| Job Title: Technical Advisor III, EurAsia Resilient Homes and Communities |
Reports to: DRD/PQ |
| Department: Global Programs |
Salary Grade: Grade 11 |
Note: Candidates located in Europe, the Middle East, or Asia time zones are preferred, given the need for close collaboration with Country Programs in Asia.
Job Summary
The Technical Advisor III, EurAsia Resilient Homes and Communities works with country programs (CPs), regional leadership and colleagues across the agency to advance CRS EurAsia’s Resilient Homes & Communities programs, resources, scale, and impact. The Technical Advisor regularly engages regional actors and donors and works closely with CRS departments and country teams to establish strategic partnerships and explore program and funding opportunities. S/he leads strategic resource mobilization by developing resourcing plans, analyzing funding opportunities, cultivating partnerships, and providing hands‑on support to country teams to secure resources for resilient H&C initiatives across the region. The Technical Advisor advises on systems change and systems-strengthening strategic approaches, facilitate cross-learning and contextualize agency guidance to advance CRS’ work in systems strengthening. S/he leads the development of strategic learning priorities and coordinate evidence generation and sharing. S/he ensures high-quality, scalable programming that advances CRS’ humanitarian, recovery and development objectives, strengthens local systems, and positions CRS as a sector leader while ensuring alignment with organization’s quality principles and standards, donor guidelines, and industry best-practices. The Advisor will coordinate closely with other CRS teams, especially HRD H&C, ensuring the region is leveraging the agency’s technical expertise and leadership.
Roles and Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership
- Lead the development of CRS EurAsia’s resilient H&C program strategy, and ensure it reflects agency priorities and values. Facilitate stakeholder engagement in strategy development, communication and sharing.
- Directly support country colleagues in design and approaches in resilient H&C, ensuring engagement with technical leadership, and learning and good practices are integrated.
- Ensure resilient H&C program designs align with global and regional priorities, and the local context.
- Directly support country teams to develop resilient H&C program strategies that achieve impact at scale through systems-based approaches.
- In collaboration with technical leadership, support country teams to incorporate new programmatic directions that further strengthen our priorities in local leadership, systems-based approaches, humanitarian-development nexus, and resilience.
Resource Mobilization
- Establish a EurAsia resource mobilization plan for top tier funders for housing recovery and long-term resilient H&C solutions in collaboration with GREM and country teams.
- Research and analyze intelligence about overall new business opportunities that contribute to resilient H&C; lead efforts to leverage this data to enhance CRS' competitive position.
- Generate new opportunities through strategic partnerships and resource mobilization efforts with regional finance institutions, in-country bilateral funders, and in collaboration with global resource mobilization efforts.
- Provide direct resource mobilization support to country teams including design leadership, and positioning
Quality Assurance
- Ensure application of best practices, tools, guidelines and standards are followed to drive quality and strong project management, including system-based approaches.
- Advice on systems-based strategic approaches, facilitate cross-learning and contextualize agency guidance to advance CRS’ work in systems change and systems strengthening.
- Promote evidence-based decision making and adaptive management.
- Support country teams to develop clear implementation strategies that enable high quality, scalable programming and position CRS for success in competitive funding environments.
- Coordinate internal and external technical assistance and/or provide direct technical assistance upon request to support country programs with project design, start-up and implementation.
Strategic Positioning and Partnerships
- Leverage existing results and strategic partnerships to advance systems-based solutions and position CRS and partners as leaders in H&C approaches.
- Maintain key networks across the resilient H&C space, positioning CRS and seeking to influence external stakeholders in line with CRS’ values related to prioritizing impacts among vulnerable populations, local leadership, and systems-based approaches.
- Support country teams in leveraging CRS’ learning to influence resilient H&C approaches and direction.
- Represent EurAsia’s resilient H&C programs and approaches to donors and funders, stakeholders and partners, including at conferences and events.
- Engage with peer organizations working on resilient H&C to exchange learning and explore strategic partnerships that advance CRS EurAsia’s resilient H&C program strategic priorities.
