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Job Title: Program Manager II Reports To: Country Manager Department: Programs Salary Grade: 10

This job posting is for a Program Manager II position with Catholic Relief Services (CRS) in Yemen. The Program Manager will oversee CRS education, livelihoods, and health projects in Yemen, ensuring high quality programming and impact. Key responsibilities include managing projects, developing partner relationships, facilitating learning and research, pursuing new funding, and providing technical support. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of international development experience, including managing projects, partner engagement, and MEAL. Fluency in Arabic and English is required.

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Job Title: Program Manager II Reports To: Country Manager Department: Programs Salary Grade: 10

This job posting is for a Program Manager II position with Catholic Relief Services (CRS) in Yemen. The Program Manager will oversee CRS education, livelihoods, and health projects in Yemen, ensuring high quality programming and impact. Key responsibilities include managing projects, developing partner relationships, facilitating learning and research, pursuing new funding, and providing technical support. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of international development experience, including managing projects, partner engagement, and MEAL. Fluency in Arabic and English is required.

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Job Title: Program Manager II Reports to: Country Manager

Department: Programs Salary Grade: 10

About CRS
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 supported partners in Yemen for many years and recently opened an office in Aden to expand our
programming portfolio in response to the complex needs of communities. CRS and our partners are working in
education, livelihoods, and health programming sectors. CRS Yemen is growing our presence and support to
partners in line with community needs and local priorities.

Job Summary:
You will manage and provide technical oversight of the development and implementation of the Country
Program (CP) programming portfolio, including education, livelihoods, and health projects, ensuring effective
systems and processes are in place that support high-quality programming advancing CRS’ work in serving the
poor and vulnerable. Your management skills and knowledge will ensure that the CP delivers high-quality
programming and continuously works towards improving the impact of its programming.

Roles and Key Responsibilities:


• Provide management, guidance, and technical oversight of all new and existing projects within the CP
throughout the project cycle to ensure project design, start-up, implementation and close-out are in
line with CRS quality principles and standards, donor guidelines, and industry best practices.
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with CRS partners and key stakeholders, applying
partnership principles and tools to support partner programming and facilitate capacity sharing
between CRS and partners.
• Effectively manage talent and supervise. Manage team dynamics and staff well-being. Provide
coaching, strategically tailor individual development plans, and complete performance management
for direct reports.
• Lead the development of program learning - identify opportunities for learning, research and
publications and implementation of MEAL policy. Facilitate the dissemination of promising practices
and lessons learned to contribute to the agency knowledge management agenda. Ensure integration
of innovations and best practices.
• Contribute to the proactive pursuit of opportunities for new funding to ensure growth of the CP
portfolio in line with agency, regional, and CP strategic priorities. Serve as the technical lead and
technical writer to ensure quality proposals per agency and donor standards. Contribute to budgeting
and staffing plans and activities for proposals.
• Oversee technical assistance and capacity strengthening activities for staff and partner organizations
to enhance program quality and impact.
• Ensure timely and appropriate project expenditures in line with financial plans and efficient use and
stewardship of project material sources.

Basic Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree required. Master's Degree in International Development, International Relations,
Business Administration or a related field preferred. Additional experience may substitute for some
education.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in relevant field-based project management experience required,
with preferably at least 2-3 years working in the areas of education, livelihoods, or health.
• Experience in managing moderately complex projects preferably with an national or international
NGO.

Required Languages – Arabic and English fluency required.

Travel – This position is based in CRS’ Aden office. Periodic travel between Aden and Sana’a for meetings with
partners and CRS all-team meetings.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities


• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with ability to make sound judgment and decisions and
offer innovative solutions
• Strong relations management abilities. Ability to relate to people at all levels internally and
externally. Strategic in how you approach each relationship.
• Good presentation and facilitation skills
• Proactive, resourceful, solutions-oriented and results-oriented

Preferred Qualifications
• Prior experience working with sub-grantees / local implementing partner organizations a strong
advantage.
• Good experience in project grants management, including project design, preferably for grants from
multiple public donors, including USAID.
• Demonstrated ability to write high quality technical proposals.
• Experience engaging with partner organizations
• MEAL skills and experience required.
• Staff management experience and abilities that are conducive to a learning environment.
• Experience using MS Windows and MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Web Conferencing
Applications, information management systems.

Agency REDI Competencies (for all CRS Staff):


Agency competencies clarify expected behaviors and attitudes for all staff. When demonstrated, they create
an engaging workplace, help staff achieve their best, and help CRS achieve agency goals. These are rooted in
the mission, values, and guiding principles of CRS and used by each staff member to fulfill his or her
responsibilities and achieve the desired results.
• Personal Accountability – Consistently takes responsibility for one’s own actions.
• Acts with Integrity - Consistently models values aligned with CRS Guiding Principles and mission. Is
considered honest.
• Builds and Maintains Trust - Shows consistency between words and actions.
• Collaborates with Others – Works effectively in intercultural and diverse teams.
• Open to Learn – Seeks out experiences that may change perspective or provide an opportunity to
learn new things.
Agency Leadership Competencies:
• Lead Change – Continually looks for ways to improve the agency through a culture of agility, openness,
and innovation.
• Develops and Recognizes Others – Builds the capacity of staff to reach their full potential and enhance
team and agency performance.
• Strategic Mindset – Understands role in translating, communicating, and implementing agency
strategy and team priorities.
Supervisory Responsibilities: Education Specialist, Program Officer

Key Working Relationships:


Internal: CRS Yemen team members, peers in other CRS offices in the region, CRS regional technical advisors.
External: Relevant counterparts at UN agencies, INGOs and national NGOs, donor community, service
providers.

Disclaimer: This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties, and responsibilities
associated with the position.

CRS' talent acquisition procedures reflect our commitment to protecting children and vulnerable adults from
abuse and exploitation.

CRS prioritizes candidates who are citizens/ permanent residents of the countries where we have CRS
offices.

CRS is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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