Addis Ababa,
Catholic Relief Services - CRS
 About CRS: “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 partner’s people of all faiths and secular traditions who share our values and our commitment to serving those in need.”  In Ethiopia, CRS has a long and rich history of providing emergency relief and development assistance to the people of Ethiopia since 1958. At present, CRS/Ethiopia implements multiple projects through different partner organizations.  CRS/Ethiopia has a highly diverse portfolio ranging from very large food-supported emergency response to cutting edge development programs. The current CRS/Ethiopia budget stands at $100 million with funding from the U.S. Government, UN agencies, private foundations, individual donors, and CRS private funds.  CRS strictly adheres to its Policy on Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults among its staff, consultants, volunteers, and affiliates. CRS is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer: women, minorities and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.  As part of CRS family, you will join the more than 5000 strong and vibrant individuals working globally to accomplish the mission of CRS. CRS/Ethiopia invites you, the qualified candidate, to apply for the following position;  Position Title: Consortium Lead, Commodity Management Duty Station: Addis Ababa Employment Term: Indefinite Term Reports to: IRC Consortium Director/Head of programs - CRS Application Deadline: June 22, 2018  Background:  CRS Ethiopia is seeking a Consortium Lead, Commodity Management for the Emergency Nutrition and WASH Rapid Response Capacity project, a new three-year USAID project with funding from Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) as well as the Office for Food for Peace (FFP). The Emergency Nutrition and WASH Rapid Response Capacity (RRC) program supports targeted, integrated emergency nutrition and WASH activities through a well-coordinated and flexible rapid response mechanism (RRM) that can be triggered to respond to emergencies anywhere in the country. CRS is supporting the project through technical leadership on management, operations, and logistics surrounding the provision of emergency nutrition commodities. Job Summary The Consortium Lead, Commodity Management will serve as CRS’ technical and managerial lead on the RRC program. The incumbent will establish and maintain positive and complementary working relationships with lead implementing agency, the International Rescue Committee, as well as nutrition lead partner Concern Worldwide. The Consortium Lead, Commodity Management will provide guidance to IRC on the management of the Title II Commodity ‘Call Forward’ process while also facilitating the use of in-country pipelines for procuring emergency nutrition commodities.  The incumbent will be ELRP’s technical lead liaison with GoE food security governing bodies and working groups, and be well versed in national food security policies and procedures.  Specific Responsibilities:  To ensure program’s strategic objectives and results are fully accomplished on time and meet expected technical quality standards, the Consortium Lead, Commodity Management must embody the following responsibilities:  Leadership and Representation: Serve as member of senior project management unit (PMU) with IRC and Concern Worldwide project leadership, with duties including: Active participation in sub-grantee selection process Active participation in rapid response ‘go’/’no go’ decision making process;Provide leadership, supervision, and oversight to improve the performance of all aspects of the consortium commodity management activities and coordinate with CRS Commodity Logistic Manager for forecasting, receiving at port, importing and pre-positioning at CRS primary distribution point warehouses;Serve as project representative on major commodity and food security technical working groups at national level, and ensure procedures are in line with national policies;Provide guidance to USG Title II commodity ‘call forward’ forecasting and processes, providing Technical Assistance to project partners as needed.Liaise with key commodity stakeholders to assess feasibility and facilitate use of in-country commodity pipeline, thus guiding overall commodity decision making on behalf of project.  Program Quality and Management: Facilitate capacity building and support between CRS and other partners, includes: Commodity risk monitoring support for nutrition partners Commodity management trainings Linkage to CRS learning events (e.g. information sharing forums for larger commodity management community) Ensure compliance with FFP reporting requirements by consolidating the Commodity status report/ CSR, Recipient Status Report/RSR and Loss Status Report Oversee/ Coordinate the commodity transfer procedures and relationships with nutrition partners Provide technical assistance on risk monitoring to nutrition partners as needed. Advice on the strategic pre-positioning of commodities among the four CRS Primary Distribution Points (PDPs)Contribute to formal and ad-hoc consortium and commodity-focused reports for OFDA and FFP in line with the reporting schedule and donor compliance requirements Perform any other duties as assigned by the Program Director  Supervision:Assist with the hiring, orientation, and training of key logistics staff of the IRC project  in Addis Ababa and at the four PDPs to build a technically strong, well supported, motivated team. Provide advice/input to logistic manager during performance appraisal and coaching of logistics and warehouse staff  Agency-wide Competencies (for all CRS Staff)  These are rooted in the mission, values, and principles of CRS and used by each staff member to fulfill his or her responsibilities and to achieve the desired results. Serves with Integrity Models Stewardship Cultivates Constructive Relationships Promotes Learning  EMERGENCY COMPETENCIES:  Communicates strategically under pressure   Manages stress and complexity          Actively promotes safety and security            Manages and implements high-quality emergency programs  Key Working Relationships:  Internal to CRS: Country Representative, Head of Programs, all Country Program staff, Regional and Headquarters technical staff.  External to CRS: Consortium Program Director (direct supervisor), other consortium leads, officials at USAID, government organizations, representatives from WFP and others, and relevant GoE stakeholders.