Technical Advisor II – Emergency Response and Recovery Surge Support, East and Southern Africa (ESARO)

May 26, 2026

Job Summary The Technical Advisor II – Emergency Response and Recovery Surge Support for East and Southern Africa (ESARO) is a field-oriented emergency response generalist who provides rapid deployment program quality, management, and leadership surge support to CRS country programs within ESARO during sudden-onset and protracted emergencies. The role is embedded in HRD’s Emergency Program Response Team (EPRT) and reports to the Regional Focal Point for Emergency Response for ESARO, contributing to high-quality emergency response and recovery programming in line with CRS program quality principles, donor requirements, and humanitarian best practices. Roles and Key Responsibilities <ul> <li>Provide rapid deployment surge support to ESARO country programs during humanitarian responses, delivering practical program quality and management accompaniment.</li> <li>Work with the country programs to provide acting emergency program management/leadership roles and support set-up/management of emergency field offices, teams, and relief operations as requested during deployments.</li> <li>Provide technical solutions to country teams (remote and onsite) for emergency program planning, start-up, implementation, and close-out, ensuring alignment with CRS program quality principles/standards, donor guidelines, and good practices.</li> <li>Lead high-quality project design incorporating project management standards and MEAL methods, appropriate to scope, context and technical requirements of projects.</li> <li>Contribute to the development and implementation of regional/CP strategies, standards, tools, and best practices in Emergency Response and Recovery that effectively engage partners, donors and governments. Help ensure a cross-sectoral approach integrating gender, safe and dignified programming, and disaster risk reduction.</li> <li>Contribute to regional knowledge sharing by documenting lessons learned, promising practices, and response innovations from deployments and sharing with the RFP and relevant HRD and regional stakeholders.</li> <li>Support country programs to apply program design and implementation standards, partnership principles, and MEAL approaches to ensure high-quality implementation. </li> <li>Contribute to capacity strengthening initiatives in Emergency Response and Recovery programming for staff and partners through helping develop learning and training strategies and agendas/curricula, conducting trainings and workshops, and mentoring and coaching to CP staff. Capacity strengthening approaches may include formal and on-the-job training; development/streamlining of operational policies/systems; accompaniment of partners, etc. as appropriate.</li> <li>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.</li> <li>Represent CRS and partners at cluster, donor and coordination meetings in the field as requested.</li> </ul> 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. 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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