Chief of Party II – USDA Food For Progress at CRS Tanzania

Chief of Party II – USDA Food For Progress
Job Info

• Job Identification 3001423
• Job Category Chief of Party
• Posting Date 05/15/2024, 06:04 PM
• Locations Plot 115, block 3, Mbeya, Box 34701, TZ (On-site)
• Degree Level Master’s Degree
• Job Schedule Full time
• Job Shift Day

Chief of Party II – USDA Food For Progress at Catholic Relief Services May 2024
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.

Job Summary:
As
Chief of Party II you will provide vision, leadership and overall
management of the USDA Food for Progress (FFPr) project to serve the
poor and vulnerable. Your strategic leadership, management and technical
knowledge will ensure the delivery of high-quality programming and
advance the position of CRS as a leading agency in Tanzania. As a senior
leader you will proactively manage security and mitigate security
risks.

Roles and Key Responsibilities:

• Lead
  all aspects of the development, implementation and consolidation of the
  FFPr project, including sharing how the project contributes to the
  thought leadership of the industry. Serve as the primary point of
  contact to USDA 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 phase out and sustainability. Ensure
  coordination between program and operations leads. Ensure the CRS
  program quality standards are adhered to per 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, uphold and model a commitment to the efficient
  use of agency and donor resources. Ensure compliance with USDA grants,
  including financial tracking and oversight of partner budgets, finance,
  administration and reporting to USDA. Approve program expenditures,
  budget adjustments, and cost modification requests to donors.
• Represent
  CRS programming in international circles, highlighting innovative work.
  Publish program results and deliver presentations. Oversee the
  development of communication strategies and materials, complying with
  donor and CRS’ branding and marketing requirements and procedures.
• Manage
  relationships with consortium partner organizations, including
  organization of review/planning workshops. Coordinate the roles and
  activities of staff from other consortium member organizations in
  implementation inline 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.

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Basic Qualifications

• Master’s degree in business administration, Agricultural Economics,
  Animal Husbandry and Health Livestock Management or other relevant
  technical area required. PhD preferred.
• 10 or more years’ of experience in leading the implementation of value chain and market development programs required.
• Minimum
  5 years of experience effectively managing USG and/or USDA grants
  involving implementation by multiple sub-awardees and demonstrated
  experience managing large teams in remote context required.
• 5
  years of staff management experience and abilities that are conducive to
  a learning environment. Experience coaching and mentoring senior
  program staff.

Required Languages – Professional proficiency in English, working knowledge of Swahili preferred.

Travel – 50% travel required for management of staff

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Excellent communication skills tailored to diverse audience types, audience sizes and communication platforms.
• Excellent
  strategic, analytical, systems thinking, and problem-solving skills,
  with capacity to see the big picture and ability to make sound judgment
  and decisions.
• Excellent 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/mentoring 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

• Demonstrated
  technical expertise in SME development and Private Sector Engagement
  and experience in managing program implementation and financial
  reporting required.
• Demonstrated experience in recruiting, developing, and managing staff required.
• Demonstrated commitment to the importance of gender and youth dynamics and within staff and management of the activity required.
• Proven
  success serving in a leadership role for a project – of similar size
  and scope – addressing issues related to resilience, agriculture,
  natural resource management, agribusiness, or similar is required,
  preferably in East or Southern Africa.
• Demonstrated experience in adaptive management and learning techniques is highly encouraged.
• Prior
  experience working in Tanzania and familiarity with Tanzania’s social,
  political, economic and cultural landscape, and demonstrated ability to
  build and maintain relationships with host governments, donors, other
  donor-funded projects and stakeholders, local organizations, and
  partners is a plus.
• USG Compliance Certifications will be a plus.

Agency REDI Competencies (for all CRS Staff):
Agency
competencies clarify expected behaviors and attitudes for all staff.
When demonstrated, they create an engaging workplace, help staff achieve
their best, and help CRS achieve agency goals. 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.

• 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.

Supervisory Responsibilities: To be determined based on final program design.

Key Working Relationships:
Internal: All Departments of the Country Program, regional office staff and technical advisors, HQ contacts
External:
USDA/FFPr, UN partners, other NGO partners in Tanzania, relevant GoT
Ministry staff, research institutions, church partners

Apply Before 06/16/2024, 06:04 PM
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Catholic identity is at the heart of our mission and operations.
Catholic Relief Services carries out the commitment of the Bishops of
the United States to assist the poor and vulnerable overseas. 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 protecting children and
vulnerable adults from abuse and exploitation.

Disclaimer: This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position.

CRS’
talent acquisition procedures reflect our commitment to protecting
children and vulnerable adults from abuse and exploitation.
CRS prioritizes candidates who are citizens/ permanent residents of the countries where we have CRS offices.
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