Job vacancy ICT4D Senior Project Manager

Company Profile

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 Ghana was established in 1958, a year after Ghana gained independence. In Ghana, CRS works with local partners to tackle poverty on several fronts including improving health and nutrition; increasing access to safe water and improved sanitation; promoting agriculture to enhance food security; and increasing financial assets through Savings and Internal Lending Communities. 

Position Title: ICT4D Senior Project Manager

Department: LSFF

Grade: -8-

Report To: Technical Advisor MEAL LSFF

Country/location: Burkina Faso

Position SummaryAs the ICT4D Project Manager for the Large-Scale Food Fortification Project in West Africa, you will facilitate the achievement of the project's objectives by ensuring all ICT4D activities, providing technical support to the project implementing partners at both country and regional levels to advance the work of Catholic Relief Services (CRS) to serve the poor and vulnerable. Your ICT4D and data management skills will ensure that the project applies best practices and is constantly working to improve the impact of its benefits on those we serve through a successful MEAL system. Job Responsibilities

Ensure the implementation of all ICT4D and project data management activities assigned to you as outlined in the detailed implementation plan, in line with CRS program quality principles and standards, donor requirements and best practices.

Provide technical solutions to public sector teams, remotely and on-site, for the planning and implementation of data collection tools (digital and standard), documentation of good practices and accountability initiatives, helping to ensure high-quality implementation and accountability of the large-scale food fortification project in West Africa.

Provide support to country teams in the process of integrating fortification data into national databases, including nutrition surveys at the national and regional levels

Lead the process of digitization of food fortification data in the countries of intervention of the project and at the regional level through technical support to national alliances of the regional strengthening  association in order to facilitate the availability of evidence and improve decision-making for the food fortification program in West Africa.

Contribute to the conduct of rapid studies and surveys on the knowledge, coverage and acceptability of fortified foods in the country of implementation of the project in order to ensure the availability of evidence for decision-making and thus improve the implementation of the fortification programme. 

Support capacity building initiatives related to large-scale fortification for staff and partners by helping to develop learning and training strategies and curriculum/curriculum, conducting trainings and workshops, and mentoring.

Contribute to the monitoring of LSFF project indicators and the analysis of data from the fortification program in West Africa

Participate in the reporting of the LSFF project and in the writing of new proposals on large-scale fortification led by CRS 

Contribute to maintaining relationships with donors, peer organizations, research, and other institutions, participate in LSFF forums, collect and share best practices, and promote the work of CRS.

Help ensure compliance with donor and agency MEAL requirements.

Education Required: Bachelor’s Degree

20 May, 2024