Catholic Relief Services Work Values

Daily Duties at Catholic Relief Services:

 Oversaw the financial management of an annual working capital budget of $10 million  Designed, coordinated and executed the first national community distribution program for curative medication at non-medical facilities in Benin, West Africa  Secured $22 million so that over 600,000 children in more than 1,500 isolated communities gained access to malaria curatives  Raised $37 million for the execution of social service programs in Senegal, The Gambia, Benin and Togo, West Africa. Program areas included agriculture, community health programs focusing on nutrition, HIV/AIDS and malaria curative and prevention, formal and non-formal education programs, emergency programs, human rights programs focusing on anti-child trafficking, anti-domestic and community violence and anti-corruption, and micro-finance programs.  Amassed extensive experience strategizing, planning and maintaining relationships with high-level government officials including the Vice President of The Gambia, Ministry Heads, Ambassadors, Catholic Bishops and local government officials  Served as the official spokesperson and diplomatic representative for CRS Benin and Togo  Managed three offices concurrently in Benin and Togo  Developed and solidified organizational partnerships and created strategic alliances  Ensured that Agency guidelines, national priorities and international industry standards were maintained  Identified and incorporated best practices into all interventions  Increased office efficiency by ensuring the recruitment of highly qualified staff, streamlining business processes and reorganizing office Budget Management – Design, Oversight and Analysis  Designed project and annual budgets taking into account all aspects of organizational operations so that programs ran smoothly  Analyzed budgets to determine spending patterns and trends in order to determine whether the movement of funds between projects and line items was required  Ensured that spending was in line with budget projections to minimize over/under expenditures  Oversaw the management of the cash and commodity resources Compliance  Ensured compliance with donor and US government regulations governing the management of financial and commodity resources  Oversaw internal and external audit processes including the preparation of management disclosure letters, the compilation of all required documents, clarifications to audit team, preparation of management comments on audit findings and completion of audit findings closures process Human Resource Management  Managed teams successfully to achieve project impact and goals  Supervised up to 125 employees  Oversaw the employee layoff process and successfully reduced staff from 112 to 67 without incurring any liabilities during a CRS restructuring period in 2005  Coached and mentored staff members  Increased staff competency through the revision of recruitment policies, improved training and the development of a competitive benefits package  Led the development and implementation of a national level compensation survey, which resulted in salary adjustments commensurate with non-governmental organizations similar to CRS Program Design & Management – Strategic Analysis  Increased the annual budget in The Gambia by 400% by securing the funds through the US Government and the World Bank  Lobbied for and attained recognition of malaria as a critical area of intervention for the Organization  Provided technical support for both the Malaria and HIV/AIDS programs Commodities Procurement and Distribution  Oversaw the sale of 5,070 metric tons of food commodities valued at $5.4 million and the timely distribution of 4,208 metric tons of food commodities valued at $1.9 million to destitute populations in Senegal and The Gambia  Facilitated the successful emergency distribution of 350 metric tons of food commodities valued at $175,000 for drought-affected populations

What they like about Catholic Relief Services:

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Skills

Technology Solutions, Sales Support, Software Implementation, Requirements Analysis & Specification, Leadership , Change Management

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