{"id":42009,"date":"2019-10-22T13:32:25","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T13:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/?p=42009"},"modified":"2019-10-22T13:32:25","modified_gmt":"2019-10-22T13:32:25","slug":"catholic-relief-services-vacancies-2019-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/catholic-relief-services-vacancies-2019-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Catholic Relief Services Vacancies 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. CRS works to\u00a0save, protect, and transform\u00a0lives in need in more than 100 countries, without regard to race, religion or nationality. CRS\u2019 relief and development work are accomplished through programs of emergency response, HIV, health, agriculture, education, microfinance, and peacebuilding.<\/p>\n
Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n Job Title:\u00a0Country Representative\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Background<\/strong><\/p>\n CRS has been implementing humanitarian relief and development activities in Ghana since 1968. Through local partners, CRS has development programming in WASH, agriculture, youth livelihoods, migration, and health; with donors USAID, The Helmsley Charitable Trust and AGRA. CRS\u2019s main programming, office, and staff are concentrated in the northern regions of the country with a small representation office in the capital city of Accra. The CRS Ghana country program has over 70 national employees and 3 international staff. With an FY20 board approved the budget of $5.7 million, coupled with strong donor and private sector interest in supporting CRS\u2019 work in the country, significant growth opportunities exist for the country program, especially from innovative financing mechanisms.<\/p>\n The CRS Country Representative for Ghana is responsible for overall leadership and management of the country offices including stewardship of agency resources, projects, and personnel. The Country Representative is CRS\u2019 principal representative to the Catholic Church in Ghana, the Government of Ghana, the private sector, donors, international organizations, and local civil society organizations. This position requires an individual with strong leadership abilities; representational, communication, and risk management skills; and a facility for developing networks to build partnerships and expand and diversify program resources, including innovative financing. S\/he will be responsible for the overall coordination and direction of the country program; provide necessary coaching and supervision for department managers directly under his or her supervision; ensure high quality program design and implementation; ensure efficient management of public grants and private funds for compliance and high quality reporting; and provide oversight of the financial management systems.<\/p>\n Job Responsibilities<\/strong><\/p>\n Education and Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n Typical Background, Experience & Requirements:<\/strong><\/p>\n Personal Skills<\/strong><\/p>\n Key Working Relationships:<\/strong><\/p>\n Travel Required:\u00a0<\/strong>30%-40% in-country travel with occasional trips outside of Ghana, twice per year<\/p>\n Required\/Desired Foreign Languages:<\/strong>\u00a0English<\/p>\n Agency-wide Competencies (for all CRS Staff)<\/strong><\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n What we offer<\/strong><\/p>\n CRS offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, life insurance, vision, generous retirement savings plan and the opportunity to work in a collaborative, mission-driven culture that is committed to improving the lives of the poor throughout the world.<\/p>\n ***<\/em>Our 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\u2019s processes and policies reflect our commitment to protecting children and vulnerable adults from abuse and exploitation.<\/p>\n Disclaimer: This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n CRS\u2019 talent acquisition procedures reflect our commitment to protecting children and vulnerable adults from abuse and exploitation.<\/strong><\/p>\n Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. CRS works to\u00a0save, protect, and transform\u00a0lives in need in more than 100 countries,…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6721,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[85],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-aVz","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42009"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6721"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42009\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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