Project Officer

Catholic Relief Services is an international aid agency and has been present in the Jerusalem, West Bank, and Gaza since 1961. The CRS JWBG country program currently supports development/relief programs and activities in the sectors of civil society, humanitarian assistance, youth development, education, and peace & justice.  For further information about CRS, please visit: www.crs.org.

CRS is seeking highly qualified candidate for the following position:

Position Title: Project Officer
Reports to: Field Manager
Locations: Gaza

Job Summary:

The Project Officer (PO) will manage the Humanitarian Innovation Fund-supported Gaza Risk Reduction and Mitigation (GRRAM) project.  Under the supervision and guidance of the Gaza Field Manager, the PO will be responsible for managing implementation of GRRAM with 2 partners and 200 House Hold in urban, conflict-prone areas. The PO will be liaising with key humanitarian stakeholders; ELRHA (Enhancing Learning and Research for Humanitarian Assistance); ALNAP (The Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action) and UK universities.  The PO will also be managing the learning component of the project by documenting best practices and authoring “How-To-Guide on Disaster Risk Reduction Programming in Urban, Conflict-Prone Areas”.  The PO will supervise 2 Project Coordinators.

Position Requirements and Qualifications:

-University  degree in social sciences, community development, communications, business, international development, and/or other related field. Master Degree preferred;
-Minimum of three years work experience in grant management;
-Demonstrated experience in humanitarian assistance (i.e. disaster risk reduction, emergency preparedness, emergency response) ;
-Previous and/or ongoing academic work.
-Excellent writing and communication skills in both English and Arabic;
-Familiar with developing training manual and/or how-to-guides;
-Demonstrated capacities to establish and maintain strong, collaborative working relationships with donors, local organizations, communities and other stakeholders;
-Proven ability to develop proposals and write reports meeting donor requirements;
-Proficiency in computer applications (MS Word, Excel).

Interested candidates with relevant education and experience are encouraged to send their CV and a cover letter by email to [email protected]  and must indicate the position title and location within the subject line of the email to which they are applying (i.e. Project Officer/Gaza) no later than August 5, 2011.