- Expand visibility of EurAsia’s resilient H&C programming, working in collaboration with CRS’ colleagues involved in shelter and settlements, WASH, social cohesion, systems strengthening, disaster risk reduction, climate change and climate finance.
Strategic Learning and Communication
- Collaborate with communications teams and global technical teams to develop communication strategies and materials that effectively engage priority audiences and showcase CRS EurAsia’s strategic priorities and learning in resilient H&C.
- Ensure learning agendas are developed and shared across teams. Lead teams to align learning agendas and evidence generation with strategic priorities and in consultation with internal and external stakeholders.
- Coordinate research, evaluations, and evidence generation initiatives, and ensure alignment with strategic priorities at country, regional and global level. Leverage CRS technical leadership and external relationships to develop an evidence base that demonstrates program impact and captures lessons to improve program quality.
- Collaborate closely with HRD, CASCADE, MEAL and KML colleagues to contribute to knowledge management and learning on resilient H&C programs, including capturing and sharing lessons learned and best practices.
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications
- Degree in Architecture, Civil Engineering, Urban Planning, or other relevant field.
- Minimum of ten years relevant international working experience in an advisory role with progressive responsibilities, ideally with an international NGO, with minimum of five years working in emergency preparedness, response and recovery programming.
- Experience applying the principles and concepts of influence and scaling, which may include evidence translation, advocacy, communication, partnership, or others.
- Experience and skills in networking and engaging with peer organizations, private sector actors, faith-based and civil society partners.
- Comprehensive experience in resource mobilization and
- Experience with program monitoring and evaluation and learning including development of learning plans, indicators, data collection tools and methodologies, data analysis, as well as data presentation.
Preferred Qualifications
- Masters degree preferred in International Relations, Development Studies or related field.
- Technical and/or academic publications are highly desirable.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Strong communications and presentation skills; ability to represent and present at high levels; able to develop tailored and persuasive messaging for varied audiences. Understanding of public-private partnership principles.
- Familiarity with a broad range of public and private donors, including US Government (USG), non-USG entities (FCDO, World Bank, ADB, EU, UN, etc.), as well as foundations and corporations.
- Track record of contributing to successful business development activities capturing public and/or private donor funding in humanitarian shelter and settlement programming.
- Expert level management of risk and complexity, expert level management of people, and expert level management of resources.
- Expert with business development, institutional strengthening and partnership building required.
- Strong understanding and application of technical principles and concepts in humanitarian programming. Good knowledge of related disciplines to ensure proper cross-sectoral approach.
Required Languages: English;
Travel: Position is remote with expected travel up to 40%.
Supervisory Responsibilities: None
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 strategy 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.
About Company
General Requirements
CRS offers are contingent on the selected candidate’s ability to legally work where the position is to be performed. Every government has a unique set of work permit eligibility requirements. All positions requiring residence or frequent travel outside a home country must undergo and clear a pre-employment medical clearance; some work permit processes require clearing a separate government administered medical examination.
CRS prioritizes candidates who are citizens/ permanent residents of the countries where we have CRS offices.
Company
Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. Catholic Relief Services works to save, protect, and transform lives in need in more than 100 countries, without regard to race, religion or nationality. Catholic Relief Services’ relief and development work is accomplished through programs of emergency response, HIV, health, agriculture, education, microfinance, and peacebuilding. 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 safeguarding children and vulnerable adults from abuse and exploitation.
CRS welcomes candidates from the countries and regions in which we work. In the event the successful candidate is an expatriate, the anticipated duration of the assignment is informed by a term limit, based on the type and level of the job and the needs of the agency.
CRS is committed to safeguarding program participants, community members, staff and volunteers from all forms of exploitation and abuse. The successful candidate is expected to sign and adhere to CRS´ Code of Conduct.
CRS talent acquisition procedures reflect our commitment to safeguarding the rights and dignity of all people - especially children and vulnerable adults - to live free from abuse and harm.
Disclaimer: This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position.
CRS is an Equal Opportunity Employer.