Institutional Capacity Strengthening & Organizational Development (OD) Specialist at Catholic Relief Services (CRS)

Specific Responsibilities
Programmatic and Financial Capacity Strengthening:

• Conduct the HOCAI Plus assessment and develop partner specific capacity improvement plans in collaboration with partner organizations
• Conduct regular monitoring of activities to ensure appropriate approaches to capacity strengthening are used.
• Administers technical approaches specific to each partner’s capacity needs
• Conduct monitoring trips to monitor progress of partners’ capacity improvement plans; provide support supervisions as needed.
• Support partners to implement, monitor and review capacity improvement plans as needed, and report on progress made in plan implementation.
• Prepares and submits monthly and quarterly progress reports
• Liaise with partner organizations to gather and develop lessons learned and case studies around institutional capacity strengthening.
• Support partners in implementing their respective improvement plans targeted at achieving the predetermined benchmarks for assessment topics where gaps were determined.
• Act as a liaison person with programme and other relevant contacts across the CP on administrative issues.
• Develop and manage the process of timely programme and other reporting, including following up of internal and external reports and ensuring compliance with reporting guidelines
• Provide support to projects
• Develop and manage an effective system for administering meetings, workshops and other events

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning:

• Develop rigorous, results based and impact focused programmatic monitoring systems based in the HOCAI Sub-recipient programmatic monitoring framework, linked to the Sub-recipient financial monitoring policy.
• Document standardized approaches and best practices in local partner capacity strengthening.
• Develop and disseminate knowledge assets in support of capacity strengthening, including: guidelines, tools, case studies, and e-learning.

Programmatic and Financial Management:

• Develop, manage and implement program work plans in accordance with CRS and donor requirements.
• Liaise with country program project managers and multi-country project program managers to ensure the successful and collaborative implementation of project objectives.
• Ensure projects are consistently on track to meet quarterly and annual targets.
• Ensure accurate and timely reporting of program finances and progress status; review actual financial performance against the budget, and explain variances on a regular basis.
• Develop and produce proposals (narrative and budget) for various potential donors to expand the depth of the CS department.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Organizational and/or International Development, or equivalent degree with proven capacity strengthening experience
• Five to seven years of progressive responsibility building institutional capacity in relief and development programs in partnership with local organizations, preferably in an international organization
• Demonstrated ability to transfer knowledge to diverse audiences through participatory adult training, mentoring, distance education and other formal and non-formal methods. Strong design and facilitation skills.
• Strong research, adult learning methodology design and facilitation skills
• Demonstrate excellent written and oral communication skills
• Demonstrate high level of initiative, diplomacy and tact
• Excellent knowledge of computer software - MS Office (Word, PowerPoint and Excel especially)
• Must be flexible and be able to work independently and as part of a team.
• Fluency in English.
• Willingness and ability to travel 50 percent within Nigeria.

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