About Changing the Way We Care
Changing the Way We Care is a global initiative designed to promote safe, nurturing family care for children reintegrating from residential institutions and children at risk of child-family separation. CTWWC has three main components: (1) Governments promote family care through improvement and uptake of policies, investment in social service staff and the systems that serve vulnerable children and families; (2) Children stay in or return to families through family strengthening; and (3) Family care is promoted globally, through global, regional and national advocacy to advance policies, best practices and redirection of resources, increasing the demand from other countries to support family care. CTWWC was formally launched in October 2018 by Catholic Relief Services (CRS), Maestral International, and Lumos Foundation, using funding from a Global Development Alliance that includes the MacArthur Foun dation, USAID, and the GHR Foundation.
Job Summary
The COP position is a ten-month position to design, launch, and enable a collective impact approach for care reform in Moldova, with the intention to implement the balance of the five-year program. The COP will be responsible for creating conditions that allow stakeholders in Moldovan care reform to: develop and share a vison of a child protection and care system with no institutions that supports all children, develop and implement shared standards of success for achieving that vision, engage in mutually reinforcing action, establish a mechanism for ongoing communication and coordination, and sustainably fill the role of the “backbone organization” for the sector. In this way, the COP will make a significant contribution to the protection of Moldova’s most vulnerable children- and, by extension through the global platform, to other countries. The COP will also serve as the prim ary representative of CRS in Moldova.
Specific Responsibilities
A. Supervision and representation
* Effectively manage senior talent and supervise. Manage team dynamics and staff well-being. Provide coaching and mentoring. Strategically tailor individual development plans and complete performance assessments for direct reports. Manage the development of staffing plans and the recruitment process of senior staff.
* Establish and develop strategic partnerships with national and international organizations that leverages resources, reputation, and expertise in line with CRS partnership principles. Ensure strong representation to key stakeholders, including Church partners, local and national government, US government and international donors.
B. Design, launch and enable initial implementation of the collective impact approach
* Engage a representative stakeholder group – including those with lived experience, residential institution and social service workers, sector organizations, government, and donors – to develop structures, procedures, and terms of reference (TOR) for collective action by a “coordinating mechanism”.
* Build support for collective action, which is critical to its successful functioning.
* Develop and capture a shared vision of the collective, including strong buy in from the Government of Moldova.
* Enable the coordinating mechanism to make shared recommendations about roles, responsibilities and resource allocations for achieving the collective vision.
* Facilitate connections between implementers and potential donors to collective action.
* Ensure that collective decisions are represented to the government of Moldova and to CTWWC donors.
* Develop a sustainability plan for the coordinating mechanism. That plan will include steps towards CTWWC disengagement including localization of ongoing COP responsibilities and eventually responsibilities of the backbone organization.
C. Ensure the programmatic and operational quality of CTWWC-funded activities
* Represent, and commission other CTWWC staff to represent, CTWWC to collective impact partner organizations, to the government of Moldova and to CTWWC donors.
* Guide development of, approve, and advocate for CTWWC/MD activity and resource plans including for the annual submission to donors.
* Approve subawards to fund investments recommended by the coordinating mechanism for further approval by global leadership and the applicable donor.
* Bring deviations from plans and/or compliance standards to the attention of CTWWC management. Make concrete recommendations on how they should be addressed. Manage all “substantial involvement” provisions and provide/secure necessary approvals.
Required Qualifications
* 7 or more years’ relevant management and technical experience.
* Demonstrated experience of designing complex development programs and marketing them to donors;
* 5 years’ experience managing high-value USAID awards; managing complex, high-value, multi-activity programs; leading awards implemented by consortia.
* 5 years of staff management experience and abilities that are conducive to a learning environment. Experience coaching senior program staff.
* Demonstrated experience with coalition building
* Master’s degree in International Development, International Relations or a relevant technical area.
Preferred Qualifications
* Romanian and Moldovan work experience.
* Care reform experience and proven experience of delivering and upholding child protection and safeguarding principles,
Languages – Excellent English required. Excellent Romanian strongly preferred.
Travel - Must be willing and able to travel up to 20% within Moldova and to regional and global events
*Our Catholic identity is at the heart of our mission and operations. Catholic Relief Services carries out the commitment of the Bishops of the United States to assist the poor and vulnerable overseas. We welcome as a part of our staff people of all faiths and secular traditions who share our values and our commitment to serving those in need. CRS’ processes and policies reflect our commitment to protecting children and vulnerable adults from abuse and exploitation.
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 is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Catholic Relief Services carries out the commitment of the Bishops of the United States to assist the poor and vulnerable overseas. Our Catholic identity is at the heart of our mission and operations. We welcome as a part of our staff and as partners people of all faiths and secular traditions who share our values and our commitment to serving those in need.
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