Catholic Relief Services | CRS
Technical Advisor II, WASH, Shelter & Infrastructure - Myanmar
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Technical Advisor II, WASH, Shelter & Infrastructure - Myanmar
Job Summary
You will provide technical advice, guidance, and support to a wide range of program design and implementation issues, with a focus on larger projects in the area of Shelter, WASH, and Infrastructure. This will be in line with Catholic Relief Services (CRS) program quality principles and standards, donor guidelines, and industry best practices, supporting program teams to advance the delivery of high-quality programming to the poor and vulnerable.
The role will serve as a centralized technical capacity for the Myanmar Country Program (CP), providing technical oversight and guidance across all Shelter, WASH, and Infrastructure programming to ensure consistency, quality, and alignment with CRS standards and strategic priorities. The role may also provide similar technical assistance support to other countries in the region as required.
The role will lead an engineering unit and serve as a centralized technical capacity for the Myanmar CP, providing technical oversight and guidance across all infrastructure programming to ensure consistency, quality, and alignment with CRS standards and strategic priorities and providing mentoring and capacity strengthening to engineering staff. The role will provide technical support across programs, working closely with Project Managers (PMs) to support planning, design, and implementation throughout the full project lifecycle, including the procurement phase, ensuring technical quality and compliance are maintained.
The role will work in close collaboration with, and draw on the support of, HRD Technical Advisors (TAs) from the WASH and Shelter & Settlements (S&S) teams, ensuring alignment with global technical approaches and access to specialist expertise. As required, the role will also engage and manage professional services, including specialist engineering inputs (e.g. structural, electrical, and other disciplines), to support design, quality assurance, and technical problem-solving across programming.
Roles and Key Responsibilities
- Contribute to the development and implementation of agency-wide strategies, standards, tools, and best practices in Shelter, WASH, and Infrastructure that effectively engage partners, donors and governments. Help ensure a cross-sectoral approach integrating gender, protection mainstreaming, and disaster risk reduction.
- Effectively manage talent for the Engineering Unit and supervise. Manage team dynamics and staff well-being. Provide coaching, strategically tailored individual development plans, and complete performance management for direct reports.
- Provide technical solutions for CP and regional teams, remotely and on-site, for strategic planning and how to best apply program design and implementation standards, best practices, partnership principles, tools, and MEAL, ensuring high-quality implementation.
- Contribute to CP efforts to pre-position CRS for growth opportunities in Shelter, WASH, and Infrastructure. Lead or contribute to the development of the technical design for large and/or complex proposals, including defining appropriate monitoring systems and indicators. Advise project teams on integrating donor strategies, priorities and technical requirements into CRS’ approach.
- Contribute to capacity strengthening initiatives in Shelter, WASH, and Infrastructure programming for staff and partner through helping develop learning and training strategies and agendas/curricula, conducting trainings and workshops, and mentoring and coaching to CP staff.
- Contribute to knowledge management and learning through collecting and analyzing program data, evaluating strategic projects, assisting with measuring program impact, capturing and sharing lessons learned and best practices, and research and internal reports.
- Establish and maintain relationships with donors, peer organizations, research and other institutions. Participate in forums in Shelter, WASH, and Infrastructure to collect and share best practices and promote CRS’ work.
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About the Company
Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. Catholic Relief Services works to save, protect, and transform lives in need in more than 100 countries, without regard to race, religion or nationality. Catholic Relief Services’ relief and development work is accomplished through programs of emergency response, HIV, health, agriculture, education, microfinance, and peacebuilding. 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 safeguarding children and vulnerable adults from abuse and exploitation.
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CRS welcomes candidates from the countries and regions in which we work. In the event the successful candidate is an expatriate, the anticipated duration of the assignment is informed by a term limit, based on the type and level of the job and the needs of the agency.
CRS is committed to safeguarding program participants, community members, staff and volunteers from all forms of exploitation and abuse. The successful candidate is expected to sign and adhere to CRS’ Code of Conduct.
CRS talent acquisition procedures reflect our commitment to safeguarding the rights and dignity of all people - especially children and vulnerable adults - to live free from abuse and harm.
Disclaimer
This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position.
CRS is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
General Requirements
CRS offers are contingent on the selected candidate’s ability to legally work where the position is to be performed. Every government has a unique set of work permit eligibility requirements. All positions requiring residence or frequent travel outside a home country must undergo and clear a pre-employment medical clearance; some work permit processes require clearing a separate government administered medical examination.
CRS prioritizes candidates who are citizens/ permanent residents of the countries where we have CRS offices.
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