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. 

Job Description

• Position Title: ICT4D Senior Project Manager


• Department: LSFF


• Grade: -8-


• Report To: Technical Advisor MEAL LSFF


• Country/location: Burkina Faso

• 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.

Required Skills or Experience

• Bachelor's degree required in Statistics, Computer Science, Information Management or Nutrition. A degree in public health or epidemiology would be a plus.


• Minimum of 2 years of professional experience in project support, ideally in online data management.


• Additional degrees may replace some of the experience; Additional experience can replace some of the studies. 


• Experience working with partners, technical support in data collection and analysis, organization of studies and surveys. 


• Experience working in an international team is a plus.


• Experience in the use of online data collection software (ODK, Kobo Collect, ComCare, etc.), visualization and statistics (DHIS2, Tableau, Power Bi, R...) and GIS (QGIS, ARGIS, etc.).

• Analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to make good judgments.


• Good relationship management skills and ability to work closely with local partners.


• Proactive, resourceful, solution- and service-oriented


• Attention to detail, accuracy and punctuality in the execution of the responsibilities assigned to you

• Personal Responsibility – Constantly takes responsibility for one's own actions.


• Acts with Integrity – Consistently models values aligned with CRS's guiding principles and mission.  Is considered honest.


• Builds and maintains trust - Demonstrates consistency between words and actions.


• Collaborates with others – Works effectively in cross-cultural and diverse teams.


• Open to learning – Seeking experiences that can change perspective or provide an opportunity to learn new things.

Organizational Leadership Competencies:

• Leads Change – Continually seeks ways to improve the organization through a culture of agility, openness, and innovation.


• Develops and recognizes the merits of others – Builds the capacity of staff members to reach their full potential and improve team and organization performance.


• Strategy Readiness  – Includes the role in the transformation, communication, and implementation of the organization's team's strategy and priorities.