Catholic Relief Services · 13 hours ago
Technical Advisor Sr, Shelter & Settlements Team Lead
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expCatholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States, working to save, protect, and transform lives in need globally. The Technical Advisor Sr, Shelter & Settlements Team Lead provides strategic leadership and technical guidance for the Global Shelter & Settlements portfolio, ensuring high-quality programming and collaboration with various stakeholders to deliver effective solutions for displaced populations.
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Responsibilities
Lead design and implementation of agency-wide strategies, standards, tools, and best practices in S&S Programming that effectively engage partners, donors, and governments. This includes emergency shelter, transitional housing, and pathways to adequate housing, linking interventions to durable solutions for displaced populations and resilience to climate change
Lead development and advancement of agency-wide standards, policies, innovative approaches, tools, measurement and evaluation as well as the application of partnership principles. Ensure a cross-sectoral approach that integrates gender, protection of mainstreaming, and disaster risk reduction
Lead the Homes and Communities (H&C) initiative to integrate high standards of quality, innovation, and strategic scaling into S&S Program, driving systems-level change and influencing global housing agendas
Lead and develop strategic approach for the S&S Program including infrastructure design, construction, and implementation. Ensure turned-over shelter, settlements, and infrastructure are delivered rapidly with contextually appropriate shelter solutions, adequate housing with integrated essential services, and climate resilient to withstand extreme unique conditions
Contribute to global, regional, and country program staff efforts in pre-positioning and capture planning for CRS’ strategic growth opportunities in S&S. Lead the design of large-scale proposals and project design with focus on complex projects to ensure innovative programming solutions and technical excellence, rigor and donor compliance. Support CPs to appropriately staff project teams
Guide the team through technical oversight for emergency shelter, settlement planning, and housing programs, integrating DRR and climate resilience
Promote innovative approaches, including cash-based modalities, market systems, and area-based programming and ensure proper implementation of identified actions
Represent CRS in global forums (e.g., Global Shelter Cluster SAG, technical working groups) to shape policy and practice and influence technical partner approaches, future funding opportunities, and policies
Build strategic partnerships with donors, peer agencies, and research institutions influencing technical partner approaches, future funding opportunities, and policies. Network with relevant organizations to increase CRS’ profile and influence in the global S&S community, and donor diversification
Lead the agency knowledge management and learning agenda in S&S through setting conditions for collective learning that ensure the capturing, documenting, and sharing of key successes, promising practices, lessons learned, and evidence-based implementation research, internally and externally, including publications in peer reviewed journals. Support surge deployments and TDYs for emergency response and recovery
Lead capacity strengthening initiatives in S&S programming for staff and partners through ensuring development of learning agendas/curriculums, organizing and/or facilitating trainings, workshops and conferences
Effectively manage team members, including team dynamics and team member well-being. Provide performance coaching and assessment, strategically tailored to individual development plans
Provide mentoring and coaching to Technical Advisors (TAs), as well as coaching CP and regional staff in innovative CRS approaches and tools
Qualification
Required
Master's degree in architecture, Civil Engineering, Urban Planning, or related field
Minimum of ten years relevant international working experience in an advisory or management role with progressive responsibilities, ideally with an international NGO, with minimum of five years working for shelter and settlement interventions in emergency preparedness, response and recovery programming
Experience in the development and production of curriculum, tools, and other products to support humanitarian shelter and settlement programming interventions and programming. Demonstrated experience to transfer knowledge to diverse audiences through training, mentoring, and other formal and informal methods
Experience with program monitoring and evaluation including development of indicators, data collection tools and methodologies, data analysis, and data presentation
Demonstrated experience and skills to represent the organization at the highest levels at meetings with donors, government, international NGOs, local partners – faith-based and civil society. Understanding of partnership principles
Strong understanding and application of technical principles and concepts in humanitarian programming. Good knowledge of related disciplines to ensure proper cross-sectoral approach
Track record of contributing to successful business development activities capturing public and/or private donor funding in humanitarian shelter and settlement programming
Excellent relationship management skills with ability to influence and get buy-in from people not under direct supervision and to work with individuals in diverse geographical and cultural settings
Personal initiative, flexibility and adaptability to changing circumstances that may affect the nature or duration of assignments
Management capabilities include expert level management of risk and complexity, expert level management of people, and expert level management of resources
Expert with business development, institutional strengthening and partnership building required
Strong interpersonal, communication and organization skills; Demonstrated effectiveness with short- and long-term planning, as well as financial, human resource, and program management
Experience and skills in networking and relations with donors, peer organizations, and faith-based and civil society partners. Understanding of partnership principles
Proficient in MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Web Conferencing Applications, information and budget management systems, and knowledge-sharing networks
Preferred
PhD or equivalent degree (e.g., MD, DrPH, EdD) is strongly preferred
Technical and/or academic publications are highly desirable
Benefits
CRS offers U.S. based staff a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, life insurance, vision, and a generous retirement savings plan.
Benefits packages for successful candidates employed outside the U.S. are based on the country of employment/in-country office where the candidate will perform the role.
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Catholic Relief Services
Catholic Relief Services is the international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States.
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