Chief of Party II, Honduras

About the role

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is seeking a Chief of Party II for anticipated USDA Non-Emergency Food for Peace projects in Honduras. These multi-year, development-focused projects aim to combat chronic and acute malnutrition in children and mothers, strengthen early recovery and resilience, and support communities. The Chief of Party II provides vision, leadership and overall management of large, complex projects, manages security risks and acts as the main contact with the donor and other stakeholders.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the development, implementation and consolidation of the project, including its contribution to industry thought leadership.
• Act as primary contact with the donor and public, private and non-government stakeholders, ensuring timely, quality results within budget, including phase-out and sustainability strategies.
• Coordinate program and operations leads to uphold CRS quality standards, and lead senior programming and operations staff, providing coaching, mentoring and performance assessments.
• Monitor national and regional issues affecting staff and programming, and keep safety and security policies current.
• Ensure compliance with donor grants, including financial tracking, partner budget oversight, and approval of expenditures and budget adjustments.
• Publish program results, present findings internationally, and oversee communication materials in line with donor and CRS branding requirements.
• Manage consortium partner relationships, including review and planning workshops, and coordinate staff from other consortium members.
• Create a learning environment, identify performance gaps and arrange training and technical assistance for CRS and partner staff.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in international development, International Relations or a relevant technical area; Master's degree in a related field preferred.
• At least 8 years of relevant management and technical experience, including 7 years managing donor funds and multi-country grants, and 5 years managing staff.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex, high-value, multi-activity projects with complicated logistics.
• Experience coaching and mentoring senior program staff, and engaging partners and strengthening partnerships.
• Fluency in English and Spanish; willingness to travel up to 35%.

Required skills

• Excellent knowledge of MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio), web conferencing applications and information and budget management systems.
• Strategic, analytical and problem-solving skills, strong communication and presentation skills, and team leadership with diverse groups.

What we offer

• For U.S.-based staff: medical, dental, life insurance, vision and a retirement savings plan.
• Salary and benefits for staff working outside the U.S. depend on the country of employment and the in-country office.