oriented, results-oriented and adopt appropriate accompaniment stance.
Ability to adapt approaches to specific problems and to respond to these in a timely and relevant fashion with multi-facetted collaborations while ensuring that the quality of the contributions is respected. Strong scaling change agent mindset

Agency REDI Competencies (for all CRS Staff):
Agency competencies clarify expected behaviors and attitudes for all staff. When demonstrated, they create an engaging workplace, help staff achieve their best, and help CRS achieve agency goals. These are rooted in the mission, values, and guiding principles of CRS and used by each staff member to fulfill his or her responsibilities and achieve the desired results.
• Personal Accountability – Consistently takes responsibility for one’s own actions.
• Acts with Integrity - Consistently models values aligned with CRS Guiding Principles and mission. Is considered honest.
• Builds and Maintains Trust - Shows consistency between words and actions.
• Collaborates with Others – Works effectively in intercultural and diverse teams.
• Open to Learn – Seeks out experiences that may change perspective or provide an opportunity to learn new things.

Agency Leadership Competencies:
• Lead Change – Continually looks for ways to improve the agency through a culture of agility, openness, and innovation.
• Develops and Recognizes Others – Builds the capacity of staff to reach their full potential and enhance team and agency performance.
• Strategic Mindset – Understands role in translating, communicating, and implementing agency strategy and team priorities.
Travel Required: 30- 40% travel to project sites and to any other state as per the requirement of the project

Key Working Relationships:
Supervision: Senior Project Officer
Internal: Head of Office, TA- Market System Development, Finance and Admin Officer, Finance Manager, Senior Project Officer -MEAL, MEAL Manager, Head of Programming and Head of Operations
External: Implementing partners, Government, Private Sector Actors, local communities, beneficiaries, donors and other stakeholders.

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

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.