Technical Advisor II - Collaboration, Learning

Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
Catholic Relief Services (CRS)Vacancy AnnouncementPosition: Technical Advisor II - Collaboration, Learning & Adaptation LeadBackground• The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of Food for Peace (FFP) is seeking applications for funding for development food security activities in Ethiopia from 2020-2025. Drawing on previous experience in managing USAID Food for Peace (FFP) awards in Ethiopia, as well as considerable experience managing and implementing FFP awards globally, CRS will be submitting a proposal in response to the anticipated 2020 FFP Development Food Security Activity (DFSA) Request for Applications (RFA). The proposed program will involve a multi-sectoral response to build resilience and address food insecurity and malnutrition in Ethiopia, with focus on Oromia.Job Summary• The Collaboration, Learning and Accountability (CLA) Lead will provide technical advice, guidance, and support to a wide range of program design and implementation issues in line with CRS’ program quality principles and standards, donor guidelines, and industry best practices to advance the delivery of high-quality programming to the poor and vulnerable. S/he will promote coordination, collaboration and continuous learning with other activities in the targeted areas of Ethiopia. You will develop and manage a system that captures, analyzes and disseminates learning and take the lead in collecting best practices and lessons learned and organize relevant reviews of program activities. S/he will play a critical role in incorporating refinement activities and learning into implementation. This includes but is not limited to US Government, Government of Ethiopia, international donors, multilateral organizations and private sector investments.Job Responsibilities• Design and manage the project learning and adaptation strategy, system and tools with a focus on promoting knowledge acquisition, management, documentation, dissemination and learning at multiple levels. Help ensure a cross-sectoral approach integrating gender, youth protection mainstreaming, and disaster risk reduction.• Provide technical solutions to the food security program on-site, for strategic planning and how to best apply program design and implementation standards, best practices, partnership principles, tools, and monitoring and evaluation, ensuring high-quality implementation.• Contribute to knowledge management and learning through collecting and analyzing program data. Lead and document active, intentional and adaptive learning within and across activity interventions, incorporate refinement activities and learning into implementation. Include active, intentional and adaptive learning within and across interventions• Ensure that data and experiential learning with a focus on adult needs are consistently applied throughout the activity life cycle. Use evidence, activity data, and active learning to better examine the functions, role and nuance of formal and informal institutions and social dynamics.• Establish and manage dynamic feedback systems to capture experiential learning and unintended consequences,• Foster collaboration across systems, initiatives, teams or organizations.• Lead regular Theory of change assessment, review and revision exercises, ensuring that multiple levels of CRS and partner staff engage, contribute to, and understand the Theory of Change and how it guides programming.• Establish and maintain relationships with donors, peer organizations, research and other institutions. Ensure appropriate and continued coordination and joint-planning with other USAID and other donor activities (specifically the USAID food security and resilience portfolio), host-government initiatives, and private sector engagement.• Ensure robust partner engagement and consultative processes with communities, local government, civil society, other donor funded projects, local researchers and academics.• Contribute to capacity strengthening of project staff and partners through helping develop learning and training strategies and agendas/curriculums, conducting trainings and workshops, and mentoring and coaching to CP staff.Disclaimer: This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position.- Duty Station: Addis Ababa- Application Deadline: May 22, 2020
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Technical Advisor II - Social & Behavioral Change

Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
Catholic Relief Services (CRS)Vacancy AnnouncementPosition: Technical Advisor II - Social & Behavioral Change LeadBackground• The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of Food for Peace (FFP) is seeking applications for funding for development food security activities in Ethiopia from 2020-2025. Drawing on previous experience in managing USAID Food for Peace (FFP) awards in Ethiopia, as well as considerable experience managing and implementing FFP awards globally, CRS will be submitting a proposal in response to the anticipated 2020 FFP Development Food Security Activity (DFSA) Request for Applications (RFA). The proposed program will involve a multi-sectoral response to build resilience and address food insecurity and malnutrition in Ethiopia, with focus on Oromia.Job Summary• The Social and Behavior Change (SBC) will provide technical advice, guidance, and support to a wide range of program design and implementation issues in line with CRS’ program quality principles and standards, donor guidelines, and industry best practices to advance the delivery of high-quality programming to the poor and vulnerable. S/he will design, manage, strengthen, monitor and provide strategic direction to an evidenced-based social and behavior change framework for the DFSA, ensuring a holistic and robust approach to promote sustainable behavior change among participants and stakeholders for reducing food and nutrition insecurity.Job Responsibilities• Contribute to the development and implementation of agency-wide strategies, standards, tools, and best practices in social and behavior change that effectively engage partners, donors and governments. Help ensure a cross-sectoral approach integrating gender, protection mainstreaming, and disaster risk reduction.• Provide technical solutions to the food security program on-site, for strategic planning and how to best apply program design and implementation standards, best practices, partnership principles, tools, and monitoring and evaluation, ensuring high-quality implementation.• Support SBC interventions by playing a lead role in guiding formative research; developing an SBC strategy and implementation plan in alignment with the Ethiopia PSNP; supporting the development of tools; and monitoring the progress of activities to ensure a consistent and coherent execution of interventions.• Lead development of CRS and partner SBC strategies promoting food and nutrition security that are integrated into all project activities, drawing on proven approaches and results of studies, baseline data and formative research.• Design interventions that leverage existing community networks and resources that move beyond messaging to catalyze lasting change and facilitate a process of engaging communities in a manner that builds on local knowledge and promotes community problem solving.• Contribute to knowledge management and learning through collecting and analyzing program data and support, ensuring that SBC related-indicators are covered in the DFSA M&E system.• Contribute to the design of contextually appropriate and effective participant and stakeholder complaints and feedback mechanisms and provide support for their implementation.• Lead the development of multi-media communication resources, collection, analysis, and utilization of information from a broad range of sources including reports, presentations and short articles for publication for dissemination of project learning.• Establish and maintain relationships with donors, peer organizations, research and other institutions. Participate in coordination platforms, thematic committees / technical groups and policy meetings.• Ensure the implementation of the DFSA Branding Strategy and Marking Plan in compliance with USAID regulations.Disclaimer: This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position.- Duty Station: Addis Ababa- Application Deadline: May 22, 2020
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