Head of Programming II, Guinea, Guinea

Organization: Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Country: Guinea City: Conakry Office: CRS Conakry, Guinea About CRS Guinea Catholic Relief Services (CRS) has been present in the Republic of Guinea since 2000. Over the years, the country's program has grown significantly in both size and complexity. Today, CRS Guinea focuses primarily on health, including malaria prevention and treatment, maternal, newborn, and child health, and health systems strengthening. The program also supports education, governance and peacebuilding, emergency response, and the promotion of local leadership and capacity strengthening. Job Summary As a member of the Country Program (CP) Senior Management Team, you will provide overall strategic direction, leadership, and management of the CP's programming to ensure the establishment and successful implementation of large and complex programming serving the poor and vulnerable. Your leadership, management and knowledge will enable the CP to deliver high-quality programming and continuously work toward improving the impact of its programming. As part of the Senior Management Team, you will proactively manage security and mitigate security risks. Roles and Key Responsibilities In collaboration with the Country Representative (CR) provide leadership and strategic direction for the design of CP strategic frameworks and plans, including the development of resource mobilization strategies to optimize the impact of large and complex programming interventions in line with regional and agency strategic priorities. Represent and promote CRS. Lead high-quality project design with innovative approaches that incorporate project management standards and MEAL methods, appropriate to the scope, context, and technical requirements of large and complex projects. Contribute to the establishment of new project management standards. Lead planning of activities across projects from different sectors to ensure integration and efficiency in implementation. Effectively manage senior programming talent and supervise. Manage team dynamics and staff well-being. Provide coaching and mentoring for direct reports, strategically tailor individual development plans and complete performance assessment for these direct reports. Contribute to developing staffing plans for large and complex projects and to the recruitment process of senior project staff. Contribute to Global HOP orientation and training program. Create and maintain proper conditions for learning. Establish a safe environment for sharing ideas, solutions, and difficulties and the capacity to detect, analyze, and respond quickly to deficiencies. Promote accountability, learning and knowledge management overseeing application of the MEAL policy, as well as cross-sectoral and cross-department learning. Coordinate with regional and CP operations leads to ensuring appropriate project budgeting and efficient use and stewardship of project material sources. Lead the business development cycle of increasingly complex, strategic, and competitive growth opportunities from intelligence gathering and positioning to proposal development to learning and marketing to ensure quality proposals per agency and donor standards. Lead the identification, assessment and strengthening of appropriate partnerships and the appropriate application of partnership concepts, tools and approaches. Ensure technical assistance and capacity strengthening for project teams and partners in project management standards and related MEAL, business development and operational activities. Identify training opportunities, develop training curriculums, and deliver trainings. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Proficient in using MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Web Conferencing Applications, information and budget management systems, and knowledge sharing networks. Excellent strategic, analytical, systems thinking, and problem-solving skills, with capacity to see the big picture and ability to make sound judgment and decisions. Experience and abilities in capacity strengthening - developing curricula and facilitating trainings Staff management experience and abilities that are conducive to a learning environment. Experience coaching and mentoring senior program staff. Strong relations management abilities. Ability to relate to people at all levels internally and externally. Strategic in how you approach each relationship. Excellent English writing skills. Team leadership abilities with diverse/multi-disciplinary teams. Coaching/mentoring skills Presentation and facilitation skills Proactive, resourceful, solutions oriented and results-oriented Required Languages: English and French (written and spoken) Travel: Must be willing and able to travel up to 20 % of the time. Supervisory Responsibilities: the COP for Global Fund Malaria, the COP for REACH Malaria, the Senior Quality/Local Leadership Program Manager and COPs/PMs of future new initiatives. Basic Qualifications Bachelor's Degree in International Development, International Relations or relevant field. Minimum of 8 years work experience in a program management position with progressive responsibilities for an international NGO, including at least 5 years with successful performance in a Head of Programming or management position. Strong experience in project grants management for large and complex projects, including project design, budget preparation, expenditure tracking, monitoring and evaluation, reporting, etc., for projects funded by multiple public donors, including the US Government, European Union, World Bank, Global Fund. Substantial experience with successful business development activities capturing significant public and private donor funding, including serving as a proposal coordinator for a large opportunity. Preferred Qualifications Experience engaging partners and strengthening partnerships. Experience working with Church partners a plus. Agency Competencies (for all CRS Staff): 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 strateg y and team priorities. What we offer CRS offers U.S. based staff a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, life insurance, vision, and a generous retirement savings plan. Benefits packages for successful candidates employed outside the U.S. are based on the country of employment/in-country office where the candidate will perform the role. CRS´ work culture is a collaborative, mission-driven culture committed to improving the lives of the poor throughout the world. Tags capacity development country programmes donor relations programme management project manager Skills Strategic Leadership Project Management Staff Management Business Development English and French The recruiting organization, Catholic Relief Services (CRS), has not specified a closing date for this vacancy or continues to list jobs after their stated closing date. Because such positions may remain open, they are listed here until removed from the recruiting organization's website.

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