Job Description
Job Title: Senior Technical Advisor, ICYD Pending Funding
Reports to: COP and dotted-line CR
Department: CRS Uganda
Salary Grade:
About CRS
Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. CRS works to save, protect, and transform lives in need in more than 100 countries, without regard to race, religion or nationality. CRS’ relief and development work is accomplished through programs of emergency response, HIV, health, agriculture, education, microfinance and peacebuilding.
ICYD Background:
The ICYD activity, in the US$ 100-$299m range, will address USAID/Uganda’s development objectives relating to child wellbeing, education, and youth development. This activity will be a flagship program administered by the Office of Education, Youth, and Child Development, the unit responsible for the Mission’s education and PEPFAR/Orphan and Vulnerable Children (OVC) funding streams. The activity is the Mission’s first integrated education/OVC initiative and will continue five current and/or recently closed projects – two education projects, LARA and SHRP and three OVC projects, two primed by CRS, Sustainable Outcomes for Children and Youth (SOCY) and 4Children and one primed by World Education, BOCY.
The Contractor will use basic education, higher education, and PEPFAR/OVC funds to implement an approach that contributes to this activity’s goal of Ugandan children and youth, especially the most vulnerable, receiving the support and services necessary to lead resilient, healthy, and productive lives. USAID/Uganda expects the ICYD activity to achieve the following:
ICYD incorporates two leading trends in USG funding – co-creation and the transition to local partners. A strong co-creation and co-design element with both USAID and the Government of Uganda is envisioned during start-up, with the Mission seeking to build in a strong sense of local ownership for the project and its local sustainability approach. During the five-year implementation period, the Contractor will consolidate all USG-funded OVC programming under ICYD (currently funded by USAID, CDC and DoD) and transfer the complete OVC implementation package over to local prime organizations.
Job Summary:
You will lead strategy development in the field of OVC and provide technical leadership and advice in line with CRS program quality principles and standards, donor guidelines, and industry best practices to the ICYD project and Country Program (CP) teams to advance the delivery of high-quality programming to the poor and vulnerable. Your expertise, leadership, and influence will be key in determining how effective, adaptive and innovative CRS’ PEPFAR/USAID global/national OVC and youth development programming in Uganda.
The STA will contribute to the strategies needed to ensure the fulfillment of all technical requirements of ICYD. She or he will build strong, collaborative, cooperative and cohesive relationships with the all key stakeholders, including across the ICYD contractor team, local partners, government, the private sector, and the donor. She or he will promote knowledge capture and dissemination of key learning to all stakeholders, as well as continuous innovation through Collaborating, Learning and Adapting (CLA). S/he will uphold CRS’ high program quality standards and organizational values in all technical aspect of program implementation, specifically ensuring compliance to CRS’ Compass standards, MEAL policies and procedures and other technical guidance.
Roles and Key Responsibilities:
Basic Qualifications
Required/Desired Foreign Language: None Key Working Relationships: Internal: ICYD program managers and technical officers, Partner Capacity Strengthening Advisor, MEAL Manager, Finance Manager, Contractors and Implementing Partners key staff/leadership; CRS Uganda Senior Leadership Team; CRS East Africa Regional Office and HQ technical advisors. External: USAID contract officer/representative, Government of Uganda officials, private sector partners, other USAID implementing partners, other key stakeholders. Supervisory: This position is supervised by the ICYD Chief of Party with a dotted line to CRS Uganda Country Representative. Travel Required: Willingness and ability to travel nationally (approximately 25%) and internationally as required. Agency-wide Competencies: 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.
What we offer
CRS offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, life insurance, vision, generous retirement savings plan and the opportunity to work in a collaborative, mission-driven culture that is committed to improving the lives of the poor throughout the world.
***Our Catholic identity is at the heart of our mission and operations. Catholic Relief Services carries out the commitment of the Bishops of the United States to assist the poor and vulnerable overseas. 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 protecting children and vulnerable adults from abuse and exploitation.
Disclaimer: This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position.
CRS’ talent acquisition procedures reflect our commitment to protecting children and vulnerable adults from abuse and exploitation.
EOE/M/F/D/V – CRS is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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