Project Officer- Resource Transfer Unit

About CRS 

Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. CRS works to save, protect, and transform lives in need in more than 100 countries, without regard to race, religion or nationality. CRS’ relief and development work is accomplished through programs of emergency response, HIV, health, agriculture, education, microfinance and peacebuilding.

CRS has been present in Jerusalem, West Bank, and Gaza (JWBG) since 1961. In JWBG, CRS currently supports programs in the sectors of humanitarian relief, livelihoods, civil society strengthening, and social justice promotion through its field offices in Jerusalem, Gaza, Ramallah, and Bethlehem. For further information about CRS, please visit: www.crs.org

Job Summary:

As a member of the Resource Transfer Unit and Information Management team, you will support the monitoring and reporting on all project activities under the Gaza Emergency Response in support of Catholic Relief Services’ (CRS) work serving the poor and vulnerable. Your thorough and service-oriented approach will ensure that the RTU and Information Management team supports the program response by consistently applies best practices and constantly works towards improving the impact of its benefits to those we serve.

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Roles and Key Responsibilities:

• Support the coordination and implementation of all systems for the transfer of assistance to project participants within the Resource Transfer Unit in line with CRS program quality principles and standards, donor requirements, and good practices.
• Support, process, and track the transfers of cash and vouchers, including cash via all delivery mechanisms through various systems, including through financial service providers (PalPay).
• Support response teams to monitor and record the transfer of assistance and report any challenges and/or gaps identified in information collection or management.
• Coordinate and work swith partner teams and vendors to ensure the application of standards and application of internal standard operating procedures.
• Coordinate with operations and program teams to ensure the information collected serves programs needs for adaptive management, reporting, and record keeping.
• Collect information on staff capacity needs and technical assistance needs of vendors and relevant partner staff and monitor capacity building and technical support activities to ensure effective impact.
• Complete project documentation for assigned activities. Assist with identifying information for case studies and reports on promising practices.

Basic Qualifications

• High School diploma required. Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Minimum of 2 years of work experience in project support. Experience in the field of information management and/or providing humanitarian assistance through cash and vouchers and for an NGO would be a plus.
• Additional experience may substitute for some education.

Required Languages – Fluency in Arabic; high professional proficiency in English

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with financial service providers.
• Strong experience in information and data management systems such as PHP, SQL, CommCare, KOBO, or other similar systems.
• Experience in participatory action planning and community engagement.
• Experience monitoring projects and collecting relevant data preferred.
• Experience using MS Windows and MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

APPLICATION INSTUCTIONS:

Interested candidates with relevant education and work experience are invited to complete an application which addresses the positions requirements. In order to be considered for the position, candidates must submit both a CV and a cover letter, in English. Applications must be submitted online at jobs.crsjwbg.org and will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Submission by May 15, 2024 is advised.