Program Manager 1 – Climate Change Adaptation

Job Title: Program Manager 1 – Climate Change Adaptation Specialist

Department/Country: WARO/Mali

Position Type:Full Time

Job Location:Mali, Bamako or Sevare (Mopti region)

Band: D

FLSA: Exempt

Reports to: Head of Programs

Note:The position is contingent upon successful acquisition of the contract.

Length of Assignment: Two to five years.

About CRS:

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is an international non-governmental organization supporting relief and development work in over 90 countries around the world. CRS programs assist persons on the basis of need, regardless of creed, ethnicity or nationality. CRS works through local church and non-church partners to implement its programs.

Background:

CRS seeks a Program Manager (PM) for an anticipated US $13.5 million USAID contract to promote the provision and use of accurate climate information to vulnerable populations, increase the inclusion of climate change considerations into commune-level governance systems, and increase the adoption of local solutions to climate variability and change by communities.

Job Summary:

The Program Manager I – Climate change will lead the increase and adoption of local solutions to climate variability and change by communities and individual households at the commune and village level in rain-fed, rural areas of Mopti region.

Specific Job Responsibilities:

• Develop climate resilient agriculture strategies and operationalize these strategies in demonstration activities linking diffusion of climate change adaptive practices to improved climate change information;
• Build capacity of commune-level government and extension personnel in understanding climate change and adaptive strategies;
• Identify and lead strategy development to overcome barriers in adoption of adaptive practices, especially as it relates to vulnerable groups (women and youth);
• Increase overall adoption of climate change adaptive practices .

Agency-wide Competencies (for all CRS Staff)These are rooted in the mission, values, and principles of CRS and used by each staff member to fulfill his or her responsibilities and to achieve the desired results.

• Serves with Integrity
• Models Stewardship
• Cultivates Constructive Relationships
• Promotes Learning

MEAL Competencies

Within the agency’s MEAL Competencies Model, these are identified as key MEAL competencies related to the program manager’s roles and responsibilities.

• MEAL in Design
• ICT for MEAL
• Learning
• Management in MEAL

Program Manager Competencies:

These are rooted in the mission, values, and principles of CRS and used by each program manager to fulfill his or her responsibilities and to achieve the desired results.

• Sets clear goals and manages toward them.
• Collaborates effectively with staff and stakeholders.
• Manages financial resources with integrity.
• Applies program quality standards to project design and organizational learning

Supervisory Responsibilities: Direct supervision of CRS staff.

Key Working Relationships:

Internal: Head of Programs; Deputy Head of Programs; Head of Agriculture Department; Head of Office – Mopti; Head of MEAL Department

External: Consortium Chief of Party; Other Technical Specialists in the Consortium; local/international NGOs, and local and international Catholic agencies.

Required Qualifications and Experience:

• Master’s Degree and demonstrated expertise in agriculture, resilience, climate change, food security, international development.
• Experience designing and implementing development programs focused on vulnerable populations (gender and youth).
• Minimum 2 years of experience inmanaging programs with a funding and complexity on a similar scale to this programin a non-profit, development, and/or humanitarian organization.
• Experience working in West Africa or the Sahel required.
• Proven leadership and inter-personal skills and ability to build and motivate diverse and talented teams.
• Commitment to gender responsive/transformative programming.
• Ability to work well both within a consortium team and independently.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Experience assessing vulnerability to climate change preferred.
• Understanding of and experience with faith-based organizations, and capacity-building principles in local partnerships desired.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Experience with Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) and especially GIS and other ICT4D preferred.

Required Foreign Language: Proficiency in English oral and written communication skills, as well as fluency in French, are required.

Required Travel: Ability to travel in-country up to 30%

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