Project Manager Gender US Non-profit Job Placements – Catholic Relief Services
Job Title: Project Manager Gender
Organization: Catholic Relief Services
Duty Station: Uganda
Reports to: Gender Advisor
Grade: 9
About US:
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is an international non-profit organization which implements the commitment of the Bishops of the United States to assist the poor and vulnerable overseas. Our Catholic identity is at the heart of our mission and operations. We welcome as a part of our staff and as partners people of all faiths and secular traditions who share our values and our commitment to serving those in need.
Job Summary: The Project Manager Gender will manage, coordinate, and monitor project activities and relationships with partners and other
project stakeholders to assist the achievement of gender mainstreaming in the Nuyok project as well as gender specific objectives advancing Catholic Relief Services’ (CRS) work serving the poor and vulnerable. Your project management skills and knowledge of the program area will ensure that Nuyok delivers high-quality programming and continuously works towards improving the impact of this project through gender mainstreaming, gender analysis, the integration of gender in MEAL activities, and creating a culture of gender awareness.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- You will lead technical, budget management, monitoring and reporting activities through most of the project cycle – start-up, implementation and close-out – in line with CRS program quality principles and standards, donor requirements, and good practices.
- Ensure learning properly accompanies project activities throughout the project cycle. Support accountability to gender through coordinating project evaluation activities following MEAL Policy. Proactively identify gender specific issues, report them to inform adjustments to plans and implementation schedules.
- Engage and strengthen partnerships relevant to Nuyok, applying appropriate application of partnership concepts, tools and approaches with a focus on gender.
- Coordinate activities required for ensuring the financial, material and human resources for gender in the quality implementation of the project. Conduct periodic budget reviews and follow-up with partners on timely submission of financial reports to facilitate proper tracking of resource use.
- Identify staff capacity needs and technical assistance needs of partner organizations and contribute to capacity strengthening and required interventions to support quality project implementation with a gender focus.
- Assist with preparation of trends analysis reports and disseminate results. Review project documentation to ensure project file is complete with all required documentation and is filed per agency and donor requirements.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal applicant must hold a Master’s Degree in the Social Sciences or a related field. Degree in the field of Gender Studies would be a plus.
- At least 5 years of work experience in project management, ideally in the field of Gender and for an INGO.
- Additional experience may substitute for some education.
- Relevant grant management experience, especially for USG or other public donors, a plus.
- Experience working with stakeholders at various levels and strengthening community partnerships.
- Ability to contribute to the development of technical proposals, a plus.
- Experience analyzing data and contributing to evaluation reports.
- Experience using MS Windows and MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
- Critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills with ability to make sound judgment.
- Strong relationship management skills and the ability to work effectively with local stakeholders. Representation abilities.
- Ability to contribute to written reports
- Proactive, results-oriented, and service-oriented
- Attention to details, accuracy and timeliness in executing assigned responsibilities
How to apply:
All interested and qualified candidates please follow these instructions exactly otherwise your application will NOT be considered:
- Email a cover letter and CV only to ug_recruitment@crs.org
Large files and/or scans of documents will lead to rejection of your application, in the subject
line of the email, copy and paste – PROJECTMANAGERGENDER.
All applications that do not contain this exact subject line will be rejected and not read.
CRS is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Only Selected Candidates That Meet the Requirements will Be Notified
Deadline: 17thJanuary 2020