Regional Technical Advisor — Emergency Response & Recovery

CRS; United States; À distance; USD 90 000 - 120 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

CRS seeks a Technical Advisor II - Emergency Response and Recovery, LACRO Regional Focal Point, to provide technical guidance on program design and implementation for emergency response in the Latin America and Caribbean region.

You will support regional and country teams to advance high-quality programming for the poor and vulnerable, contribute to surge support, donor guidance, and knowledge sharing across country programs and partners, and ensure learning is applied region-wide.

Responsabilités

• Contribute to the development and implementation of region and/or agency-wide strategies, standards, tools, and best practices in Emergency Response and Recovery 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 regional and CP teams, remotely and on-site, for strategic planning and the application of program design and implementation standards, best practices, partnership principles, tools, and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) approaches to ensure high-quality implementation. Take on acting emergency leadership roles, such as Emergency Coordinator or Head of Office, and support the set-up and/or management of emergency field offices, teams, and relief operations, as requested, during field deployments. Support may also be provided in other response functions, such as security, staffing, supply chain/logistics, finance, IT/communications, and administration, as needed.
• Contribute to regional and country program efforts to pre-position CRS for growth opportunities in Emergency Response and Recovery. Lead or contribute to the development of the technical design for large and/or complex proposals, including defining appropriate monitoring systems and indicators. Advise project teams on integrating donor strategies, priorities, and technical requirements into CRS' approach.
• Contribute to capacity strengthening initiatives in Emergency Response and Recovery programming for staff and partners by supporting the identification of capacity gaps and technical assistance needs; helping develop learning and training strategies, agendas, and curricula; conducting trainings and workshops; and mentoring and coaching CP staff. Capacity strengthening approaches may include formal and on-the-job training, development or streamlining of operational policies and systems, and accompaniment of partners, as appropriate.
• Strengthen partnership approaches by working closely with local partners to improve technical quality and delivery.
• Contribute to knowledge management and learning by collecting and analyzing program data, evaluating strategic projects, assisting with measuring program impact, capturing and sharing lessons learned and best practices, and research and internal reports.
• Establish and maintain relationships with donors, peer organizations, research and other institutions. Participate in forums in Emergency Response and Recovery to collect and share best practices and promote CRS' work.
• Represent the agency and partners at humanitarian cluster, donor and coordination meetings in the field and at international cluster meetings, as requested.
• Promote health and wellbeing of CRS and partner emergency staff.

Description du poste

CRS seeks a Technical Advisor II - Emergency Response and Recovery, LACRO Regional Focal Point, to provide technical guidance on program design and implementation for emergency response in the Latin America and Caribbean region.

You will support regional and country teams to advance high-quality programming for the poor and vulnerable, contribute to surge support, donor guidance, and knowledge sharing across country programs and partners, and ensure learning is applied region-wide.