Chief of Party II, Honduras

About the role

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is recruiting 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, 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 point of 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.
• Serve as primary contact with the donor and public, private and NGO stakeholders, ensuring timely, quality results within budget, including phase-out and sustainability strategies.
• Coordinate between program and operations leads and lead senior programming and operations staff, providing coaching, mentoring and performance assessments.
• Oversee staffing plans and recruitment of senior staff, and monitor national and regional issues affecting staff and programming.
• Ensure staff safety and security policies are current and followed, and promote efficient use of agency and donor resources.
• Ensure compliance with donor grants, including financial tracking, partner budget oversight, finance, administration and donor reporting; approve expenditures, budget adjustments and cost modifications.
• Publish program results, give presentations, and oversee communication strategies and materials.
• Manage consortium partner relationships, coordinate staff from other partners, and build internal capacity through training and technical assistance.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in international development, International Relations or a relevant technical area, plus a Master's degree in a related field.
• Minimum 8 years of relevant management and technical experience, including at least 7 years managing donor funds and multi-country grants.
• Excellent knowledge of budget management and at least 5 years of staff management experience, including coaching and mentoring senior program staff.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex, high-value, multi-activity projects with complicated logistics, and a track record of peer-reviewed publications or conference presentations.
• Fluency in English and Spanish; willingness to travel up to 35%.

Required skills

• Preferred: excellent knowledge of MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio), web conferencing applications and information and budget management systems.
• Preferred: strong strategic, analytical and problem-solving skills, team leadership, and communication and presentation skills.

What we offer

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