Resilience Field Officer - CRS

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Resilience Field Officer - CRS

CRS JOB DESCRIPTION

  • Job Title: Resilience Field Officer
  • Department: Programs
  • Reports to: Project Officer
  • Location: Gaza

Job Summary

The Field Officer (FO) will assist project implementation by working directly with local partners, community members, and other CRS staff to coordinate monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning activities and events in support of Catholic Relief Services’ (CRS) work to serve the poor and vulnerable. The successful candidate will have a thorough and service-oriented approach to project implementation which ensures that communities feed into and benefit from a project that consistently applies best practices and constantly works towards improving the impact of the project for the people we serve.

Roles and Responsibilities 

  1. Support the coordination, implementation, and monitoring of project activities at the field level, ensuring implementation schedules are met as per the detailed implementation plan (DIP), and that adherence to CRS systems for quality project implementation are This includes but is not limited to contributing to participant selection, overseeing technical and social shelter assessments, coordinating the distribution of non-food items, and monitoring contractors and vendors.
  2. Coordinate communication and facilitate information sharing among the project team, local implementing partners, and project beneficiaries at the community level to assist local partners in strengthening the community interest, involvement and support
  3. Support the project team to identify technical opportunities and challenges related to shelter repair, including but not limited to low-cost or environmentally friendly solutions. Ensure compliance with quality control procedures during the repair and construction work implementation.
  4. Support the strengthening and implementation of resilience planning and coaching, including social worker training, service provider mapping, follow-up, monitoring and learning. Support the documentation of high-level learning from this approach.
  5. In coordination with the project team, support capacity-building activities for local implementing partners, in accordance with CRS Partnership Principles. Report on challenges and/or gaps identified to inform adjustments to the plan and implementation
  6. Liaise with various community stakeholders including NGOs/CSOs and mobilize them to ensure full involvement of community leaders, and community representatives in the overall implementation and improvement of project
  7. Compile data provided at the community level as per project requirements and contribute to the preparation of
  8. Ensure compliance with gender best practices, and promote safe and meaningful inclusion and participation at the household level.
  9. Support the dissemination of the CRS Safeguarding Policy & Code of Conduct and Ethics to local implementing partners, project beneficiaries, and relevant community members, including mechanisms to safely make report or provide feedback; ensure compliance with this policy, including review of and response to feedback and complaints, and immediately notify supervisor of any
  10. Support project administration, procurement (e.g. of contractors, project supplies, etc.), and backstop other functions, as assigned.

Basic Qualifications 

  1. Bachelor's Degree in civil or architectural engineering
  2. Minimum two (2) years of NGO work experience
  3. Demonstrated experience in shelter assistance
  4. Experience working with partners and participating in humanitarian assistance
  5. Proficiency using MS Windows, MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
  6. Knowledge of safeguarding principles and practices

Preferred Qualifications

  1. Experience with programming related to social services, psychosocial support, and/or social and psychological resilience
  2. Experience working with partner organizations (local NGOs/CBOs)
  3. Strong interpersonal skills and familiarity with protection mainstreaming
  4. Experience using IT solutions for project implementation/data collection and management a plus (e.g. Excel, CommCare, PowerBI)
  5. Required Languages – English and Arabic fluency required
  6. Travel – regular travel within Gaza required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

  1. Observation, active listening and analysis skills with ability to make sound judgment
  2. Good interpersonal skills and the ability to interact effectively with diverse groups
  3. Good relationships management skills with ability to work collaboratively as part of a team
  4. Proactive, results-oriented and service-oriented

How to Apply:



This posting will remain open until filled, however, submission by September 1, 2022 is strongly advised.
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