Catholic Relief Services

Manager

• Manage the cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship strategies for a portfolio of select major donors (current board directors as well as potential future board candidates).
• Develop and implement tailored engagement strategies for high worth individuals, ensuring giving and advocacy efforts align with and support Agency Campaign initiatives.
• Organize strategy sessions and other events to increase giving within the portfolio as well as influence giving from their respective networks.
• Partner with Leadership Giving Relationship Managers and Senior Director Leadership Giving to coordinate donor engagement plans for portfolio of donors, including current board members.
• Support Senior Director Board Engagement and Giving in the development and implementation of tailored engagement and stewardship strategies for board members who are donors to CRS.
• Schedule strategy sessions and other events related to the successful engagement and cultivation of Board Directors as it pertains to CRS campaign initiatives.
• Contribute to the creation of high-impact communications and stewardship materials, providing necessary resources for deepening board member engagement, philanthropic giving and sharing within their respective networks.
• Assist in the execution of board-related components of CRS’s comprehensive fundraising campaign.
• Contribute to board-hosted events and peer engagement initiatives that advance campaign goals.
• Prepare briefing materials and talking points for board members involved in campaign activities.
• Contribute to the identification and cultivation of potential board candidates (based on past and potential giving and campaign leadership), in collaboration with the Senior Director, Board Engagement and Giving, as well as cross-functional partners.
• Support onboarding and experiential learning opportunities for new board members.
• Partner with the Events Team to ensure strategic alignment and excellence in board-related event planning and execution.
• Develop and implement holistic strategies in coordination with concerned teams advancing donor’s philanthropic relationships as well as broader engagement with the Agency.
• Provide guidance in the planning and execution of Journey of Hope trips, ensuring meaningful board participation and post-trip engagement.

Manager II, Board Engagement – Giving

Program Manager

• Manage and provide technical oversight of the implementation of the Country Program (CP) Early Recovery programming in the Philippines ensuring effective systems and processes are in place that support high-quality programming advancing Catholic Relief Services’ (CRS) work in serving the poor and vulnerable.
• Ensure that the CP delivers high-quality programming and continuously works towards improving the impact of its Emergency and Early Recovery programming.
• Effectively manage talent for Early Recovery programming and supervise high functioning team members. Manage team dynamics and staff well-being. Provide coaching, strategically tailored individual development plans, and complete performance management for direct reports.
• Lead the development of program learning - identify opportunities for learning, research and publications in Emergency Response and Early Recovery and implementation of MEAL policy. Facilitate the dissemination of promising practices and lessons learned to contribute to the agency's knowledge management agenda. Ensure integration of innovations and best practices.
• Contribute to the proactive pursuit of opportunities for new funding to ensure growth of the CP Early Recovery sector portfolio in line with agency, regional, and CP Emergency and Early Recovery strategic priorities. Serve as the technical lead and technical writer to ensure quality proposals in Early Recovery per agency and donor standards. Contribute to budgeting and staffing plans and activities for proposals.
• Oversee technical assistance and capacity strengthening activities in Early Recovery for staff and partner organizations to enhance program quality and impact.
• Oversee the identification, assessment and strengthening of partnerships relevant to Early Recovery and the appropriate application of partnership concepts, tools and approaches.
• Ensure timely and appropriate project expenditures in line with financial plans and efficient use and stewardship of project material sources.

Program Manager II – Early Recovery

• Manage and implement all MEAL activities throughout relevant project cycles - project design, start-up, implementation and close-out - to ensure efficient and effective implementation in line with CRS program quality principles and standards, donor requirements, and good practices. Ensure project team and partner staff use the appropriate systems and tools.
• Effectively manage talent and supervise. Manage team dynamics and staff well-being. Provide coaching, strategically tailor individual development plans, contribute to the recruitment process of project staff, and complete performance management for direct reports.
• Champion learning with project staff and partner teams. Analyze and evaluate project performance data following MEAL policy. Proactively identify issues and concerns and use participatory processes to overcome implementation obstacles.
• Act as a key resource person in project design and proposal development in respective programming area, gap-filling and taking on growth responsibilities, as needed.
• Coordinate the identification of staff capacity and technical assistance needs of partner organizations and capacity strengthening and required interventions to support quality project implementation.
• Help identify, assess and strengthen partnerships relevant to its Early Recovery, applying appropriate application of partnership concepts, tools and approaches.
• Coordinate and monitor financial and material resources relevant to project needs, through planning and oversight ensure efficient use of project resources.

