Institutional Capacity Strengthening & Organizational Development (OD) Specialist at Catholic Relief Services (CRS)

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is an international non-governmental organization supporting relief and development work in over 100 countries. CRS programs assist persons on the basis of need, regardless of creed, ethnicity, or nationality. As CRS works through local church and non-church partners to implement its programs, strengthening and building the capacity of partner organizations is fundamental to the work of CRS. CRS re-established presence in Nigeria in 2000 and currently focuses on health, vulnerable children, agriculture, extractives and governance, and peace building programming.

We are recruiting to fill the vacant position below:

Job Title: Institutional Capacity Strengthening & Organizational Development (OD) Specialist

Location: Abuja

Specific Responsibilities
Programmatic and Financial Capacity Strengthening:

• Conduct the HOCAI Plus assessment and develop partner specific capacity improvement plans in collaboration with partner organizations
• Conduct regular monitoring of activities to ensure appropriate approaches to capacity strengthening are used.
• Administers technical approaches specific to each partner’s capacity needs
• Conduct monitoring trips to monitor progress of partners’ capacity improvement plans; provide support supervisions as needed.
• Support partners to implement, monitor and review capacity improvement plans as needed, and report on progress made in plan implementation.
• Prepares and submits monthly and quarterly progress reports
• Liaise with partner organizations to gather and develop lessons learned and case studies around institutional capacity strengthening.
• Support partners in implementing their respective improvement plans targeted at achieving the predetermined benchmarks for assessment topics where gaps were determined.
• Act as a liaison person with programme and other relevant contacts across the CP on administrative issues.
• Develop and manage the process of timely programme and other reporting, including following up of internal and external reports and ensuring compliance with reporting guidelines
• Provide support to projects
• Develop and manage an effective system for administering meetings, workshops and other events

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning:

• Develop rigorous, results based and impact focused programmatic monitoring systems based in the HOCAI Sub-recipient programmatic monitoring framework, linked to the Sub-recipient financial monitoring policy.
• Document standardized approaches and best practices in local partner capacity strengthening.
• Develop and disseminate knowledge assets in support of capacity strengthening, including: guidelines, tools, case studies, and e-learning.

Programmatic and Financial Management:

• Develop, manage and implement program work plans in accordance with CRS and donor requirements.
• Liaise with country program project managers and multi-country project program managers to ensure the successful and collaborative implementation of project objectives.
• Ensure projects are consistently on track to meet quarterly and annual targets.
• Ensure accurate and timely reporting of program finances and progress status; review actual financial performance against the budget, and explain variances on a regular basis.
• Develop and produce proposals (narrative and budget) for various potential donors to expand the depth of the CS department.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Organizational and/or International Development, or equivalent degree with proven capacity strengthening experience
• Five to seven years of progressive responsibility building institutional capacity in relief and development programs in partnership with local organizations, preferably in an international organization
• Demonstrated ability to transfer knowledge to diverse audiences through participatory adult training, mentoring, distance education and other formal and non-formal methods. Strong design and facilitation skills.
• Strong research, adult learning methodology design and facilitation skills
• Demonstrate excellent written and oral communication skills
• Demonstrate high level of initiative, diplomacy and tact
• Excellent knowledge of computer software - MS Office (Word, PowerPoint and Excel especially)
• Must be flexible and be able to work independently and as part of a team.
• Fluency in English.
• Willingness and ability to travel 50 percent within Nigeria.

Application Closing Date
19th December, 2016.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should download the "Application Form Below" and send with a detailed 3-page resume in a single file word document to: [email protected] Title of the position must be stated as the subject of the email.

Click here to download Application Form (MS Word)