Job Title: Chief of Party, Nutritious Agriculture Market Systems – Timor Leste
Reports to: Country Manager, Timor Leste
Department: Asia
Salary Grade: 11
About CRS
Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. CRS works to save, protect, and transform lives in need in more than 100 countries, without regard to race, religion or nationality. CRS’ relief and development work is accomplished through programs of emergency response, HIV, health, agriculture, education, microfinance and peacebuilding.
Background
Established in 1979, CRS Timor-Leste maintains a diverse portfolio of projects, spanning agriculture livelihoods (nutrition-sensitive agriculture, climate-smart agriculture, technical assistance for enhanced productivity), peace- building, microfinance, disaster risk reduction (DRR), and humanitarian response. The country program operates out of two main offices located in Dili and Baucau and is committed to collaborating with our strong network of church partners, national and subnational government agencies, and secular NGOs throughout the country. Current donors include United States Agency for International Development (USAID)/ Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA), Global Fund, the Margaret A. Cargill Foundation, the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, UN Women and the Latter-Day Saints Church.
Job Summary:
The Chief of Party will provide leadership and overall management of the five-year, $15M USAID-funded project, Nutritious Agriculture Market Systems project, which will seek to improve resilience by strengthening Timor-Leste’s market systems for nutritious agricultural products as well as the ability of enterprises and organizations to expand their businesses and operate independently of direct USAID or other development partner assistance.
The Chief of Party is the primary point of contact and representative for all aspects of the project including oversight of technical activities, coordination with consortium partners, human resources, security, logistics and operations, and finances. You will provide overall management, oversight and technical direction and will guide the project with a clear, consistent, and committed vision. The COP leads the design of technical and operational strategies and work plans, ensures adaptive management, and ensures that the project is meeting its objectives on time and on budget. Finally, the Chief of Party ensures that reporting requirements are achieved on time and within budget while ensuring compliance with USAID and CRS policies and procedures.
This position will be based in Dili.
** THIS POSITION IS CONTINGENT UPON DONOR FUNDING **
Roles and Key Responsibilities:
- Lead all aspects of the development, implementation and learning of the Nutritious Agriculture Market Systems project and serve as the primary point of contact to USAID/Timor-Leste as well as public, private and non-government stakeholders.
- Ensure the project is designed and implemented to meet donor expectations in terms of timely and quality results and budget, including strategies for startup, phase out and sustainability. Ensure coordination between program and operations leads. Ensure consortium is managed effectively and that all consortium members are achieving project deliverables. Ensure the CRS program quality standards are adhered to per Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) policy and procedures.
- Effectively manage senior programming and operations talent. Manage team dynamics and staff well-being. Provide coaching and mentoring. Strategically tailor individual development plans and complete performance assessments for direct reports. Oversee the development of staffing plans and the recruitment process of senior staff.
- Manage and mitigate risk through monitoring national and regional issues that may impact staff and programming. Ensure all staff understand and adhere to CRS staff safety and security policies and plans and ensure the updating of such plans.
- Promote and uphold and model a commitment to the efficient use of agency and donor resources. Ensure compliance with USAID standards, including financial tracking and oversight of partner budgets, finance, administration, and reporting to USAID. Approve program expenditures, budget adjustments, and cost modification requests to USAID.
- Oversee the development of communication strategies and materials, complying with USAID and CRS’ branding and marketing requirements and procedures.
- Coordinate relationships with consortium partner organizations, including organization of review/planning workshops. Bring in consortium partners for planning, progress checks, adaptive management and learning discussions as needed. Contribute to coordination of the roles and activities of staff from other consortium member organizations in implementation in line with CRS partnership principles.
- Create and maintain proper conditions for learning. Establish a safe environment for sharing of ideas, solutions, and difficulties and the capacity to detect, analyze and respond quickly to deficiencies. Identify performance gaps and training opportunities for CRS and partner staff and ensure the design and delivery of high-quality training and technical assistance.
Travel – Approximately 30%.
Key Working Relationships:
Internal: Country Manager, Sub Regional Head of Programs, Sub Regional Representative, Operations Manager, Finance Manager, Program Managers, Technical Leads
External: Timorese government representatives, USAID representatives in Timor-Leste, implementing partner program managers, private sector stakeholders
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Strong strategic, analytical, systems thinking, and problem-solving skills, with capacity to see the big picture and ability to make sound judgment and decisions.
- Strong relations management abilities. Ability to relate to people at all levels internally and externally. Strategic in how you approach each relationship.
- Team leadership abilities with diverse/multi-disciplinary teams. Coaching skills.
- Strong communications and presentation skills; able to develop tailored and persuasive messaging for varied audiences.
- Proactive, resourceful, solutions-oriented and results-oriented.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working in similar activities in Timor Leste or elsewhere in Asia. Timorese candidates who meet the qualifications are strongly encouraged to apply.
- Recognized leader in agricultural economics as demonstrated by peer reviewed publications, conference presentations etc.
- Demonstrated experience of successful program management, including management of complex, high-value, multi-activity projects, with complicated logistics.
- Proven ability to collaborate successfully with host-country government officials, international donors, and private sector stakeholders
- Experience engaging partners and strengthening partnerships. Knowledge of CRS partnership strategy is a plus.
- Ability to effectively represent CRS, USAID/Timor-Leste and the project at high-level meetings and forums. Excellent verbal and written presentation skills.
- Experience in MS Office package (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams, Visio), Web Conferencing Applications, and information and budget management systems.
- Master’s degree in Agricultural Economics, Business Administration, International Development, or a relevant technical area. PhD preferred.
- 7 or more years’ relevant management and technical experience.
- 5 years of experience managing donor funds, including USAID-funded grants of similar scale. Strong knowledge and experience in budget management.
- 5 years of staff management experience and abilities that are conducive to a learning environment. Experience in coaching senior program staff.
Agency-wide Competencies (for all CRS Staff)
These are rooted in the mission, values, and guiding principles of CRS and used by each staff member to fulfill his or her responsibilities and achieve the desired results.
Disclaimer: This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position.
Note: All positions requiring residence or frequent travel outside their home country must undergo and clear a pre-employment medical examination.
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.
CRS welcomes candidates from the countries and regions in which we work. In the event the successful candidate is an expatriate or global telecommuter, 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 an Equal Opportunity Employer.
These are rooted in the mission, values, and guiding principles of CRS and used by each staff member to fulfill his or her responsibilities and achieve the desired results.
- Integrity
- Continuous Improvement & Innovation
- Builds Relationships
- Develops Talent
- Strategic Mindset
- Accountability & Stewardship
Disclaimer: This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position.
Note: All positions requiring residence or frequent travel outside their home country must undergo and clear a pre-employment medical examination.
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.
CRS welcomes candidates from the countries and regions in which we work. In the event the successful candidate is an expatriate or global telecommuter, 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 an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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