MEAL Manager

Financial Planning and Analysis

• Serve as focal person on global award financial management issues with program staff, sub-grantees, CRS HQ Finance, and country program finance and compliance staff.
• Monitor project spending vs. obligated and estimated budgets; prepare limitation of funds notices, and work closely with Country Programs.
• Prepare financial reports and donor reports.
• Assist with financial audit requests for CRS, donors, and other stakeholders.
• Provide support in the development of cost applications, ensuring budgets are reasonable and accurate.

Analyst II, Global Awards Finance and Operations

Marketing

• Delivers high-quality marketing materials for CRS positioning across regions and programs
• Writes, edits and publishes content for Hispanic Catholic audiences
• Collaborates on U.S. Hispanic engagement communications and strategies
• Produces advocacy materials and emergency response communications
• Supports regional communications coordination and content creation
• Mentors and guides staff in communications capacity and storytelling

LACRO and US Hispanic Marketing Officer

Business Development Rep

• Provide BD expertise to country leadership and proposal teams in positioning, capture planning and proposal preparation for specific opportunities with institutional donors (government, multilateral, foundations, corporations and other awarding non-governmental organizations).
• Manage pre-positioning, capture and proposal development processes to ensure timely execution and submission of high-quality proposals that are responsive to donor requirements, applicable regulations, and CRS’ technical and cost standards.
• Deploy as proposal coordinator, and advise on opportunity analysis, lead go/no-go decisions, capture planning, and coordinate partner inputs and proposal review panels.
• Deploy as a lead or support writer on proposals, contributing both technical and non-technical content and integrating inputs from staff and partners into a responsive, coherent proposal with a compelling vision and clear win themes.
• Deploy as budget lead or to support the lead in developing proposal budgets. Provide recommendations to develop a competitive proposal, as required.
• Guide and advise on partner identification and negotiating CRS’ role in proposal consortia. Ensure a competitive position for CRS that adheres to the agency’s partnership principles and strategic directions.
• Liaise with senior management and donor engagement focal points to develop a resource mobilization strategy for a specific region, country, sector, or donor. Support senior management in cultivating and strengthening relationships with institutional donors, partner organizations and other stakeholders.
• Research, track and analyze new opportunities and CRS’ competitive position within the marketplace.
• Lead and/or support development of CRS BD tools, resources and guidance on BD best practices and CRS approaches across the BD cycle.
• Train and mentor staff, as needed, to improve their skills across the CRS BD Cycle, including in proposal development, representation to donor and partner organizations, intelligence-gathering, and marketing within their country program or portfolio.
• Work with appropriate staff to maintain data on past performance and corporate capacity, to provide timely information for proposal submissions.
• Actively contribute to CRS' Business Development Community of Practice and advance CRS' Business Development practices through contributions to strategic initiatives.

Business Development Specialist II

Director

• Lead the design and implementation of integrated fundraising campaign planning that positions G-REM to expand and advance existing relationships across all donors to maximize future individual and institutional resources.
• Directs a detailed review of lessons learned from previous campaigns and other relevant initiatives including involvement of staff from across the agency as well as the Board of Directors, Foundation Board and Campaign Steering Committee from previous campaigns.
• Leads efforts to raise campaign funds for strategic agency priorities, as determined by agency and G-REM leadership, using engagement strategies that deepen existing relationships and further develop donor and board opportunity pipelines.
• Develops campaign plans that align to agency’s strategic priorities and vision for engaging U.S. constituents including schedules and activities for all internal and external marketing, communications, and events as well as a feasibility study.
• Acts as lead strategist in the development of a robust calendar of donor events that informs, engages, and inspires CRS donors to increase revenue. Work in collaboration with G-REM Leadership, and the Board Engagement & Giving team on this strategy through:
• Engage all relevant staff on the implementation of all aspects of event planning, ensuring best in class execution.